Solace · The Aurelle solitaire

Cut for the light you live in.

One round brilliant in four tapered platinum claws, catching every street lamp between Holborn and home.

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The house

We choose every stone by hand, set it at one bench, and polish it with the same hands that set it. Then London hallmarks it, and it is yours for life.

39Years in Hatton Garden

5Craftspeople at one bench

3,100Stones set by hand

950Platinum fineness, hallmarked

The stone

Turn the light.

A 1.02 carat round brilliant, filmed on velvet under a single moving light. Move across the film, or use the slider, and watch how a well-cut stone throws light back to the eye.

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1.02 ct · E colour · VVS1 · Excellent cut

Find your stone

Four collections

Made to be worn every day.

Platinum and 18ct gold only. Each piece comes back to us every year for a complimentary claw check and clean.

Solace
From £3,850 Solitaire · Platinum
One round brilliant, four tapered claws, sized to the quarter.
Tidemark
From £2,400 Half-eternity · 18ct gold or platinum
Eleven matched stones, grain-set flush so it sits close against an engagement ring.
Orrery
From £1,650 Pendant · 18ct yellow gold
A floating stone inside a single gold orbit, on a trace chain from 40 to 45 cm.
Ember
From £1,900 Studs · Platinum
A deliberately unequal pair, larger for one ear and smaller for the other. Or matched, if you prefer.

The atelier

Five people. One bench.

No piece leaves until the person who set the stone signs it off.

ConsultationSketched by hand with you before anything is modelled.
Stone selectionThree to five stones, viewed loose under a 10× loupe. You choose.
CastingCarved in wax, cast in platinum or 18ct gold.
Setting & polishingClaws closed over the stone at the bench, then hand-polished.
HallmarkingAssayed and marked in London before it reaches you.

Sound of the bench

A jeweller's pusher folding a platinum claw over a round diamond. — Closing the claws · week six

Bespoke

Drawn for you, made once.

Bring a stone you love, or an idea on the back of an envelope. We sketch with you, fit a wax model on your finger before anything is cast, and hand you the finished piece six to eight weeks later.

Time: 6–8 weeks
From: £4,500
Fitting: In wax, first

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Diamonds

See your stone at its true size.

Choose a weight, colour and clarity. We draw it beside a 1p coin and give an indicative price in a Solace platinum setting.

Carat weight 1.00 ct

Colour

Clarity

Drawn to scale beside a UK 1p coin, 20.3 mm

Face-up diameter: 6.5 mm
Indicative price: £8,050
Colour: F
Clarity: VS1

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Aftercare

Yours for life, and looked after.

Lifetime claw checks

Bring it back each year. We check, tighten and clean every claw, free of charge.

Complimentary resizing

Once within the first year, in our own workshop, usually within a week.

Independently graded

Every stone over 0.30 ct comes with a GIA or IGI grading report.

Insured delivery

By hand in London, or by insured courier anywhere in the UK.

The journal

Notes from the bench.

Short reads on stones, metals and living with fine jewellery, written by the people who make it.

A round brilliant diamond on plum velvet.

Diamonds

How to read a grading report

6 min read

Hands at a wooden jeweller's bench by a tall window, a ring held in a clamp.

The atelier

A morning in Hatton Garden

4 min read

A hand wearing a solitaire rests by a rain-streaked taxi window at night.

Living with it

Wearing a solitaire every day

5 min read

Private viewings

An hour at the bench.

One to one, with no obligation. Tell us what you have in mind and the stones will be waiting when you arrive.

Atelier: Hatton Garden, London EC1
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10:00–18:00
Saturday, 10:00–16:00
Reply: Within one working day