Classic Hoop Earrings

For the woman whose first pair of real gold earrings was a hoop, and who has never seen a reason to change her mind.

These 18k yellow gold classic hoop earrings are built around the medium-tube profile that has framed Italian women's faces for half a century. Polished to a mirror finish, sized to read at the throat without overwhelming the line of the jaw, finished with a secure hinge closure that disappears into the curve of the hoop. Available in solid Italian gold, struck with the corresponding millesimal mark and the registered Italian provincial hallmark that identifies authentic provincial goldsmithing. The reference point against which every other hoop is judged.

The classic gold hoop is the test piece of the Florentine apprentice. The proportion of tube to diameter, the angle of the closure, the polish of the inside curve where no one ever looks: these were standardized on the Ponte Vecchio after 1593, when the Medici officially registered the bridge as the home of the goldsmith's trade, and they have been the unwritten exam of the bench ever since. Each pair is shaped, polished, and closed by hand.

This is the earring for the woman who wears the same hoops to the office and to the opera. The pair that does not need to be matched, only chosen.

It reads timeless. It reads versatile. It reads as the Italian gold standard.

Sourced from the boutiques of Ponte Vecchio, Florence. Solid 9k or 18k yellow Italian gold, with the registered Italian provincial hallmark. DDP worldwide delivery, fully insured, duties paid before the earrings leave Florence. Perfect Fit Guarantee included.