Bold Gold Link Bracelet. The above 9ct solid Gold bracelet completely handmade in Sydney, the Gold melted down and alloyed with a touch of copper to give a hint of Rose Gold, each domed link cut from a rod drawn down through draw-plates, rounded into shape on a jig, then soldered closed one link after the other; and finally cleaned and polished. (Actually, not quite “completely handmade in Sydney”, for the 9ct Gold “lobster” spring clasp is an English import.)
The price on the above Bold Gold Link Bracelet partially reflects the current, as of mid 2024, Gold price, though it does not take into account the time and labour involved in creating, fashioning by hand, this bracelet. The price of imported, machine-made 9ct Gold chain presently runs at over $70 per gram, wholesale, translating to approx $130 per gram retail in the shop, including GST. Handmade 9ct Gold chain such as the above will not be repeated, certainly not in Sydney; nowadays not only is Gold cost at an all-time high and heading higher, but also, here in Sydney, the cost of the labour of a bench jeweller capable of properly creating a chain by hand such as the above, is also inexorably on the rise.