The hardest color to make, on the hardest leather to find

For most of recorded history purple was the most expensive color that existed. It came from sea snails, took thousands of them for a small quantity of dye, and cost more by weight than gold, which is why several empires wrote laws about who was allowed to wear it. Nothing about that is true of modern dye, but the association survived intact, and purple still reads as the color somebody chose rather than settled for. Infinity Purple Steel Stingray puts it on genuine stingray leather over a 316L stainless steel frame, with no clasp.

Why purple and stingray belong together

Stingray leather, also called shagreen, is a hide covered in thousands of calcified beads, each roughly as hard as tooth enamel. Those beads sit paler than the ground they grow from, so on a deep purple the contrast is the strongest anywhere in the collection: a field of light points scattered across a dark color. On black the same texture reads as relief; on purple it reads almost as scattered pearls.

Why the frame is steel rather than gold

Gold would push purple toward the register it already carries too much of, all velvet and coronation. Cool 316L steel does the opposite: it holds the color in the present tense and picks up the same pale light as the bead crowns, so metal and texture agree instead of competing. The result is a bracelet that is unusual without looking like costume.

Why a mineral leather survives a bending cuff

Stingray is a mosaic, not a shell. The beads are separate nodes sitting in a leather bed rather than one continuous plate, so when the 316L frame opens or closes, the nodes shift a fraction relative to each other and nothing is asked to stretch. A rigid unbroken surface would craze on the first adjustment. Three sizes are three degrees of opening: Small up to 6.7 inches, Medium up to 7.2, Large up to a full 8, the roomiest Large in the line. The classic version of this texture is Infinity Black Stingray, and the bright one is Infinity Turquoise Stingray. Every exotic leather sits in python and stingray, larger wrists in the XL collection.

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A mineral surface on a living one

Stingray is leather carrying a coat of calcified beads, close to tooth enamel in hardness. The beads are almost indestructible. The hide holding them is not, and the 316L steel frame beneath needs nothing at all. Everything below is about the hide.

Stingray is not waterproof

Do not swim in it, shower in it, or leave it soaking. The beads do not care, but water pulls the natural oils out of the skin beneath them; the leather stiffens as it dries and loses the flexible bed the beads sit in. Occasional rain is not a problem. Repeated soaking, and heat applied to wet leather, are what ruin an exotic-skin bracelet. Caligio builds an entire waterproof bracelets collection for the wrist that lives in water.

Clean between the beads, not across them

Everything a cloth cannot reach ends up in the valleys. Skin oil, dust, and cologne settle in the gaps rather than on the domes, and on a dark color that shows as a dulling rather than as dirt: the pale crowns stay bright while the ground fills in and loses depth. A dry soft-bristle brush lifts it out in seconds. Never dig with a fingernail, and never chase it with a wet cloth.

Purple asks one thing: keep it out of the sun

Deep colors hold up well against everyday marks, and this one hides more than cream or turquoise ever will. Strong light is the exception. Months on a windowsill or a car dashboard will lift any dark dye, so the cuff stores flat in its pouch and out of direct light.

Care

• Take it off before water, and put it on after cologne, sunscreen, and hand cream.
• If it gets wet, blot with a towel and dry at room temperature. Never a radiator, a hairdryer, or direct sun.
• Brush the surface with a dry soft-bristle brush when the ground starts looking dull.
• Condition two or three times a year with a small amount of leather balm on a cloth.
• Wipe the steel frame with a soft dry cloth.
• Take the bracelet off by sliding it sideways across the wrist rather than prying the tips apart.
• Store it flat in the Caligio pouch bag, out of direct sun.

To define the correct sizing of your wrist, we highly recommend using a tape measure and measuring the circumference of your wrist just above the hand. However, if you do not have a special measure, use a small piece of tape or a cord. Wrap it around your wrist and measure the length against a ruler.

Need XL? Check our XL Collection

Plenty of Caligio’s Cuff bracelets are adjustable and comfortably fit most of the standard wrist sizes. Slip-on cuff bracelets sizes are easily increased and decreased with bare hands. Keep in mind that the wrist size is not the same as the length of a bracelet. Still, need help? Email us at: support@caligio.com.

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Please note, sometimes delivery providers may come up with a shipment delay due to the restrictions issued by countries' governments in these challenging times. Therefore, there may be cases when the package arrives several days after you receive a delivery notification.

If you ordered the wrong size, color, or simply would like to return the product, you can do so within 30 days from the delivery date. To be eligible, the item must be unworn and in its original packaging, free from any odors (deodorant, perfume), stains, or signs of wear. The original gift box and velvet pouch must be included - returns without original packaging will not be accepted. Please note that a $9.99 shipping and handling fee applies to all domestic returns and will be deducted from the amount refunded.

Once your return is approved, please send the item(s) back within 7 days. 

For exchanges within the US, your first exchange is completely free and will be dispatched within 5 business days after we receive and inspect the item. Subsequent exchanges are at the customer's expense.

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