A gradient, not a repeat

Most coloured tennis bracelets pick one colour and repeat it, which is simple to make and gives the eye nothing to follow. This one runs three separate blues in sequence - deep sapphire, mid blue, pale aqua - with small round clear stones punctuating between them. The result works the way a chord works rather than a single note: the shades reinforce each other, and the clear stones act as the space between, keeping the blues from blurring into one another. It also means the bracelet changes as it turns on the wrist, because you are never looking at the same part of the sequence twice.

The clasp is set with stones, and almost none are

This is the detail worth checking on any tennis bracelet before buying it. The premise of the design is an unbroken line, and on nearly every tennis bracelet made that premise fails at one point: the clasp, a plain block of metal sitting in the run like a missing tooth. Manufacturers do it because a pavé-set clasp is more work and the clasp usually ends up under the wrist anyway. Here the clasp face carries its own field of small stones, so the line genuinely closes. It costs more to build and it is the difference between a bracelet that reads as continuous and one that only reads that way from the top.

Rhodium is the finish white gold gets

Rhodium is a platinum-group metal, and it is the hardest and most reflective plating used in jewellery. White gold is plated with it as standard, not as a shortcut but because rhodium is brighter and harder than the white gold underneath - without it, white gold reads faintly yellow. That is the same finish here, and it is what gives the metal its cold bright white rather than the soft grey a raw base metal would show.

Why 7mm

Square stones need width to read as squares rather than as bright dots, and a three-colour sequence needs room to be recognised as a sequence at all. Below about 6mm both effects collapse: the shapes round off visually and the colours run together. At 7mm the geometry and the gradient both land, which is why this piece is worn on its own rather than layered with anything.

Mixed cuts, on purpose

The blues are square, and the accents between them are round. That is not decoration. A square holds a solid field of colour with a hard edge, which is what makes each blue readable as its own shade; a round brilliant scatters light into points, which is what makes the clear accents read as sparkle rather than as more colour. Two cuts doing two different jobs in one line.

Where the name came from

The style was called an eternity or line bracelet until the 1987 US Open, when American player Chris Evert's diamond line bracelet came off mid-match and play was paused while she recovered it. The press renamed it the tennis bracelet and the older names disappeared. What failed that day was a clasp, which is one more reason the clasp deserves attention.

One of each size

This is a sample. We bring pieces in to see how they wear and how they photograph, and the ones that do not go into a full production run are sold here as single copies. There is one S/M and one Large, and neither is restocked. The rest of the Sample Sale works the same way.

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Rhodium is hard, but it is a finish

Rhodium is the hardest plating used in jewellery, which is why white gold gets it. Hard is not the same as permanent. What wears a rhodium finish is chemistry rather than scratching: chlorine, salt water, sweat, and the alcohol in perfume and hairspray, working fastest at the clasp and along the underside where the bracelet moves against skin. Keep it dry and the finish stays bright for years; wear it in a pool and it will not.

One habit covers most of it

The bracelet goes on last, after cologne and any skincare, and comes off first at the end of the day. That single sequence keeps almost every chemical that matters away from the metal, and it costs nothing to adopt.

Colour lives under the stones

A blue stone reads blue because light enters the top, travels through the colour, and comes back out. A film of skin oil on the underside blocks that path, and the shades flatten toward grey - which on a three-colour gradient shows up as the sequence losing its steps rather than the whole thing simply dimming. A dry lint-free cloth along the back of the line restores it, and once a week is enough.

Care

• Keep it dry. Take it off before the shower, the pool, the gym, and anything that produces heavy sweat.
• Put it on last, after cologne, sunscreen, and hand cream, and take it off first.
• Wipe the stones and the underside of the settings with a dry lint-free cloth about once a week.
• Use a soft dry cloth on the metal. Nothing abrasive and no chemical polish, both of which strip plating.
• Avoid ultrasonic cleaners, which can work a setting loose.
• Close the clasp before storing, and keep it flat in the Caligio pouch bag rather than loose in a drawer.

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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