{"product_id":"sterling-silver-belcher-necklace-with-15mm-bolt-ring","title":"Sterling Silver Belcher Necklace with 15mm Bolt Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eA belcher chain — rolo, in some markets — is built from uniform round links of thick-walled section. Every link is a simple closed ring of the same gauge, and that is the whole of its engineering: there is no pattern to interrupt, no bar to brace, nothing to go out of true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chain sits the same way whichever face lands uppermost and carries a pendant without the links distorting, which is why belcher has stayed the everyday standard in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the heaviest gauge in the style — substantial enough to be worn on its own, and with the section to carry weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLengths run from 45 to 60 cm. 45 cm sits on the collarbone and is the most common pendant length; 50 cm sits just below the collarbone and clears a crew neckline; 55 cm sits at the top of the sternum; 60 cm sits mid-chest and wears over knitwear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished as a necklace rather than supplied as a bare chain: it comes fitted with a 15mm bolt ring. A bolt ring of that size is easy to work one-handed, which is the practical difference between a clasp you use and one you avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMetal:\u003c\/strong\u003e sterling silver (925)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Belcher chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLengths available:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45cm, 50cm, 55cm, 60cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClasp:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15mm bolt ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Polished\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSupplier reference:\u003c\/strong\u003e B4BR15\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSold as:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSterling silver is 925 parts per thousand fine silver, the balance copper. The copper is what makes it workable — fine silver on its own is too soft to hold a form — and it is also why sterling tarnishes: the copper reacts with sulphur in the air. Tarnish is a surface film, not corrosion. It polishes off with a silver cloth and the metal beneath is unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eServicing.\u003c\/strong\u003e Simple closed rings are the easiest of all chains to open, close, shorten or repair. Store silver closed — a box or a zip bag — when it is not being worn. Tarnish is driven by air rather than by wear, so the pieces that sit in the open are the ones that darken first.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jewellery Centre","offers":[{"title":"45cm","offer_id":67736260509801,"sku":"B4BR15 S-01","price":584.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50cm","offer_id":67736260542569,"sku":"B4BR15 S-02","price":682.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"55cm","offer_id":67736260575337,"sku":"B4BR15 S-03","price":696.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60cm","offer_id":67736260608105,"sku":"B4BR15 S-04","price":745.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2406\/4361\/files\/B4BR15_sterling-silver-belcher-necklace-with-15mm-bolt-ring.jpg?v=1793709582","url":"https:\/\/www.caratdirect.com.au\/products\/sterling-silver-belcher-necklace-with-15mm-bolt-ring","provider":"CaratDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}