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The design
Pencil, paper and the hand that will wear the ring. Proportions are decided on the finger, not on a computer.
High jewelry · Valenza · Since 1962
Forged to last.
One-of-a-kind pieces in gold, with stones chosen one by one, designed and handcrafted in our own workshop.
Book a private viewingThe atelier · Valenza
Since 1962, in a courtyard in Valenza, we have worked gold the way it was always done: slowly, by hand, one piece at a time. No storefront, no catalog. Only what deserves to last.
— The Valli family
This is the same goldsmith's bench at which Ernesto Valli cast his first ring. Today his grandchildren, Livia and Tommaso, work at it with twelve master goldsmiths and stone setters. Every piece begins with a pencil drawing and a stone chosen by eye, under the loupe, from among hundreds.
- 1962The year of our first ring
- 340Hours to make one solitaire
- 12Master goldsmiths
- 1Piece per design
The Aurora solitaire
Anatomy of a promise.
Four stages, three hundred and forty hours.
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The casting
18-karat gold, cast in our workshop, then drawn and filed until the light flows along the shank without a break.
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The setting
Four prongs shaped around the stone, one at a time, under the loupe. Strong enough to last a century, fine enough to disappear.
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The light
A final polish by hand, then the diamond meets its first ray of light. It is the only moment when the piece is truly finished.
Bespoke
You don't choose it. Imagine it with us.
The consultation
An unhurried afternoon in the atelier. You tell us who it is for, what it should commemorate and how its future wearer lives.
First visit · about two hoursThe design
Three pencil sketches, then a wax model to try on your hand. We refine it until it is right, not until it is ready.
Two to three weeksThe stone
We show you the stones side by side, under the same light, each with its certificate. The final choice is always yours.
GIA-certified stonesThe handover
The piece arrives in a walnut box made just for it, with the signed original drawing and its own piece number.
Eight to twelve weeks
We don't sell jewels. We entrust them.
By appointment only
A visit,in private.
WhereCorte dei Valli, ValenzaWhenTuesday · Thursday · Saturday, 10 am – 7 pmEntranceDiscreet, through the courtyard
