How to determine the size of the ring?

Before purchasing a ring, you need to know its exact size. This little decoration can deliver a lot of trouble if it turns out to be small. And when the product is a little large, it can slip away from its owner. Therefore, the ring is such an accessory that cannot be experimented with.

Ring size is the diameter of the product on the inside. There are several ways to find out. It's one thing when a jewelery is bought for yourself or as a gift to a person with whom you can go to the store and measure the product.

But if the ring is intended as a surprise for a loved one or for engagement, you will have to resort to more exotic methods of finding out the diameter of the jewel.

Whatever the method of determining the size of the ring, it is necessary to consider the following factors:

• Fingers increase or decrease in volume from heat or cold;
• limbs swell after sports exercises, during menstruation and in the morning from the accumulated overnight water;
• it happens that the middle phalanx is slightly larger than the others, so even a suitable product in size may not fit a finger;
• any method of measuring the ring without a future owner or home does not give an accurate guarantee that the product will sit perfectly.

The size of your jewelry is the easiest to know in the jewelry salon. There, the consultants have special patterns, according to which they will say with precision which ring will fit the finger. But even for such a classic method of determining the size has its own nuances.

Most often, employees of the salon immediately take a measuring tool 3 mm wide. If the desired product is wider than 8 mm, then the size of the decoration should be larger. For such products, the consultant will select another piece.

To determine the size of the ring, it is not enough to go to the jewelry store once. It is necessary to visit a consultant twice or even three times. The last fitting should be in the middle of the day, when the future owner of the ring feels calm and comfortable.

The diameter of the ring can be determined at home with the help of available tools. First you need to take a rather thick cotton thread half a meter long. Perfectly suited smooth thread used for knitting napkins. With its help, make 5 turns around the finger. It is necessary to wind as if, instead of a thread, a ring was put on the finger - not too tight, not too loose. After that cross the ends of the thread and cut them.

Next, you need to measure the resulting segment, and the result in millimeters divided by 15.7. The number that the calculator indicates is the size of the ring.

Fractional result is rounded up to half. If the finger is narrow and there are no problems with the passage of the product through the middle phalanx, then the resulting number can be safely rounded to the nearest value in the smaller direction. For example, 16.1 cm or 16.2 cm may well correspond to the 16th ring size.

There is another method using thread. It is enough one turn on the girth of a finger to find out how many centimeters around the circumference. The resulting segment is applied to a special table.

For this method, instead of thread, you can use a paper strip.Before drawing conclusions regarding the obtained indicators, it is worth making sure that the scale above the size chart corresponds to 10 cm. The format may change when you save the image or printout.

A very simple way to determine the size of the ring on the finished table. It is enough to print it out and put the decoration on the appropriate circle. The border of the shape on the paper should correspond to the inner edge of the product.

To avoid an erroneous result, which may be caused by changing the format of the pattern when printing, there is a segment under the circles, which should correspond to 10 cm.

You can make a device for measuring the size of the fingers yourself at home, having previously printed it on a sheet of paper.

Make a cut along the vertical line on the left. Then insert the pointed end of the strip there, wrapping the “device” around your finger. The scale will indicate the size of the product.

This method will give more accurate results, if the paper ring to hold the entire length of the finger. Do not forget about the problematic middle phalanx.

Different countries have their own scale with the size of the rings. This must be considered when buying a gift abroad. In order not to get lost in a foreign jewelry store, you should get acquainted with the gradation used there in advance.

There are other scales for determining the size of rings.

In Western Europe, the Viennese size matching scale is common. It is enshrined in international standards. The required figure is equal to the circumference of the product in millimeters. The 53rd size, instead of the usual 17th, can be seen on jewelry labels in stores in the Scandinavian Peninsula.

For some European, the size of the ring is determined as follows: 40 is subtracted from the circumference. Although this scale is called French, it is not used in France itself. It is customary to indicate the Viennese dimensions.

In previous cases, using elementary school formulas, it is easy to transfer the size from one system to another. However, once in the British jewelry store, to associate their scale with the usual quickly will not work. The English indicate the size of the rings in letters.

To determine the size of the product, it is necessary to make calculations in three stages:

1. the usual Russian size (diameter) multiplied by 2.5;
2. from the number obtained subtract 28.75;
3. The result is correlated with the order of the letters in the English alphabet, for example, 1-A, 2-B and then in order.

The USA and Canada also have their own size scale for rings. The formula by which the size of the product is determined is similar to English. Only instead of the coefficient 2.5, the diameter is multiplied by 1.2. And at the second stage, 13.8 is subtracted from the result. If as a result of such a calculation a fractional number is obtained, then it is rounded off.

To determine the ring size in Japan, you need to multiply the diameter of the product by 3, and then subtract 38. The same calculation system is common in other eastern countries and South America.

In order not to resort to calculations, it is most reliable to use the table. This is a special dimensional grid, which contains the main size scales. To understand it is not difficult. The main thing to determine the size of the ring in accordance with the usual system.

You can encounter an unusual sizing system in your own country. This problem occurs when buying imported jewelry in the store or via the Internet.In order not to lose, you need to know the manufacturer of the jewelry.

Popular brands try to meet their customers, helping to decide on the choice of the ring, regardless of where the jewelry is bought or ordered. For example, Pandora offers its sizing tables.

Also, this brand gives a recommendation to those who wish to wear several accessories at the same time on one finger - the diameter of the jewelry should be the same, but the size of the rings must be selected much more.

In the jewelry market is very common brand Sokolov. When choosing the rings of this manufacturer, there will be no difficulties, since this is a Russian company that produces rings with the usual size scale.

In accordance with the Russian size, you can pick up products of such Italian brands as Pomellato and Bvlgari.

After the diameter of the ring is determined, you can safely choose the model of the accessory.

The smallest size of the product should not contain large inserts. On thin fingers ring size 15 should be as graceful as possible. It can be a thin ring with a scattering of diamonds or one colored precious stone. If the fingers are thin, but long, models with a protruding stone are perfect. In any case, the decor should not be massive.

On a wide palm silver rings of the big sizes harmoniously look. Topaz is perfectly combined with silver. For plump fingers, rings with asymmetrical or angular decor, as well as square shapes should be selected. Such decoration visually lengthen fingers.

Modern fashion allows you to wear multiple rings at the same time. The main thing is that the jewelry be made in the same style. Pretty bold, but fashionable jewelry for the fingers look from a variety of elements that are worn on different phalanxes of the fingers or even nails. In this case, the size of the products must be appropriate.

Recently distributed models of several rings, interconnected by a thin chain. One part of such an accessory is put on the upper phalanx of one finger, and the other - on the lower phalanx of the adjacent finger.

If you want to give a jewel to a person who cannot find the size of a finger, a dimensionless ring is an excellent option. Their secret is that the product can be compressed or moved apart in accordance with the width of the finger. It is no less beautiful. Women's dimensionless rings have their original design, decorated with diamonds, Swarovski crystals or cubic zirconias.

To purchase the perfect decoration, it is not enough to check the size of the product correctly. When choosing an accessory design, the age of the owner of the future ring plays a significant role.

Children's ornaments should not be different pretentious design. Little women of fashion should get used to the fact that any accessories should be in harmony in style and form from an early age. Gentle ringlet with a small colored pebble will be enough for a children's pen.

Rings with massive rings will not look on the girl at all, while on the fingers of an adult woman they look noble. Young beauties should pick up elegant rings with neat inserts of stones or enamel.

Adult ladies, on the contrary, need to divert attention from possible defects on the skin. The product with a large ring perfectly cope with this task.

Middle-aged women are free to choose models that will suit them. The main thing is that they look harmoniously on the fingers. These can be either standard classic accessories or products with extravagant décor.

Classic models with a minimum of decor or even without it are suitable for everyday wear.Just in this style wedding rings are selected, which are supposed to be worn daily.

When it comes to choosing jewelry, most of the questions arise for the guys who want to donate their beloved's ring to the engagement. If you are not sure what girl will like the ring, it is better to stop the choice on a product with a standard design - a ring of medium thickness with a prominent precious stone.