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Material, dimensions, and proportion are chosen before the piece begins. The goal is to match the weight, width, and feel of the piece to how it will actually be worn.
THE CRAFT
Made by hand, piece by piece.
Pistolis Jewelry is focused on silver jewelry with weight, clarity, and permanence. The work begins with Argentium Silver 940, a brighter, more tarnish resistant silver chosen for pieces that are meant to be worn often, not stored away.
The goal is to make jewelry that feels clean, solid, and intentional from the first time it is worn. Each piece is shaped around proportion, weight, polish, and comfort, with every detail meant to serve the piece.
Argentium Silver 940
Small-batch San Diego studio
Select 14k gold by request
Bench work
From measuring and forming to polishing and final inspection, the work stays close to the bench.
Material + specification
Argentium Silver 940, chosen for brightness and control.
Argentium Silver 940 is the foundation of the studio because it gives silver a cleaner, brighter presence while offering improved resistance to tarnish compared with conventional sterling silver. It is not plated, and it is not treated like a lower-tier substitute for gold.
The alloy still has to be handled correctly. Clean soldering, careful heat control, filing, polishing, cleaning, and inspection are what make the difference between metal with good specifications and jewelry that actually feels finished.
Method + standard
The Cuban chain sets the standard. The standard carries into everything else.
The Miami Cuban is the starting point because it exposes the details. Link spacing, solder joints, filing, movement, clasp fit, weight, and polish all have to work together.
A chain can be heavy and still feel unfinished if the links do not move cleanly or the clasp feels separate from the piece. The standard is in the small decisions: how the links sit, how the profile is shaped, how much metal is removed, and how the surface catches light after polishing.
That same standard carries into bracelets, rings, bands, and select gold work by request. The form changes, but the judgment stays the same: the piece has to feel resolved, wearable, and finished from every angle.
Checked at the benchLink spacing, movement, clasp fit, edge feel, and final surface.
Form
Links, bands, and components are shaped with the final profile in mind. The early forming decides how the piece will move, sit, and carry its weight.
Refine
Solder seams, edges, transitions, and fit are adjusted by hand. This is where the piece starts to feel intentional instead of simply assembled.
Finish
The piece is polished, inspected, cleaned, and checked from multiple angles. It is not finished until the surface, movement, and feel all work together.
Small-batch jewelry, built around the same bench standard.
Explore Argentium Silver 940 chains, bracelets, rings, and bands. Select 14k gold work can be considered when the design, material, and timeline fit the studio standard.