Weddings

Wedding ringbuying guide

When it comes to creating Beaverbrooks wedding rings, we look at all the details of our engagement rings to help create the perfect fit, look, and feel for both to sit on your finger. From shapes and styles through to metals and width, this guide takes you through all the details you need to know.

Lorna Haddon

“It’s so important that you choose a wedding ring that you’ll love forever. With over 100 years of expertise, our in-depth guide will help you find the perfect wedding rings for you and your loved one.”

- Lorna, Head of Diamonds and Jewellery

Which wedding ring shape & style?

With different shapes and styles of wedding rings to choose from, it's about finding the one that's right for you.

Court Shaped
Court Shaped Wedding Rings

A classic style that ensures a comfortable fit on your wedding ring finger. Court-shaped wedding rings are rounded inside and out.

Shaped Wedding Rings
Shaped Wedding Rings

Shaped wedding bands are perfect if you have an engagement ring that needs a curved wedding ring to fit around it, such as a marquise or pear-shaped diamond ring.

Plain Band Wedding Rings
Plain Band Wedding Rings

Loved for their simplicity, choose a polished finish or a finely-brushed finish for your plain band wedding ring.

Diamond Set Wedding Rings
Diamond Wedding Rings

Explore our exquisite diamond rings, timeless symbols of love and elegance, designed to sparkle forever.

Which precious metal?

From gold wedding rings to platinum, the rarity of the precious metals used in our wedding rings makes them even more special.

Platinum Wedding Rings

Designed to keep its shine and natural white colour forever, platinum is the rarest metal of all and will never tarnish or fade. The most secure setting for your diamond, a platinum wedding ring can be scratched, but none of the metal will be lost and you can visit us in-store to buffer out any scratches.

Yellow Gold Wedding Rings

Yellow gold is timeless and the ultimate symbol of love and luxury. This precious metal will not rust, tarnish or corrode and is a lovely setting for diamonds with its highly reflective finish. Our gold wedding rings usually include a white gold setting to hold any diamonds, so there’s no yellow glow effecting the stone’s sparkle.

White Gold Wedding Rings

White gold gets its glowing tone from a combination of yellow gold mixed with white metal alloys. Its bright white finish comes from adding silver or platinum, finished with a white rhodium coating. High quality and a member of the platinum family, white rhodium needs be recoated to retain its pristine shine.

Rose Gold Wedding Rings

A rich, beautiful colour perfect for vintage styles, rose gold has a pink-red hue that comes from adding a higher percentage of copper to pure yellow gold. Making an elegant wedding ring band, rose gold is perfect if you love this metal and are looking for something unique.

Zirconium Wedding Rings

Zirconium is a natural metal that has a never fading black colour. The metal is heat treated to bring out its dark tone which stays consistent throughout its lifetime and during everyday wear. With a sophisticated finish, zirconium wedding rings make the perfect durable ring, as they are scratch resistant and hypoallergenic.

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What width of wedding ring should I buy?

It’s a completely personal choice and what suits your style, fingers, or engagement ring best. At Beaverbrooks, our wedding ring widths range from 2mm to 9mm for both him and her.

Top tips for buying a wedding ring

Complement your engagement ring

Plan your wedding ring around your engagement ring so they sit together perfectly. All of our engagement rings are designed with our wedding rings in mind for the perfect wed-fit.

Decide your budget

Sit down and decide together what you’d like to spend. We have wedding rings to suit every budget.

Get your ring size right

Find your ring size from the comfort of your own home with these helpful tips on our Ring Size Guide.

Choose a style you'll love forever

From diamond set to shaped rings, use this Wedding Ring Guide to help you find a ring you’ll cherish forever.

Find your perfect wedding ring

Whatever you’re looking for, find the perfect wedding ring that will be with you always, to have and to hold.

Your budget

With both affordable wedding rings and luxury wedding rings, we have a selection to suit every budget.

Explore more wedding ring collections

Shop All Beaverbrooks Jewellery

From gold wedding rings to platinum, the rarity of the precious metals used in our wedding rings makes them even more special.

Once by Beaverbrooks

Our exclusive once by Beaverbrooks collection features unique, one of a kind diamond rings.

Beyond Brilliance

The only cut of its kind in the world, our exclusive Beyond Brilliance diamonds create twice the flashes of light than other round brilliant diamonds.

Starlit by Beaverbrooks

Our Starlit by Beaverbrooks diamonds radiate side by side in a unique shared setting for a constellation of sparkle that’s out of this world.

Black Zirconium

Designed for him and blended with platinum, 18ct gold or diamonds, the dark finish on our black zirconium rings won’t fade making them perfect for a lifetime of lasting memories.

Wedding ring traditions

With so many myths and traditions around buying wedding rings, we’re here to help you with what matters when choosing your wedding rings.

What does a wedding ring symbolise?

Wedding rings symbolise a special bond between two people. A circle with no beginning or end, the shape of a wedding ring represents the eternal commitment, love and faithfulness a couple holds for one another. They are also a way to publicly profess pride and fidelity to your marriage.

Wedding rings are still as important as they were centuries ago. They can be traced back to ancient Egyptian times where they used to be woven from reeds and were worn as a promise of forever love. It wasn’t long before these special rings became more elaborate, made from various metals such as iron, gold and silver, and engraved with personal messages.

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Wedding Inspiration Guide

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The Bridal Edit
The Bridal Edit

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