Is titanium a good metal for an engagement ring?

Are titanium engagement rings a good idea?

For the right person, yes. Titanium is under a third the density of 18ct yellow gold, so a titanium ring is the one you forget you are wearing. It contains no nickel, the metal behind almost every jewellery reaction and it does not tarnish.

The diamonds in our titanium engagement rings are set into the band rather than held up on claws. That suits anyone who works with their hands, wears gloves or simply does not want a stone that snags on knitwear. Because it is already a band, it can carry on as the wedding ring, or sit beside one.

Is titanium good for a wedding ring?: Weight, scratches, skin and sizing in one place.

Engagement ring or wedding ring?: What each one is and whether one ring can be both.

Which titanium engagement ring should you buy?

Choose by how much sparkle you want. Three diamonds across a shoulder cut dome keeps it simple. Six, eight and twelve diamonds give a fuller line of stones and six larger diamonds carry twice the carat weight of the six smaller ones. Most of the stones are graded SI clarity and G to H colour and each ring's page states its own.

For colour, there are rings with blue diamonds or a single yellow diamond. Their pages say plainly that the coloured stones are treated. For a black ring, the same idea is made in black zirconium, from one diamond to eight.

Titanium and black engagement rings: Every diamond band in titanium and black zirconium.

Men's diamond wedding bands: How many stones, which setting, which metal.

Titanium engagement rings for her

The six diamond titanium ring is made from 4mm; the other rings in this guide start at 6mm. At 4mm or 5mm it sits on the hand like a classic band with a line of stones.

Every engagement ring we make carries its diamonds in the band itself, in titanium or black zirconium, so there is no raised stone to catch. The try-on draws any ring onto a photo of a hand, so you can see the width before you choose.

Six diamonds, titanium: Six diamonds in titanium, made from 4mm.

Engagement rings: Every engagement ring we make: diamonds set into titanium or black zirconium.

Ring try-on: See any ring on a photo of your hand, free.

Will a titanium engagement ring scratch?

The band will pick up fine surface marks with daily wear, as every ring metal does. The diamonds will not: GIA describes diamond as so hard that only another diamond can scratch it.

Take it off for heavy or abrasive work. If you would like a harder surface, black zirconium's black skin is around Mohs 8.

Is black zirconium good for a wedding ring?: The harder black surface and how it wears.

Size and resizing

A titanium ring can be made a little larger and only larger: the inside of the band can often be machined out, but it is not cut and rejoined like gold. So the size is settled when you order and the ring is made to that measurement.

The free ring size finder takes about two minutes. If the ring is a surprise, there are ways to find the size without asking.

Ring size finder: Find a UK size at home in two minutes.

Find a ring size secretly: Ways to get their size without asking.