EVERU Birthstone Necklace

Three numbers decide whether this necklace works for the person it is bought for, and all three are on the card. The chain is 17.7 inches, which lands in the hollow of the throat on most adults. The extender adds two, which is the difference between a pendant hidden under a collar and one that shows. The whole piece weighs 3.2 grams, and light is the right answer here, a heavier pendant on a fine chain saws at the back of the neck and turns face-in on every second step.

The finish is worth a sentence because it is not just silver. The pendant carries a bright white plated layer over the sterling, which is what gives it the glare against a matt chain in a photograph. A plated surface is a surface: it wears at an edge that rubs, and after a few years of daily wear the high points go softer and warmer as the silver underneath comes through. That is not a fault developing, it is a layer doing what a layer does, and the silver under it can be polished like any other sterling piece.