The Ring Problem Nobody Talks About — and the Ingenious Fix We Just Started Carrying

Volume 11 – Winter 2025

Here’s a situation more common than you’d think: a ring you love, received in your twenties or thirties, that no longer fits over your knuckle. It’s sitting in a drawer. This issue is partly about that problem, and about CLIQ, a patented hinge-and-locking mechanism that lets a ring open and close around the finger, making it wearable again without altering the band. Sarah describes it as one of her favorite jewelry technology developments in years, and once you see how it works, it’s hard to disagree.

The issue also includes a complete 2025 birthstone guide (all twelve months, plus anniversary stones from year one through fifty (yes, the 50th is gold, which feels right), a calendar of jewelry gifting occasions worth having on your radar, and a reminder that the best reason to give someone a piece of fine jewelry might simply be that you felt like it.

Read the Winter 2025 Illuminations and find out which stone is right for every milestone on your calendar this year →