The white gold wedding ring has taken its place at most wedding today. At many weddings it is
now the groom that wears white metals.
Men’s wedding rings have become a white affair with white gold, titanium and stainless steel as being the metals of choice.Check out this braided mens wedding band in white gold to the right from Novell.
White gold wedding ring sets have a forward looking high tech sheen that many men find irresistible . In particular many men find the weight of white gold just right. While platinum may be too heavy and steel may be too light, white gold in 18k has just the right amount of heft that men find appealing.
Designers used to solely focus on women’s white gold wedding ring settings and ignore mens rings by just offering basic bands in yellow gold.
Jewelers now carry a wide selection of men’s white gold wedding rings as well as in many other metals to help them find an individual style that is perfectly suited to their tastes. Like this white gold mens wedding band to the left with Celtic motif etched into the surface.
Some of the major designers that have latched on to the 18k white gold wedding ring are Wright & Lato , Novell, and Camelot. They carry many different styles and textures in white gold. Cheap white gold rings tend to be vary plain without much detailing and for the basic purposes of looking the part of a wedding band it serves the purpose fine as a 14k white gold wedding ring.
These types of bands are made from tube extrusions of white gold and are simply cut to the required width and polished and even have the comfort fit feature. A white gold wedding band ring can be as simple as that or have various textures applied as a finish and design features like mill graining, hammered texture, cable textures resembling David Yurman’s patented cable design.
Diamond white gold wedding rings come in many forms with even more variation in styling than plain white gold wedding ring settings. It seems that wherever designers can put a diamond on a white gold wedding ring setting they will go ahead and do it.
This has lead to an explosion in design intensive three channel rings which feature top and 
side diamond inlay bands with channels above and below the ring centers like this engagement ring to the right.
Small half pointers are also set around the head of the solitaire. Most of these types of designs start out as semi mounts and then the bride or groom decides what kind of center stone they need.
Changeable heads can accommodate various diamond shapes like princesses, cushions and pears although in this case its a bezel mounting that cannot be changed but is part of the overall design.
Simpler types of rings without all the diamond dazzle include the white gold Celtic wedding ring. The intricate styling and weave of Celtic rings is the highlight and so very few of these Irish inspired designs are set with diamonds.
The true beauty is the inspired styling and glorious metalwork with a bit of black antiquing here and there so you end up with what looks like an antique white gold wedding ring that was truly crafted by the Celts. A white gold wedding ring set can truly incorporate various cultural predilections so for instance apart from Celtic designs you also can have Turkish or East Indian stylistic influences on wedding jewelry.
A mens white gold wedding ring has indeed departed from the traditional band type of 
wedding ring to a more signet type of ring with diamond embellishment on the head of the ring like this mens ring to the left.
It can be as simple as a geometric outlay of pave diamonds to form the person’s initials or different symbolic motifs like dragons or family crests or any number of other things. Among the devout Catholics, men usually opt for a cross on their rings with diamonds either pave, flush, channel, or prong set.
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