Does anybody know of a place to purchase a solid gold rep of a cartier love bracelet or love cuff? Most of the reps i've found are gold plated or steel
Edit: oh lord i butchered the title...could somebody fix it please...seems that I can't type with this new keyboard cover on my macbook
I used to get this question all the time.
Yes, you can commission a local jeweler to make you a solid gold rep of a Cartier Love bracelet. Having said that...
I've seen people come and go who claimed they knew this guy or that guy who made solid gold Love bracelet reps right here in America. I've never seen one and offered to buy one off a guy who isn't around anymore. I've also offered to buy one off one or two guys who said they could buy them from the Chinese rep factories - again, never had even one person take me up on the offer.
The question I always had was "Why would you want one?" I mean, I know everybody is going to say because of the weight. But who cares? Nobody on this planet will EVER ask another person to take off their Love bracelet and then whip out a digital scale and measure it. Never. It never happens and never will.
Your typical gen Love weighs around 32 grams. And the price of just the gold alone is around a thousand bucks. Then you add in the cost of having someone make a wax replica and then cast it and then engrave it and you're well over 2 grand now. Plus you've just committed a serious crime and so has your jeweler. Making just the bracelet itself without the engraving is a big no no. But who would pay a couple grand for a solid gold rep bracelet without the engraving??
Yes, the reps are ALL stainless steel and either yellow or rose gold toned - I've never tested one to see if it was actually gold plated and I seriously doubt they are. The silver ones are just plain polished stainless - no matter what you read on any site online. They are not plated with white gold and then rhodium plated, which is what one would see in your typical white gold piece of jewelry (although white gold jewelry is really white gold underneath and not stainless steel).