How to determine the size of the ring?

How to determine the size of the ring?

Jewelry, in particular, rings, are worn by all women and men without exception. And sooner or later we are faced with the problem of determining the size of the ring. This is especially true if you want to make a surprise gift to your loved one.

Men face the problem of determining the size of the ring when they are going to make an offer to their second half. After all, it is necessary that the chosen one did not guess ahead of time, therefore, various tricks to determine the size of the ring are used.

Women are faced with the need to determine the size of the ring when they want to make a memorable or symbolic gift to their beloved man.

Of course, both men and women, when choosing jewelry over the Internet, should know the size of their fingers. After all, before purchasing a ring when buying online, you can not measure it.

Tips and tricks

To determine the size of the ring should be taken seriously. This is especially true for wedding rings. Unlike other rings that you can wear on any finger, husband and wife wear wedding rings on the ring finger of the right hand. And if you do not guess the size, get a ringlet of a larger or smaller size, you will have to contact the jeweler to correct the size.

When determining the size of the ring is worth paying attention to some points:

  • You should not determine the size of the ring in the morning, as soon as you woke up. After sleep, the body accumulates additional fluid, which goes out during the day. Such changes may be in the range from half the size to one size. That is, for example, you measured your finger in the morning and received a size of 17.5, and in the afternoon it can change to 16.5. By the evening, your hands may also be slightly swollen, especially if they are subjected to physical exertion. Therefore, the optimal time to determine the size of the ring is the middle of the day.
  • It is not recommended to measure the size of the ring after an intense workout. After playing sports hands may swell a little and the size of the ring can be increased.
  • It is not necessary to find out the size of the ring in very hot weather when you drink a lot of water. From this, your hands and fingers, respectively, may slightly swell and distort the size of the ring. Such a size distortion can reach one size. This rule is also relevant for pregnant women. Especially in the last stages of pregnancy, many women have swelling of the arms and legs, after birth, the swelling goes away by itself.
  • Also, do not know the size of the ringlet when it is very cold outside. Under the influence of low temperatures, the vessels are compressed and the size of the ring can be reduced from half the size to the whole size. When you heat up, and your vessels return to normal, this ring may not fit your finger.
  • When you determine the size of the ring, be calm, do not be nervous. In this case, you can determine the exact size of the ringlet.
  • Please note that the size of the fingers on the "working" and "non-working" hand may differ. For example, if you are left-handed, then on the left hand the fingers are more by 0.5 - 1 size than on the right hand. Conversely, if you are right-handed, then the fingers on your right hand are 0.5 to 1 more in size than on your left hand.
  • Buying a particular ring, pay attention to its thickness. If you intend to buy a thin ring, the width of which will be in the range from 5 to 7 mm, then round the result to the nearest size value.And if you want to buy a massive and wide decoration, the width of which is more than 7 mm, then you should add another half of the size. For example, you have determined that your size is 17, buy a ring or ring with a size of 17.5. This stock will help you to easily put on and take off the decoration. If you neglect this rule, then a massive accessory may simply not fit on your finger.
  • Buying jewelry, be sure to take a check. If you suddenly made a mistake with the size, if you have a check, you can exchange it for a ring that fits your size, or return the accessory to the store if there is no replacement.

How to determine

Buying an expensive ring in a jewelry store, I want to get a beautiful and stylish accessory that will perfectly show off on your finger. The ringlet should not cause discomfort, much less squeeze the finger, since this is fraught with negative consequences. A small-sized ring may interfere with normal blood circulation, as a result of which the finger may swell and even turn blue and you will have to remove the tight ring quickly.

The ring is large in size, on the contrary, it may inadvertently slip off, and you will lose the expensive ornament. Or you will constantly pull the ring, checking if it is in place, and if you have not lost it.

Why do you need additional excitement when it is necessary to correctly determine the size of the ring and then the decoration will bring joy and rivet the views of people around you.

There are many different ways to determine ring size. Some methods allow to determine the exact size of the ringlet, while others give only an approximate size.

Depending on whether you choose a ring for yourself or a gift as a surprise to another person, you can choose one or another method of determining the size of the ring or try all methods.

With the help of a jeweler

Determining the size of a ring with a jeweler in a jewelry store is one of the simplest and most accurate ways. Just contact any jewelry store and a specialist will easily measure your finger and tell you the size. Or offer to try on several models of rings, and you will know your size.

This method of determining the size of the ring can be used in several situations:

  • If you buy jewelry for yourself.
  • You took with you a ring that is worn by the person to whom you are going to make a gift.
  • You put on the ring of the person to whom you make a gift. And his ring came exactly on your finger, or you remember how this ring sat on your finger.
  • You have with you the inner outline of the ring of the person bestowed.

According to the available ring

If you purchase a ring for your second half as a surprise gift, you can determine the size of the ring on the existing ring. The main thing is to choose the ring that this person wears on the finger for which you are going to buy a gift.

To measure the size of the ring on the available ring, you need a pencil or pen, a piece of paper and a ruler.

Circle your ring on the inside of the paper. Press the stem of the pencil or pen against the inside of the ring. Now you need to measure the diameter of the ring, for this draw a straight line that connects the two adjacent points on the resulting circle.

You can also attach a ring to this image and determine the size of your ringlet. If your ring does not coincide with the given dimensions, then it is better to choose a floor size larger than indicated in the figure. For example, instead of 17, choose 17.5.

If you are afraid to make a mistake in the calculations, then take the ring with you and go to the jewelry store. Sellers will not refuse to help you and will accurately determine the size of the ring.

With the help of thread

To establish the size of the ring with the help of a thread, you will need a thick, but not thick thread.The thread should not stretch, otherwise you risk to be mistaken with the size and buy a ring, small in size.

So, the step-by-step process of measuring the size of a ring using a thread:

  1. Wrap the thread around your finger 5 times. The width you get trim around somewhere in the region of 3 - 5 mm. Do not be too tight or too loose to wrap the thread around your finger. Try to hold the obvivka through the joint on the finger, it should calmly pass.
  2. After wrapping, take both ends of the string and cross them on your finger. The intersection must be marked with a marker. Even remove the thread from your finger and cut off the excess part of the thread.
  3. Using a ruler, measure the length of the thread. The result must be divided by 15.7. For example, the length of the thread you get 251.2 mm, dividing it by 15.7, you get 16 mm. This is the size of your ringlet.
  4. If you get a figure that does not match the size, then round it up. For example, after dividing you got 17.3, you need to round this figure up and you will get 17.5.

By clothes

The method of identifying the size of the ring on clothes is the most approximate. It may be suitable if you cannot use other measurement methods. His calculations are based on the fact that people of the same body size who wear clothes of the same size should have fingers of the same diameter.

The size of the clothes and the size of the ring are the same:

  1. People who wear clothing size S have a ring size in the range of 15.5 - 16.5 mm.
  2. People wearing clothing size M wear rings of 16.5 to 17.5 sizes.
  3. Clothing size L corresponds to the size of the rings 17.5 - 18.5.
  4. For the size of clothes XL fit ring with a size of 18.5 - 19.5.
  5. Each time you add an X in the size of your clothes, you should add one size in the ring.

Due to the anatomical features of each person, you risk a serious mistake with the size.

By the size of gloves

Also help determine the size of the ring gloves. The size of a ring is established by the size of gloves. The only caveat, gloves should be made of thin leather and fit close to the hand. Gloves should not stretch on your hand. In this case, you will get a more accurate determination of the size of the ringlet.

Finger diameter

By the diameter of your finger, you can also find out the size of the ring. How to find out the size of your finger? To do this, you will need a piece of paper 10–12 cm long and approximately 3 mm wide.

Step-by-step measurement of the ring on the diameter of the finger:

  • Wrap the paper around your finger, then mark in a certain place.
  • Since the ring passes through the joint on the finger, it is necessary to measure it, including.
  • Between the two values, select the average. You will receive a ring that you will not lose, since it will not fall off your finger. In addition, this ring you will easily put on a finger.

This table will help you to finally understand what your finger size is.

Dimensional grid and correspondences

The dimensional grid of the rings becomes very relevant if you purchase jewelry not in a store, but order it over the Internet. This is especially true for foreign sites, the size of which is different from the usual Russian grid.

International

The table shows the correspondence of the international ring size system for different countries.

Russian

The Russian size of the ring is equal to the internal diameter of the finger.

USA

The American ring size is the internal diameter of the finger, multiplied by 1.23 and minus 14.3. That is, if the internal diameter of your finger is 18.5 mm, we multiply it by 1.23 and minus 14.3 we get 8.5.

The correspondence of the sizes of the USA to Russian is given in the table. This table will be useful to you, since on foreign sites the American size grid is most often used.

Chinese

The Chinese ring size is equal to the internal diameter of the finger, multiplied by 3 and minus 38.That is, if the internal diameter of the finger is 16, multiply it by 3 and subtract 38. We have 10.

European

European ring size is calculated in two ways:

  1. it is equal to the inner circumference of the finger;
  2. it is equal to the internal diameter of the finger, multiplied by 3.14.

Ring size

It is found that jewelry manufacturers determine the size of the rings not in numbers, but in the letters S - M - L - XL, where:

  • S corresponds to 16.3 mm of the inner diameter of the ring;
  • M fits to 17.1 mm inner diameter of the wheellet;
  • L corresponds to 17.9 mm internal diameter of the ring;
  • XL coincides with 18.7 mm of the inner diameter of the ring.

Ring Manipulations

If, nevertheless, there is a situation that you could not get a ringlet that exactly matches the size of your finger, you should not be upset. The jewelry master will adjust the ring to your finger, and it will sit perfectly.

Reducing the size of the ringlet

If the ring on you is large, you should not tempt fate, you risk losing the jewelry, ask the jeweler for help. It will reduce the size of your ring using one of the following methods:

  • Cutting - to reduce the ringlet by one size, a small piece 3.14 mm long will be cut from the rim. If you want to reduce the ring by 2 sizes, then cut out the piece is increased by 2 times and is 6.28 mm. This method of reducing the size of the ring can be used to various types of rings. The only caveat, you need to remove all the gems, if the soldering is done with open fire, so as not to damage the stones during the process of soldering the ring. If a laser spike is performed, the stones do not need to be removed.
  • Compression - this method is most often used for simple even rings, without any decorating elements, for example, for wedding rings. To increase the elasticity of the metal, the ring is heated, then it is lowered into a special shape and compressed until the ring reaches the desired size. Do not be afraid of nagara appeared on the ring, it is carefully cleaned and polished your ring. So it will shine like new.
  • Silicone Insert - You can reduce the size of the ring by adding a silicone insert inside. This is the most gentle method of resizing a ring. After all, your jewelry is not amenable to any external influence, only its internal diameter decreases.

Increase the size of the ring

You may encounter the opposite situation when the ring will need to be increased in size. The jeweler can increase your ring using one of the following methods:

  1. Mechanical stretching - most often this method is used for traditional wedding rings, which do not have additional elements or stones or rings in the form of seals. This method of increasing the size of rings is better to use for thin rings, whose width is in the range from 9 to 12 mm. The ring is heated to make the metal ductile and pliable. Next, the ring is placed in a special device, turning the handle of which, the master will increase your ringlet to the desired size. The final stage of the jeweler leads the jewelry to a beautiful appearance.
  2. Adding metal - for this you have to cut the ring, stretch it to the required size and insert the missing piece of metal. It is important that the insert and the ring match in color and sample so that the insert is not noticeable.
  3. Internal boring jewelry - metal grind inside the ring. This method is used if you need to change the size quite a bit. It is used for jewelry with enamel, stones that have an intricate shape, as well as a thick base.

From any situation, you can find a way out, whether determining the size of a ring on a finger or changing this size. The main thing to take seriously to solve the problem and then the jewelry will be able to please you or your soul mate.

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