By now you know her taste. It has been on her hand for years.

The usual move is a band. Pavé that picks up the wedding set, a contour that follows the engagement ring, or deliberate contrast in a warmer metal. Eternity rings carry more stones and more presence, which suits the anniversaries that have some weight to them: a tenth, a twentieth, a twenty-fifth.

Whichever direction fits, the band gets built against the rings that already exist. Three separate purchases can still look like one decision, but only if somebody plans it that way.

Some anniversaries are really about the engagement ring itself. A larger center stone, a reset into the design that was out of reach at twenty-six, or fixing a setting that never quite matched her. The original diamond can move into the new ring, become a pendant, or wait for a kid who will want it later.

I will tell you which of those the current ring actually supports. Reworking the wrong foundation costs more than building the right thing once.

Earrings for a twentieth, a pendant built around one good stone, a bracelet for a year that deserved marking. The mechanics do not change. The stone gets sourced and judged by eye, the design gets built around the person, and the number is in writing before anything is made.

And if a design starts drifting past what you wanted to spend, I will say so and show you the cheaper way to the same look. That has happened at this desk more than once.