Custom Engagement Rings Calgary
Davidson Jewels · Calgary since 1988
Custom Engagement Rings
in Calgary
I design and make every ring myself, here in Calgary, in 18k gold or platinum. Commissions start at $2,500. Most take six to ten weeks from the first meeting to pickup.
You work with me at each step, and nothing is cast until you have worn the resin prototype.
The Davidson Process
Five Steps from First Conversation to Pickup
The Studio Consultation
We meet by appointment on 17th Avenue. Bring ideas, photographs, a budget, or nothing at all. Plenty of people arrive with only a feeling. I ask the questions that matter and sketch while we talk. First visits are complimentary, and they run about thirty minutes.
The Stone
At this meeting I show you every diamond cut — round, emerald, oval, and the rest — from one carat to five, so you can judge what size belongs on your hand. Then we search my broker's inventory. He is overseas, and he holds thousands of diamonds, each with photographs, a rotating video, full dimensions, and its certificate. We sort by size and quality until a few feel right. You choose from that full record, not from a tray of whatever happens to be in a shop that week.
The CAD Design
I model the ring in CAD, a tool I have used since 1989. You see it from every angle, and we adjust proportions, prong style, band width, and how high it sits on the finger.
The Resin Prototype
I print the approved design in resin so you can wear it. This is the step most studios skip. You hold it, try it on, and live with the shape for a few minutes. Changes at this stage cost nothing.
The Bench
I make the ring in 18k gold or platinum, set the stones, and finish it by hand here in Calgary. When it is ready, you come back to the studio and pick it up.
Most rings take six to ten weeks from the first meeting to that last visit. If you have a proposal date, coming three to four months ahead leaves room to adjust the CAD or the resin without anyone feeling rushed.
I opened Davidson Jewels in Calgary in 1988. I have been making custom rings in this city ever since: more than 3,000 of them, each one designed and made by me, not a design team in another city.
Custom Engagement Rings Calgary
Frequently Asked Questions
Commissions at Davidson Jewels start at $2,500 CAD. Most custom engagement rings fall between $3,000 and $15,000, depending on the centre stone, the metal, and the complexity of the setting. We talk about your budget at the first meeting, before any design work begins.
Most rings take six to ten weeks from the first studio consultation to pickup. If you have a firm proposal date, come in three to four months ahead so there is room to adjust the CAD or the resin.
I do. I am Ian Davidson, a master goldsmith in Calgary. I design and make every piece that leaves this studio. There is no design team and no handoff.
909 17th Avenue SW, 4th Floor, Calgary, in the Mount Royal Executive Centre. By appointment only. The studio moved here in July 2026. The former East Village address is no longer in use.
About thirty minutes, complimentary. It is enough time to talk through what you have in mind, try diamond cuts and sizes on your hand, and sketch a direction.
No. Bring ideas, photographs, a budget, or nothing at all. Plenty of people arrive with only a feeling, and the questions I ask are what turn it into a design.
In the studio I show you every common cut, from one carat to five, so you can judge size on your own hand. Then we search my broker's overseas inventory of thousands of stones. Each one comes with photographs, a rotating video, full dimensions, and its certificate. You choose from that record, not from a tray in the shop.
It is a printed model of the approved CAD design that you can wear before anything is cast. You feel the width, the height, and the balance on your own hand, and changes at that stage cost nothing.
18k gold (white, yellow, rose, and our cedar gold) and platinum. I do not work in 14k. Heirloom pieces have to hold colour, weight, and a stone for decades of daily wear.
Yes, and that is some of my favourite work. Bring the piece in and I will tell you what can be reset. Old gold can be credited toward the new ring at its pure gold value. I do not melt mixed old metal into the new piece.
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