Pendant necklaces, station chains, chokers, layered sets and beaded strands in 925 sterling silver, brass and stainless steel — cast, assembled and plated in-house.
Necklaces are the second-largest line in our Guangzhou workshop, behind rings. We produce pendant necklaces, station chains, chokers, layered multi-strand pieces and beaded strands for jewellery brands and online sellers, mostly in 925 sterling silver with rhodium or gold plating, and in brass where the target retail price needs it.
A necklace is not one part — it is a pendant, a bail, a chain, a clasp and a tag, and every one of those can fail separately. We buy chain by the metre and cut, solder and polish it in-house, so the clasp strength and the plating colour match the pendant rather than coming from a different supplier.
Below are the necklace styles currently in production, the construction types our benches run, and the specification range we hold to. Chain length, clasp type and tag placement are the three details buyers most often forget to specify — we confirm all three before sampling.
Pendant, stone colour and chain length can all be changed against your spec. Chain is cut to length in-house, so 40+1 cm through 60+5 cm are all normal orders, not specials.
The five structures below cover almost every wholesale necklace enquiry we receive. Each has a different weak point, and each needs a different QC check before packing.
Fixed bail, swivel bail and hidden bail pendants from 8 mm to 30 mm. The bail is the part that fails first, so we solder it closed on anything above 3 g and test-pull every batch. Swivel bails are specified when the pendant is asymmetric and has to hang a particular way.
Cable, curb, rope, box, figaro and satellite chain with soldered or wire-wrapped stations. We cut chain to length in-house rather than buying pre-made strands, which is what lets us hold the station spacing to ±1 mm across a production run.
Rigid collars, memory-wire chokers and adjustable sliding-clasp chokers. Rigid collars are formed on a mandrel and annealed twice so they keep their shape; adjustable chokers use a silicone-lined slider that we test to 500 open-close cycles.
Two-, three- and five-strand necklaces with a single clasp and a spacer bar, or separate chains sold as a set. The clasp has to carry the combined weight, so multi-strand pieces above 12 g move to a lobster clasp with a heavier gauge.
4 mm to 12 mm beads on silk, steel wire or elastic, with metal spacers, caps and tag ends. We drill and ream beads in-house when the hole size has to match a specific gauge — the usual cause of a strand breaking is an under-drilled bead, not a weak wire.
Necklace-specific tolerances. Chain length and clasp type must be confirmed before sampling — they are the two details that most often cause a remake.
| Item | Standard range we produce |
|---|---|
| Material | 925 sterling silver · brass H62 · copper alloy · 316L stainless steel |
| Chain type | Cable · curb · rope · box · figaro · satellite · snake · ball |
| Chain length | 36+5 · 40+5 · 45+5 · 50+5 cm; custom lengths cut to order |
| Chain width | 0.8 mm – 4.0 mm |
| Clasp | Lobster · spring ring · S-hook · magnetic · toggle · adjustable slider |
| Pendant size | 8 mm – 30 mm; larger on request with a heavier bail |
| Main stone | Cubic zirconia AAA–AAAA · nano stone · synthetic spinel · glass crystal · natural gemstone |
| Plating | Rhodium · 18K gold · 14K gold · rose gold · black rhodium · antique finish |
| Plating thickness | 0.03–0.05 μm standard · 0.10 μm heavy |
| Weight | 2.5 g (fine chain) – 28 g (beaded strand) |
| Tag & extender | Laser-engraved logo tag · 5 cm extender chain · both standard |
| MOQ | 50 pcs per style on stock designs · 100–200 pcs for new tooling |
| Sample lead time | 7–10 days on existing moulds · 12–15 days with new CAD |
| Bulk lead time | 15–25 days after sample approval |
| Packing | OPP bag · velvet pouch · gift box · custom logo card · FBA labels |
| Compliance | Nickel release EN 1811 · lead and cadmium free (Prop 65) · SGS or BV on request |
If your listing promises a specific chain length, tell us the tolerance you need — we hold ±5 mm as standard and ±2 mm on request.
Plating the pendant and chain as one assembly is the single biggest difference in colour match — it is why we do not buy pre-plated chain.
Send a reference photo, sketch or CAD file. Tell us the chain length, clasp type and target retail price — those three drive the material choice.
Costed BOM within one working day for stock constructions. Custom pendants get a 3D model and dimensioned drawing in about 48 hours.
Pendant cast and set, chain cut and soldered, clasp attached, then plated as one assembly so the colour matches end to end.
Casting and chain cutting run in parallel to keep the lead time down; assembly and plating are the bottleneck stages, so we schedule those first.
Every clasp is pull-tested, every pendant checked for bail closure, then AQL 2.5 inspection before cartoning.
Chain length, clasp type, pendant size and target price — four lines is enough for us to quote properly.
