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Wedding ring resizing cost calculator

Work out what resizing your wedding ring or band will really cost by pricing each part separately: the bench fee for the first size, each additional size beyond it, metal added if the ring is going up, stone tightening, and the polish or rhodium replate that finishes the job. Add shipping and a rush surcharge if you need them. See the total, a realistic range, and what each part adds.

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The shop's charge to move the ring one size, before metal, stones or finishing.
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A jeweller cuts the shank, either removes a segment or opens it out, solders the join, then trues the ring round on a mandrel. That is bench time by a person with a torch, so the fee tracks the shop's hourly rate and its location far more than it tracks your ring. Ask what this line covers on its own, because some quotes fold the final polish into it and some bill it separately.
How far past one size the ring has to travel. Zero if you are moving it a single size. A ring that has to go several sizes is more cutting, more soldering and more truing, and past roughly two sizes a jeweller will often say the shank wants rebuilding rather than stretching, which is a different job and a different quote.
What the shop adds for each size past the first. Some jewellers quote a flat fee whatever the distance and some step it up per size, so ask which you are being quoted before you compare two shops on the headline number.
The gold, platinum or silver added to the shank when the ring goes up rather than down. Zero if you are sizing down.
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This is the line that separates two quotes that looked alike. Sizing down removes a segment and the shop keeps the scrap; sizing up means new metal is bought and soldered in, billed at the day's metal price for the alloy in your band. Platinum is denser, costs more per gram and needs a hotter torch and its own solder, so a platinum band going up is a meaningfully larger bill than the same move in silver.
Heat and pressure move settings, so a stone-set ring is usually checked and tightened after a resize, and worn prongs are retipped while it is on the bench. Zero for a plain band. A ring set the full way round often cannot be resized at all without rebuilding the shank, so ask what the design permits before you book the work.
Soldering leaves a seam and a heat mark, so the ring is polished back afterwards, and white gold is rhodium plated to bring the colour back across the whole band rather than the joined part alone. Zero if your quote already includes the finish, which is worth confirming rather than assuming.
Mail-in jewellers send a shipping kit and return the ring insured. Zero if you are handing it over a local counter and collecting it yourself.
A resize with a replate on it usually runs one to two weeks, because the ring waits its turn at the bench and the plating is a separate step. Need it faster, for an anniversary or a trip, and many shops add a surcharge as a percentage of the job. Zero if you are on their normal schedule.
Estimated cost
$110

Typical range $66 – $198

  • Bench fee, first size$65
  • Additional sizes$0
  • Metal added for sizing up$0
  • Stone tightening & retipping$0
  • Polish & rhodium replate$45
  • Insured shipping$0
  • Rush surcharge$0
  • Total$110
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$100 to $300 is the usual path: sizing up with new metal, the settings tightened and a replate. Get the metal charge itemised separately from the bench fee.

What this assumes, and where it could be wrong

Every one of these is a place the number could be off. They are here because you should be able to check our working, not because we are hedging.

EVERY PRICE ON THIS PAGE IS YOURS, BECAUSE A RESIZE IS QUOTED AT THE BENCH.
A jeweller prices your resize by looking at the alloy, how far the ring has to travel, whether the shank carries stones and what the finish will take. Two bands bought at the same price can be quoted very differently, so a published figure could not stand in for the call you make to your shop. The defaults are ours and editable

Direction changes the bill. Sizing down removes a segment of shank and the shop keeps the scrap, so the charge is labour. Sizing up means metal is bought and soldered in, billed at the day's price for your alloy, which is why the same one size move can be quoted twice as far apart in two directions.

The alloy matters as much as the distance. Platinum is denser, pricier per gram and needs a hotter torch and its own solder, so a platinum band sizes up for more than a gold one and considerably more than a silver one. Tungsten, titanium and ceramic bands are generally not resizable at all and are replaced or exchanged instead.

Stones set into the shank are a limit, not a surcharge. A band set the full way round frequently cannot be resized without rebuilding it, and one with stones partway down the sides can usually move a size or so before the settings are disturbed. Ask what the design permits before you book, because the answer decides whether this is a resize or a remake.

This is the resize alone. Rebuilding a worn shank, replacing a lost stone, engraving and the appraisal update your insurer may want after the work are their own lines and are outside this total.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to resize a wedding ring?
There is a range rather than a price, because it is a set of jobs rather than one service. Price the bench fee for the first size, any additional sizes, metal if the ring is going up, stone tightening, and the polish or replate that finishes it, add shipping and a rush surcharge if they apply, and the sum is your number. The calculator above builds it from the quote your jeweller gave you.
Is sizing up more expensive than sizing down?
Usually, and the reason is material rather than skill. Going down, the jeweller cuts out a segment, closes the shank and keeps the removed metal. Going up, new metal of the same alloy is bought and soldered in, so the bill carries a metal purchase on top of the same bench time. The gap widens with the alloy: in platinum the added metal can be the larger half of the quote.
Can any ring be resized?
Many can, and some cannot. Plain gold, silver and platinum bands resize readily. A band set with stones the full way round often has to be rebuilt rather than resized, and hard bands in tungsten, titanium or ceramic are generally exchanged for another size rather than worked. Ask the shop what your design permits before you leave the ring, so the answer arrives as a conversation and not as a phone call later.
How long does resizing take?
Commonly one to two weeks at a local bench, longer if the ring is mailed in or the shop is busy around the holidays. The ring waits its turn, the solder and truing are done in one sitting, and the polish or rhodium plate is a separate step afterwards. If you need it for a date, say the date when you book rather than asking for a rush at collection.

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