https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:42:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings/page/2#post-1717749 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:23:18 +0000 Windchime 1717749@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's interesting reading everyone's responses!</p> <p>I seem to have a double standard regarding mixing metals. My watchband is inherently mixed, as it has both gold and silver. My wedding ring is platinum (looks silver); on my right hand I wear my grandmother's gold wedding band. So I have no problem mixing metals in my watch and rings.</p> <p>However, my necklaces and earrings must be the same metal--most often silver--and I'm scrupulous about buying boots and bags with silver trim only. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings/page/2#post-1717716 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:09:25 +0000 akansha 1717716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for giving the information, really very interesting, thanks for share this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings/page/2#post-1717666 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:07:23 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1717666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Angie that is so funny. I mix metals and have never given a thought to my ring metals. I However always match metals with my earrings and necklaces. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717654 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:22:55 +0000 Anonymous 1717654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I even mix metals with rings. I wear a couple of my late mom's platinum bands with a gold ring with diamonds. Mixing ring/watch metals does not bother me but mixing metals on bag and belt hardware does look wrong to me. We all have our little quirks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717647 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:36:03 +0000 Beth Ann 1717647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mix metals, but I'd like to give it a whirl. &nbsp;My only concern is that it look deliberate, rather than haphazard. &nbsp;</p> <p>And Angie, you crack me up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717509 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:52:28 +0000 Susie 1717509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mostly don't mix metals, primarily because I have much more silver than gold jewelry. (I greatly prefer silver /pewter/ gunmetal hardware on bags and shoes.) My wedding band is platinum and diamonds and to me it 'goes' with anything. I used to wear a lot of Yurman and Hardy pieces that were both silver and gold and always enjoyed the combination, though I still preferred silver with certain colors. </p> <p>I don't wear a lot of jewelry at once- generally a necklace OR earrings (never earrings if wearing my glasses), wedding band plus 1 ring on my right hand. And sometimes a watch OR bracelet, occasionally a few bracelets together. Not a lot of mixing but I'm not opposed to it at all, just depends what looks good together and with the outfit. </p> <p>I think 'rules' about mixing metals went the way of 'no white after Labor Day!' And if not, I have no problem breaking those kinds of rules! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717495 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:08:42 +0000 Gretchen 1717495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me, my rings don't count....they are on all the time, and I don't really think of them as interchangeable. So that means yellow gold. </p> <p>However, I have a new challenge with eyewear. I'm now wearing glasses all the time (sigh....) and the one I chose have silver accents. So now if I'm wearing "no jewelry" by definition I have gold and silver.</p> <p>So maybe I should start mixing and matching my jewelry too? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717418 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:23:14 +0000 texstyle 1717418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I mix metals all the time. Diamonds have the look of "silver" to me so many rings are already a mix in my view. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717411 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:54:06 +0000 Ginger 1717411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen, that is amazing! My senior year I met an old Ag who lived in a house just south of campus. He was class of 40-something and his ring was completely smooth, too. That's kind of what I aspire to - though it would simultaneously be sad to completely lose all the detail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717409 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:44:19 +0000 JAileen 1717409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger, my husband is an Aggie! When we were newlyweds, a neighbor came over to talk to us and he happened to show us his Aggie ring. It was completely smooth. He had graduated in 1923. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717398 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:56:14 +0000 Ginger 1717398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have a wedding ring, but I do wear my Aggie ring. I've worn it daily (with the exception of historical/costume events where it would be anachronistic) for thirteen years.&nbsp; It's gold with antiquing.</p> <p>Like Echo, I feel it's an extension of myself.&nbsp; It's slowly and steadily losing detail in the relief as I wear it; I have no plans to stop wearing it. As a lefty, I wear watches on my right wrist, and today's is silver-toned with blue MOP face. Very much mixing metals, and I don't care, because the ring is special enough. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1717315 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 03:23:46 +0000 Nishaa 1717315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GF.... Thanks for asking what I've been meaning to for ever...</p> <p>I've a yellow gold engagement ring, one more yellow gold for right hand, one white gold for same and one platinum band for left.<br /> My preferred watch is dual tone. But I do have other silver face watches and I sometimes wear a gold bangle in right.<br /> My colouring is yellow toned so I wear yellow gold better. I hate rose gold.<br /> Q1: can I wear white gold ring with yellow bangle in the same hand?<br /> Guess the answer is no.<br /> Q2: what about diamonds... Count the color of stones(white) or setting(yellow)?</p> <p>I don't wear the engagement and white gold ring in winter of they have diamonds and I always end up getting my woollens entangled.... I'm that clumsy.<br /> So </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716884 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:16:48 +0000 Minnie 1716884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie: "...I have four wedding rings (soon to have a fifth), to match my assortment of watches. (All the same husband though)."</p> <p>Now that's a great idea. <br />I need more wedding and engagement rings all in different metals and with different colored stones </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716880 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:09:26 +0000 JAileen 1716880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have only one wedding ring and one husband. I rarely take off my ring. I wore a mixed metal Seiko watch for years. I recently bought a giant silver Timex watch that doesn't match my ring. Usually I'm very matchy matchy, but this doesn't bother me at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716731 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:10:34 +0000 Cerinda 1716731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mix metals with abandon, always have. &nbsp;Mostly gold/silver/ platinum/stainless steel/vintage rhodium; and I prize individual pieces that mix metals. &nbsp;Which amulet (necklace) I wear generally depends upon my clothing. &nbsp;But come to think of it, when I wear copper, base metal, or anodized silver, I do strip off my usual bangle, chain bracelet, and watch. &nbsp;Maybe what I <i>don't</i> do is mix is shiny/distressed (like Echo, my engagement and anniversary rings very seldom leave my hands) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716697 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 04:34:20 +0000 DonnaF 1716697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mix shiny silver and shiny gold all the time.&nbsp; If I didn't, the metal on my footwear and bags would drive me nuts trying to get them all to match.&nbsp; Plus, I would need another wedding ring.&nbsp; I wear my gold band all the time, and a couple (but not all) of my watches have both silver and gold.</p> <p>BUT!&nbsp; I think rose gold would clash with gold and not look good with my skin so I don't wear it at all.&nbsp; I wear a little antiqued silver and pewter but not brass and rarely brushed silver or brushed gold.&nbsp; So yes, there are limits to my mixing!</p> <p>I generally don't study other women closely enough (don't wanna be a creeper!) to notice if they are mixing metals and to what degree:&nbsp; Shoes, bag, wrist, fingers, neck, ears, places where a brooch might be hiding. . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716534 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:41:32 +0000 Ledonna N. 1716534@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mix all kinds of metals and jewelry.&nbsp; Loves the eclectic look.</p> <p>side note.&nbsp; Angie you have soot to be 5 wedding rings.&nbsp; WOW&nbsp; Like your glasses that is interesting.&nbsp; loves it.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716519 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:47:05 +0000 Echo 1716519@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always viewed my wedding set at an extension of me. It doesn't have to "match" anything; it just IS. So it has never occurred to me that I needed to match the metals if I wear a bracelet or a watch. However, while I do have a few platinum pieces, I primarily wear yellow gold simply because it is more flattering to my skin tone.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716508 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:31:14 +0000 Aida 1716508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mix all the metals all the time </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716486 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:26:56 +0000 Angie 1716486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>NEVER.</p> <p>My wedding ring&nbsp;<b>MUST </b>match the metal of my watch. I wear gold and silver, which is why I have four wedding rings (soon to have a fifth), to match my assortment of watches. (All the same husband though).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716472 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:07:48 +0000 SandyG 1716472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always mixed metals with intention. And I didn't have many gold pieces when I was younger! My jewelry represents my journey and life, a personal collection with personal meaning. Never one for matching or 'sets', I simply wear what I feel like. It's a different mix all the time, and I promise all the metals and stones get along My &nbsp;nails are always a polished nude because colored polish added to the mix would draw my attention too much and THAT would bother me.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716388 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:42:58 +0000 Penny 1716388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Although it looks fine to my eye on others, especially when it looks deliberate (e.g., a mix of multiple silver and gold pieces), I prefer the look of silver with my skin tone, so my jewelry collection is silver / rhodium / white gold / gunmetal. To me, it's a matter of personal style and preference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716386 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:27:01 +0000 unfrumped 1716386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, timely post for me because I'm thinking about this more because I'm about to tackle " tidying" my jewelry and am thinking about what I want to keep and wear, and why.<br /> I do mix, because my wedding and am engagement rings are gold, but for other jewelry I've gravitated to mostly silver( with emphasis on muted silver, pewter tones).</p> <p>I don't wear bracelets/ bangles much if ever, and I feel necklaces are " farther away" so they are less of an issue even I i were in matchy mode, and don't clash much, but I do always wear a watch on left. Even before I switched to silver jewelry, my favorite watch had been mixed gold and silver metal and black. I have acquired some mixed metal costume jewelry I love, too. So I think I have a sugar eye for that. It might be subliminally because of the better blend with my gold rings, or just because I have cool to neutral coloring and don't choose a lot very shiny silver.<br /> So I think of keeping an eye out for just the right mixed metal look as a kind of signature style, and also maybe one way to rein in the amount of jewelry.<br /> That said, I Akso havd dime pieces with gold or more bronze tone because either the pice was a perfect style( for necklaces, length and weight to work with tops) or I like how they look with certain color clothing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716371 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:34:21 +0000 Diana 1716371@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All the time. Honestly it doesn't even occur to me to check most of the time. I usually wear one platinum, one white gold, and one silver ring. If I had yellow gold rings I'd wear them with these without a second thought (the platinum and white gold are my wedding and engagement rings that I wear every day). My most commonly worn watches are both gold cases with leather bands. </p> <p>I haven't been wearing bracelets lately but when I did I wore all sorts of metals in various combinations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716369 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:23:07 +0000 viva 1716369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love to mix metals but as I have said many many times, I am not matchy-matchy at all. I love asymmetry, I love JFE, and sometimes I am vigorously anti-matchy-matchy. So it's a personal thing.</p> <p>Left hand: gold engagement/wedding rings, silver ring with tiny gold accents, big gold watch (I lost my silver one but I would wear it if I still had it)<br />Right hand: stack of eight very thin individual bands, 3 gold, 5 silver; if wearing bracelets, often a mix of gold and silver and sometimes copper.</p> <p>Like Style Fan, I really don't pay attention to the color of the metal. It's more about the feel/style of the item.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716367 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:57:43 +0000 Style Fan 1716367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mix metals all the time.&nbsp; My wedding rings are gold, the 2 watches I wear the most are stainless steel and gold and the bangle I wear on my left hand is sterling silver.&nbsp; On my right hand I wear a silver cuff with a small amount of gold or an amber bracelet.&nbsp; I sometimes wear other rings and they might be gold or silver.<br />The majority of my earrings are silver.&nbsp; I do have some dressy event earrings that are gold.&nbsp; I have both silver and gold necklaces.<br />I have other jewellery that I wear for special events.&nbsp; Sometimes I will wear my gold bangles, pearl and white gold bracelet, etc.&nbsp; I do not pay attention to the colour of the metal.&nbsp; If it looks good together then great.&nbsp; If not I take it off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716360 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:23:09 +0000 Zibbets 1716360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always worn silver watches to coordinate with my platinum wedding bands ... until I recently bought a gold watch. I still notice it, but I love the watch so much it doesn't bother me. When the gold watch comes out, I always wear gold jewelry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716359 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:19:31 +0000 Staysfit 1716359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I mix metals all the time, both with my necklaces , bangles, rings, earrings, etc. I have neutral coloring and look good in both gold and silver. I still like gold even with my grey hair, although some people may disagree. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716356 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:08:32 +0000 VioletMyra 1716356@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was younger I never mixed the colours of metals. I wore white gold, platinum and silver only. Over the years I've received various rings in yellow gold handed down through the generations. They are a variety of gem stones. Now I have rings that are either white metal or yellow metal so I wear them according to the colour of the stone. Three or four blue sapphire rings with my blue ensembles, the emeralds with my green pants, pearls with white jeans - you get the idea. I think the stones are more noticeable then the colour of the metal when I wear a few together.<br />Best wishes.<br />Denise </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mixing-metals-watches-and-rings#post-1716343 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:57:05 +0000 Anonymous 1716343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I personally rarely mixed metals. &nbsp;Not because it can't be done, but because I never liked it for myself. &nbsp;Some people wear a piece or two that incorporates both metals and that ties everything together. &nbsp;</p>