Alba Circle

Discs like this one get chosen for what they leave out. The Alba Circle is silver, 22 mm across and just over a millimeter thick, with no stone, no motif and nothing on it to date the design. It is the plainest piece in the Alba group and the least expensive of the three.

That means the whole face is engraving surface. Families use it for a fingerprint, a set of initials, or a single date, and it is the piece most often ordered in twos and threes so several people can carry the same marking. Silver picks up fine scratches over years of daily wear, which most owners come to like; a soft cloth brings the shine back when they want it.

• Silver disc measuring 22 mm across
• Often bought in multiples so siblings carry matching engraving
• Barely a millimetre thick, so it layers under a shirt without showing a bulge