By the Silvy design team, GemKrishna India · Kirti Nagar, New Delhi
Most people who write to us about custom work are holding something. A stone from a grandmother's ring. A pukhraj an astrologer handed over in a paper packet. A loose emerald bought years ago on a trip and never set. It sits in a drawer because nobody quite knows what to do with it.
That is what we do. You send the stone, or choose one with us, and our karigars build a piece around it — in your size, in the setting you want, in about a week.
Where to start
- You already own the stone → send it to us
- You want help choosing one → Gemstone Selector, or our selection service
- You want a bracelet → build it yourself with the Custom Bracelet Builder or the Custom Gemstone Bracelet tool
- You want a jaap mala → Custom Jaap Mala Builder
The builders are self-serve: pick, see the price, order. No message, no waiting for a reply. First order gets 10% off.
Sending us your own stone
Message us on WhatsApp before you post anything. Send photographs, the stone's weight and shape, and its lab report if it has one.
We will tell you plainly what can be made around that stone and what cannot — and we do say no. A stone with a bad chip in the wrong place, or one too shallow for the setting you have in mind, is better known about now than after it has travelled across the country. You get a quote before anything moves.
If your astrologer gave you a weight in ratti rather than carats, our ratti to carat calculator converts it.
Choosing the stone with us
For people who know what they want but not which stone to buy. You tell us the stone, the weight range, your budget, the setting style, the metal, your treatment preference and which lab report you want.
You pay a ₹500 advance and our team keeps showing you stones until you are satisfied. Not one option — as many as it takes. That ₹500 is not refunded, but it comes off the purchase: a ₹5,000 stone means ₹4,500 more to pay, not ₹5,500.
The advance exists because sourcing individual stones to a brief takes real hours. It keeps the service for people who actually intend to buy, which is why we can afford to keep looking rather than pushing whatever is in the tray.
Treatment: you set the standard, not us
Most sellers decide this quietly on your behalf. We ask:
- No treatment at all. Fully natural, untreated stones only.
- Natural, but treatment acceptable. Heating and similar standard practices are fine.
- Any treatment acceptable. You are buying for appearance and budget.
Which tiers exist depends on the stone. Some gemstones do not occur in commercial quantities untreated, and we will tell you that rather than sell you a story. Across the catalogue, treatment status is written into the product title, not buried in a description.
What we can make
Rings, pendants and lockets, bracelets, anklets, chains, earrings, hasli, navratan pieces, jaap malas and rudraksha malas. Silver is the main line; we also work in panchdhatu, german silver and gold.
- Any ring size, any chain length, any wrist size. Nothing is limited to stock sizes.
- Handmade or cast. Both in-house.
- Any finish — gold plating, rhodium plating, antique or plain silver — across every category.
- Open-back or closed-back. If the stone is being worn for astrological reasons, tradition holds it should touch the skin, which means open-back. We make both and will ask if you do not say.
- Engraving on bands and lockets.
Common requests: a father's ring remade to fit a son, two inherited stones combined into one pendant, a mala restrung with the original beads, an old setting rebuilt in silver because the gold version is no longer wanted. Gifting deadlines — Diwali, Dhanteras, a wedding, a birthday — are usually fine if you come to us with a fortnight in hand.
How every piece is handled
Same sequence whether the piece is ₹800 or ₹80,000.
- The stone goes to the lab. Ours or yours — if you send your own and want it certified, we can have that done too.
- It is tested and measured as a single stone. Identification, dimensions, weight in carats and grams. Not sampled from a batch.
- It gets a report number unique to that one stone. No two items share a number, and the number appears on the listing.
- Where it applies, an X-ray is done as well. On rudraksha that is how the internal compartments are checked against the mukhi count.
- Then the piece is built around that specific stone, individually, by our own karigars, in your size.
You can verify a GJSPC report online yourself — we wrote a guide showing you how. We would rather you checked than took our word for it.
We work with six independent laboratories: GJSPC, IGI, GRS Swisslab, IIGJ, GSI and GIA. The report names whichever issued it.
What it costs
The day's silver rate plus making charges. The stone, if you are buying it from us, is quoted separately. Nothing is bundled into one opaque number, and you can ask us to break the quote down.
Custom is not a premium service here. A custom piece costs what the same weight of silver and the same stone would cost ready-made — the difference is that it fits, and it is the stone you chose. For reference, our finished pieces run from around ₹800 to ₹89,999.
On the silver: 925 sterling is 92.5% silver. Most Silvy pieces are BIS hallmarked, and where one is not you can add Silver Hallmark (Tonch) for ₹249 before the order is placed. There is more on why that matters in our silver rings guide.
Timeline, and what happens if it does not fit
- 6–7 days from confirmation to dispatch. Add up to two days if you have chosen hallmarking.
- Free delivery across India, shipped from Delhi via Delhivery One.
- 10% off your first order; ₹150 off on prepaid; partial COD — 20% online, 80% on delivery.
- Made-to-order pieces are outside the standard 30-day return, because they are made for one person. This is exactly why we show you the stone and confirm the design first.
- Wrong size? We remake it. You pay only the shipping.
- Damaged strand or lost beads on a mala: repaired free on the same terms.
- After-sales on silver: polishing, re-plating, resizing.
We ship within India only at present. More on our FAQs page.
Who makes it
Silvy is designed by Poonam Gupta, who has 20+ years in jewellery design. The pieces are made by GemKrishna's own karigars — a large in-house team with 40+ years of experience, working in both handmade and cast techniques. Nothing is outsourced to a third-party workshop, which is why we can tell you what is happening to your stone at any point.
Frequently asked questions
Can I send my own gemstone to be set in silver?
Yes. GemKrishna accepts customer-supplied stones and designs and sets them in 925 sterling silver, typically within 6 to 7 days. Send photographs and the stone's weight on WhatsApp first, and you get a quote before posting anything.
How long does custom silver jewellery take in India?
At GemKrishna, 6 to 7 days from confirmation to dispatch, plus up to two extra days if hallmarking is added.
Is custom jewellery more expensive than ready-made?
Not at GemKrishna. Custom pieces are priced as the day's silver rate plus making charges, with the gemstone quoted separately. Cost is driven by the weight of silver and the stone, not by the piece being custom.
Can I return a custom-made piece?
Made-to-order pieces are outside the standard 30-day return, because they are made for one person. If the size is wrong, GemKrishna remakes the piece and the customer pays only shipping.
Can you make any ring size or chain length?
Yes. Any ring size, any chain length, any wrist size, in a heavier or lighter gauge.
Can I have my own stone certified?
Yes. A customer-supplied stone can be sent for lab testing, where it is identified, measured for dimensions and weight, and given a report number unique to that stone.
Do you only work in silver?
Silver is the main line. GemKrishna also works in panchdhatu, german silver and gold, with gold, rhodium, antique or plain finishes across all categories.
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