Engagement Rings & Wedding Bands

Secrète Fine Jewelry tells our clients’ unique love stories through custom design. We consider our mission to be champions of love, and our designers work closely with each client to create a personal expression of your love. We listen to your love stories, what matters to you, so that the rings we create are the perfect expression of your unique story. Our fully custom design process goes beyond the commonplace options for customization; we pay attention to details— the place where you met, the color of your beloved’s eyes, a family heritage, a shared memory, the story of a cherished heirloom— to offer possibilities beyond what is typical, to craft a piece solely for you.

The first step to designing your engagement ring at Secrète Fine Jewelry is to schedule a consultation for a custom engagement ring design apointment in Washington DC or Bethesda MD.  During your appointment, you will meet with a dedicated designer who will work to help you create the perfect engagement ring or wedding band.  .

Because every Secrète Fine Jewelry ring is unique, every design appointment is, too. Some people bring heirloom jewelry to repurpose the diamonds. Other people arrive with their own designs drawn on graph paper. Many couples share inspiration photos or other ideas. Some fiances come alone, while other couples shop together. There’s no wrong way to do it.

Our design team is here to help adapt your vision to reality, and also the help you try on some real life examples to make sure your ring is as beautiful on your hand as it was in your head.

Next, your Secrète Fine Jewelry custom engagement ring designer will translate your ideas into exclusive design sketches tailored just for you. You will usually receive these via email a few days after your appointment.

These artistic representations of your design can be edited,  revised, and edited again based on your feedback. Sometimes, seeing is believing, so if you’re torn between two different ideas, your designer can create side-by-side comparisons to help you make your decision.

As you’re deciding about the design of your ring, you’ll be discussing the diamonds and/or gemstones that will be featured in the ring. While some couples provider their own heirloom stone or stones to use in their designs, most often, we provide a selection of beautiful, ethically sourced stones, curated specifically for your unique ring. Each stone is hand-selected for you and your design alone.

Our bespoke stone-sourcing services give us the ability to have a stone flown in from halfway around the world just for you to see its sparkle, its fire, and its place on your loved one’s hand. These services, along with our custom stone-cutting services, also allow us to work with unique stones that are often unseen in others’ stocks. Whether you are searching for a rare stone from a location significant to your life or are searching for a unique shape or uncommon cut, Secrète can provide the rarest materials to help you celebrate that rarest joy of life— falling in love.

We offer full transparency about the origins of your stones, whether you choose a certified Canadian diamond, recycled diamond, lab-grown diamond, a diamond alternative, or a diamond from traditional diamond markets with ethical certifications.  We also offer certified origin gemstones.  Because our rings are 100% custom made, you are free to make informed choices for every stone in your ring, even the tiniest pavé stones.

Once you approve the final draft of your design and select your stone, our master jeweler begins creating it at our local workshop. Our focus on quality speaks to our commitment to tell your love story; we create heirlooms, built to stand the test of time, pieces that will live on in your family story forever.

Our custom engagement rings are created by hand in Bethesda, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Our jeweler starts by studying the designer’s drawings. Next, he carefully sculpts each ring by hand in wax. After the wax is sculpted, he casts the gold or platinum. Once the metal is cooled, the long process of shaping and refining each curve or angle begins. Stones are set in their places, with each prong carefully bent in to hold it securely. Finally, the metal is polished and cleaned until the ring is perfect.

When your ring is completed at the workshop, a trained gemology expert at Secrète will prepare a dossier of your ring for you. With your ring, you’ll receive a folder containing an official appraisal, any stone certificates from gemology labs that accompany your ring, and a personalized note from your designer.

Your engagement ring from Secrète will be a true reflection of your personal style and the love between you and your partner. Secrète Fine Jewelry believes in style over fashion, that is to say that form and substance transcend both time and trend. Secrète Fine Jewelry custom designs fine jewelry for people of style, engagement rings and wedding bands that will last for generations, not simply because of the mastery of the craftsmanship, but because they reflect something personal and meaningful. While each client may have a different aesthetic and point of view, Secrète’s bespoke services ensure that each piece of jewelry reflects the individual style of the one who will wear it, that each piece is formed with artistry, that each piece will reflect love beyond time.