Men's Chains

Men's chains in stainless steel and titanium steel

This is every chain we sell for men, in one place. Each one is made of stainless steel or titanium steel, a stainless steel alloy (it is not pure titanium). You choose three things: the link, the width and the length. The finish comes last: bare steel in a silver tone, gold-tone plating, or black plating on a few models.

If you already know the look you want, the shortest path is a filter. If you don't, the guide below takes two minutes and saves a return.

Step 1: pick a width

Width does more to the look than anything else. The same chain reads as a quiet detail at 3 mm and as a statement at 10 mm.

• 1.2 to 2.4 mm: a fine line. Made to carry a small pendant or to sit under a buttoned shirt. Our box chains go down to 1.2 mm.
• 3 to 4 mm: the everyday range. Visible at an open collar, discreet in an office. Most of our rope, figaro and wheat chains live here.
• 5 to 8 mm: clearly seen over a T-shirt. Usually worn alone or with one finer chain.
• 9 mm and up: bold. Our heavy curb chain goes up to 16 mm and our gold-tone Cuban chain up to 18 mm. Wear these on their own.

Want a short list by size? See our thin chains and our thick chains.

Step 2: pick a length

On an average neck, this is where each length falls:

• 16": base of the neck, close like a choker.
• 18": just above or on the collarbone.
• 20": at the collarbone. The safest first chain.
• 22": just below the collarbone, with room for a pendant.
• 24": mid-chest, over a T-shirt.
• 26" to 31": low on the chest, for a long, loose look or a large pendant.

If your neck is larger, everything sits about one size higher, so go up 2 inches. Each length has its own page with the chains that come in it, from 20 inch chains to 24 inch.

Step 3: pick a link

The link sets the personality. Cuban and curb links lie flat and look dense. Rope and wheat chains are round and catch the light in a spiral. Figaro breaks the rhythm with one long link after three short ones. Box and snake chains are clean and geometric. We compare all of them side by side on our chain styles page, so you can choose by look rather than by name.

Step 4: pick a finish

Silver-tone chains are mostly bare polished steel, with no plating to wear off. Gold-tone and black chains are steel with a plated surface. Plating looks right from day one, but it is a surface layer: friction, perfume and chlorine wear it down over time. If you want the lowest-maintenance chain, choose bare steel. If you want warmth, browse the gold-tone chains.

How to care for a steel chain

• Rinse it in clean water after the pool or the sea, then dry it with a soft cloth.
• Put perfume and cologne on first, then the chain.
• Store flat chains such as the snake chain laid out or hung, never folded hard.
• For gold-tone and black pieces, skip abrasive cloths and polishing pastes.