Men's Curb Chain Bracelet

The gourmette: a curb chain bracelet to give as a gift

In French, a curb chain bracelet is called a gourmette, and for generations it has been a classic gift for a man: a birthday, a graduation, a wedding, a new father. This page is about buying a curb bracelet for someone else, when you cannot try it on him. For the full guide to our curb bracelets by width and length, see the main curb chain bracelets collection.

Every bracelet here is stainless steel or titanium steel, bare silver-tone or plated in gold-tone or black. "Silver" and "gold" on product pages describe the color.

Getting the size right without asking

• Borrow a bracelet or watch he already wears: lay it flat and measure it end to end. That is his length.
• No reference at hand: most men wear 8" to 8.5". A fixed 8.25" bracelet, like the Silver Cuban Link Bracelet in polished silver-tone steel, fits a wrist of about 7.5".
• Slim wrist or teenager: go for 7" to 7.5".

Choosing for his style

Gift occasions

Birthday or anniversary

A curb bracelet is a safe choice because it goes with everything he already wears.

Graduation or a first job

A slim silver-tone curb works with a shirt and a watch, every day at work.

Father, son or brother

Two curb bracelets in the same link but different widths make a matching pair without looking identical.

Care to mention with the gift

He can wear it in the shower, at the gym and in the sea. A rinse in clean water after salt water or the pool is enough. Perfume and chlorine slowly wear gold-tone and black plating.