this is watch your style and my name's eric. today i'm going to be going over a topic thatis not necessarily in any way, shape or form related to watches; but i get a lot of phonecalls and questions about it. and being born and raised in miami, i happento know a lot about it. i have a lot of experience, and that is, the cuban link chains. so, the cuban link chain. i've heard it calleda curbed chain. i've even had a phone call and someone say that it's a franco chain. i don't know what everybody else calls it.we call it the cuban link chain. it's a very traditional design. been aroundfor a long time. it's something that's also
going to be around for a long time becauseit's a very traditional style. i don't know if you guys remember that erawhen all those chains with those exotic links were around...2003, 2000, that era. i neverreally liked them. i always stuck to the cuban link chain. i always liked it. i've had acuban link chain since i was 12 years old. and that being said, there's a lot of stylesof cuban link chains. it really just depends who's making it for you and how it's made.that's a very important part also. is how it's made. now, as much as i would like this video toturn into an episode from the discovery channel of �how it's made,� i don't have enoughtime or we don't really want to get into that.
but i'm going to go over a couple of littlebit of the views, what is it that you want to look for, and what makes a high qualitycuban link different than a cheap cuban link chain. so a cuban link chain can be pretty much madeout of silver. you can get them in platinum, 14k, 18k, 10 karat as well, also white gold,rose gold, yellow gold. however you want it, it can be made. it also depends on the weight. a lot of peoplesell it by pennyweight, some people sell it by grams. i like to stick to grams, just becauseit's a lot more simpler for people to understand it. and cuban link chains, besides quality,it's all about size.
some guys like the big ones. they want 250grams all the way up to a half a kilo, which is 500 grams. those are really big chainsguys. i wear daily a 130-gram, 7-mm, 18-karat. i for one like 18k chains. i recommend that the minimum youshould go is 14 karat. ten karat is a lot more affordable, but i don't know. it's justa personal thing. there's nothing wrong with a 10k chain, but i think 14k is a good homebase, especially later on when you go to sell it. if you want to melt it down, just in case. some of the characteristics of a quality cubanlink chain is the finish of the links. in case you guys don't know, the machine-madechains are a little bit different than the hand-made ones. a lot of the really smallones, 5-millimeter in width and under, are
machine made. i'm mostly going to be talkingabout the hand-made, gold cuban links. believe it or not, it's a long-ass process.they start off with the gold. they obviously melt it down into a bar. then they go aheadand they start rolling out into a rod, thinning it out to the point...let's just use thispen as an example. it starts off like this. they go rolling out until it gets longer andlonger to the right gauge. huge process...they coil it up, they cut into rings, they weldit. my god, i can get into this. it's a long-assprocess, but it's hand-made. one of the more important parts is whoeveris building this chain, just like anything else, there's some people that just have betterquality and craftsmanship.
now, the team that i use to make the chainsare the best. i've been doing this for a long time and i've had a cuban link chain madeby everybody in miami. the guy i'm using now is the best. part of that has to do with this is that i'ma psycho with this stuff. i like quality. when the time comes to file down the chain,it needs to be filed right. it needs to be filed at at the right angle. any cuban link chain could be skinnier andwider, and you'll get more bang for your back if you kind of want a thicker chain, but youdon't want it to weigh that much. but in reality, there's kind of like a scale you want to stayin to get the right cuban link chain. always
take what they recommend you. if you wannaall of the sudden get a wider chain skinnier, that's your problem. oh, by the way, they have a lot of other cubanlink chains also that are like those really flat designs, those are nice as well too,but i'm mostly going to stick to the traditional, miami cuban link chain. so the difference between a cheap cuban linkchain and a high quality cuban link chain, let's start off with karat. some of the guys will sell you a 14k cubanlink chain. you think you're saving a bunch of money. you sit there with your calculatorat home. you do all of this math. you're like,
�oh, i'm getting it for $26 a gram,� butthe problem is you might not be getting 14 karat. when it gets tested, it comes back13.2. stuff like that. see those are part of the factors of high quality. high quality cuban link chains, in 14k forexample, should always be 14 and up, never under. second thing is the finish. to some of youguys, that might not matter. you guys might just want the most gold possible for yourmoney, and i understand that. but me, i'm a quality freak. i want every link to be weldedprecise and filed down evenly. a good way to test a cuban link chain for quality isyou open the chain up and you hold it like
this on its side. a good cuban link chain will once, alwayshang straight, never coil, and if you notice on the side profile, will be evenly filed.there won't be no inconsistencies. to some of the people that doesn't matter. to me,it's a big deal. one thing i want to stress about cuban linkchains as opposed to watches and stuff like that, it's all about what you like. some peoplelike the chain long, some people like them short, so you just gotta get what you like. if you like the chain to look really shortlike you're some type of an egyptian price, then that's what you like. i get it. if youwanna look like young buck in 2001 and have
the chain all the way hanging to your belt,then that's what you like too, man. whatever you like, i'm ok with that. a lot of guys over here in miami, they likethese really big cuban link bracelets. i'm not too into that anymore. it's just not mystyle. like i said, i wear a slim chain. i like something daily. you gotta go with whatyou like. platinum, white gold, rose gold...i thinkthe sky is the limit with the chains. one thing i want to tell you is, it's verypopular to have this huge kilo chain...and let me tell you what my recommendation onthat is. if you ever going to make yourself a kilo chain, a large kilo cuban, 1000 grams,yeah it looks awesome, but my opinion to you,
my recommendation is you should do severalsmall chains. before i do one 2-kilo chain, i'd rather doeight 250-gram chains, because for me, you just get a lot more chains. i just personallylike the look of a lot of chains, instead of one big one. not to mention, if you wantto wear one or two chains one day, that's fine. if you want to wild-out for your birthdayand throw them all on...i just like the look of more chains as opposed to that big chain.that's just my two cents on that. if you liked this video, don't forget to likeand share. also, don't forget to subscribe to our channel. my name is eric, watch yourstyle.
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