Larson's Jewelers

The leading online retailer of tungsten wedding bands announces special discounts and FREE engraving for their Thanksgiving and Black Friday Sale. This promotion offers the best value of the year for couples looking for wedding bands this holiday season.

IRVINE, Nov. 21, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com) is kicking off the holiday shopping season early with special discounts and incentives.   Beginning Wednesday before Thanksgiving, they will be offering free engraving and additional coupon code discounts of 15% – 30% off their great brand name designer wedding bands

Larson Jewelers has teamed up with Thorsten Rings to bring customers the best value in tungsten wedding bands this season by offering an extra 30% off all Thorsten branded rings.  To save an additional 30% off the sale price all customers have to do is enter coupon code: BLACK30.  This is especially great news, since Thorsten has also just launched more new styles of tungsten rings.  Some of the great new styles are a tungsten ring with emerald green color carbon fiber inlay, styles with real wood inlay, styles with mother of pearl inlay, and also a stunning style with blue and green opal inlay.

For all their other great brands, such as Triton Rings, Benchmark Rings, and Novell Design Studio, there is an additional 15% off.  Simply use coupon code: BLACK15.  Since becoming an authorized Triton Rings dealer, Larson Jewelers has been quickly increasing their sales of this well known and high quality brand of tungsten carbide rings.  Check back on the site frequently, as new styles are constantly being added throughout the holiday season.

As an added bonus, Larson Jewelers is also offering FREE text engraving with every ring purchase.  Engraving is done with state of the art laser engraving machine and will be done the same day order is placed, so there is no delay to customers’ orders. “Engraving is great way to personalize your wedding band and now couples can save $70 by getting free engraving on any pair of rings they buy from us.” says Jonathan Larson, founder of Larson Jewelers.  They are the only company to offer free laser engraving for their customers.

As always, shopping with Larson is risk-free.  Thorsten rings come with a 45 day money back guarantee and all other brands come with a 30 day money back guarantee. There are no restocking fees.  Engraved rings are returnable, but please note there is a fee to remove the engraving.  As always all rings come with manufacturer back warranties, which in many cases cover re-polishing and size exchanges for life.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides a wide selection of tungsten wedding bands, palladium rings, and ceramic rings for both men and women. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”

The leading men’s wedding bands retailer announces the addition of the latest styles of Triton Rings to their tungsten wedding bands collection.

IRVINE, Nov. 12, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com) is now carrying the newest Fall 2012 styles from the Triton Rings line, a division of Frederick Goldman, Inc. The designers at Triton Rings have been busy designing never before seen unique styles of tungsten wedding bands for their Fall line, just in time for Black Friday and the holiday shopping that will season soon to descend upon us.  This year’s styles can all be described with one word; elegant.

When Thomas and Jonathan Larson went to JCK Las Vegas, the nation’s premier jewelry trade show, where the jewelry industry’s movers and shakers meet once a year, they met with executives at Triton and were given a sneak peek at what is new for this season.  They made sure they picked out the very best designs and worked with Triton to ensure timely delivery so, customers will have the chance to see Triton’s latest offering before they start shopping this holiday season. “We have only recently started partnering with Triton and think their products are top notch, plus they have cutting edge designs.  So, naturally we can’t wait for our customers to see these new styles too” says Thomas Larson, co-founder of Larson Jewelers.

Many of their new designs incorporate diamonds in their construction.  For example, they now have a ring style that is regular tungsten at the edges, black tungsten in the center, and has a generous sized square diamond setting. All tungsten rings, up until now, could only have a round diamond setting.  They also have a very classy looking 9 mm wide tungsten ring that has a silver inlay and 9 beautiful black diamonds are set into that inlay.  The ring is very bold and masculine looking, considering the amount of diamonds in it, and not to mention affordable.

Although Triton Rings is located in New York, hurricane Sandy had a minimal effect on their operations and they are all ready to keep churning out those beautiful rings for this upcoming shopping season.  Their confidence in their quality is very high.  They have a tremendous lifetime warranty that covers size exchanges for life, and repair or replacement in case of accidental damage for a nominal fee.  It is part of Larson Jewelers policy to only carry brands from manufacturers that stand behind their products.  Customers can rest assured that only after talking with the folks at Triton and personally inspecting their products, did Larson Jewelers decide this is a brand worth offering to the public.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides the largest selection of tungsten carbide rings in the world. They also have large selections of palladium rings, ceramic rings, cobalt rings, titanium rings and silver rings. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”

An extremely popular day for couples everywhere to get engaged this year will be December 12, 2012, or 12-12-12.  The all time most popular day to get married before was 07-07-07.  No one is quite sure why people tend to want to get engaged on dates where the month, day and year are all represented by the same number.

Some believe it is the groom that prefers these types of dates to get engaged on, because the date is so simple to remember that there is no way they will ever forget their anniversary.  Others believe because these dates are rare to come by, this must mean they are lucky dates.  Just how rare are dates like 01-01-01, 02-02-02, 03-03-03, and up to 12-12-12?  These dates come around every 1,000 years.  If you think about when your next opportunity will be, you come to realize it is a very rare occurrence, indeed.  So, people most likely want to get engaged on these types of dates because they are special and because they are lucky enough to be alive during these years.   What’s even luckier is finding someone to fall in love with and get engaged to on this special day.  Hmm, maybe these dates are lucky dates to get engaged on after all.

One might ask, but why would 12-12-12 be a more popular date then some of the other date where the month day and year are all the same number?  Well, 12-12-12 is one of only 3 dates that are not in the single digits.  More practically, 12-12-12 is during the holiday season when joy celebration is in the air, which makes it an even more enjoyable time of year.  Proof of 12-12-12’s popularity as an engagement or wedding date can be seen in the number of Las Vegas hotels that offer “12-12-12 Wedding Packages”.  Many of these hotels are already completely booked.

Whatever the reason you may have for wanting to get engaged or married on 12-12-12, LarsonJewelers.com would like to help by giving couples another reason to tie the knot.  Between now and, you guessed it, 12-12-12, LarsonJewelers.com would like to give free engravings for couples who purchase rings from us so they can engrave this rare and unique date on their rings.

Visit LarsonJewelers.com on the web to find the finest collection of high quality Tungsten Wedding Bands. Larson Jewelers also carries a wide selection of exquisite Tungsten Wedding Bands, palladium wedding bands, platinum rings, and both gold and white gold rings. You may also visit Larson Jeweler’s Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/larsonjewelers, for the latest news or discussions on our rings.

Many people think jewelry or wedding bands are made of metal only.  Just like people used to think wedding bands were made of precious metals, like gold or platinum only.  Today people know one of the most popular wedding bands is tungsten wedding bands, especially for men.  Well, there is something newer; ceramic rings and wedding bands.

Ceramic, which has been used in recent years by leading European watch designers and comes in a variety of colors, are now gaining popularity as the material of choice for black rings and wedding bands.  The ceramic material used in jewelry is a type of cubic zirconium, which is used to make imitation diamonds because of the many similar characteristics it shares with diamonds.  Like diamonds, ceramic rings are very hard and extremely difficult to scratch.

Rings made of black ceramic are the best alternative to black tungsten and black titanium rings.  This is because black tungsten and black titanium wedding bands are plated with a black color coating, since these metals are not naturally black.  This means over time the black coating will scratch off and the ring will no longer be black.  Black ceramic rings are just as scratch resistant as tungsten carbide rings, and not only are they naturally black, they are black all the way through.  This means even if you somehow managed to scratch a black ceramic ring, it will not be noticeable.

Because ceramic rings are non-metallic, they are an excellent choice to use as wedding bands for people who cannot wear metallic jewelry for fear it will conduct electricity, like electricians.  Metal jewelry can also pass electrical current to sensitive machines like computers and damage them.  By wearing a ceramic wedding band, one will no longer have to remove it for fear of injury or damage to electronic equipment when going to work.  Also, when going through metal detectors at the airport, a ceramic ring will not need to be removed since it is not made of metal.

The leading retailer of men’s wedding bands celebrates their 5^th Anniversary with a Huge Sale on their Thorsten branded tungsten rings and an extra 50% off their already low sales prices for the first 500 customers.

IRVINE, Oct. 19, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com), the leading online tungsten wedding bands retailer is kicking off their website’s 5 year anniversary with a huge 5 day sale.  Thorsten Rings, their long time designer of tungsten rings, is offering special pricing just for this event.  This includes special discounts of 50% off their sales prices for the first 500 customers to come through the doors, so to speak.  To save an extra 50% off, customers just need to enter coupon code: 500 when checking out.

How did these humble jewelers end up online? The owners of Larson Jewelers have always been content serving their local community, operating out of sunny Southern California.  Over the years, as their customers moved around the country and would come back to visit and take care of their jewelry needs, they would say they wish there were Larson stores where they lived.  It would make their lives so much easier and they would even recommend this great American company to their friends.  This got the founders thinking about how they could expand, yet still maintain a close eye on the company operations and make sure every customer is taken care of exactly as if they came into their store.  Where would they open their first store?  There are just too many places to choose from to make a decision. Then one day, it finally hit them… the internet.

Creating and launching their webstore just made sense.  Their customers, who wanted them to open a location in their new hometowns, were spread out all over the country and it would take forever to open stores one by one until they could serve the whole country.  So, they decided by using the reach of the internet, they could not only serve the entire US, but the whole world.  Now everyone with access to the internet could come to enjoy the same great customer service and attention that their local customers have been getting for years.

It was not easy to start all over again and to establish their reputation in an online community that had never heard of them, but by providing the same honest service and great value they have always given at their store, it eventually paid off.  “The first few years were rocky, especially since we started the website right when the financial crisis was happening, but through good honest hard work, people from the online community have begun to trust us as their family jeweler, just as our local customers have.  Today we are able to serve more people from all corners of the globe than we could ever have imagined.” says Jonathan Larson, co-founder of Larson Jewelers.

To celebrate their website’s 5^th anniversary they have decided to make the number “5” a central theme to the event.  First off, the sale will start Saturday October 20, 2012 and end on Wednesday October 24, 2012, for a total of 5 days.  Next, the first 500 customers to make a purchase from their Thorsten Rings collection will be able to save 50% off the sale price.  After the first 500 uses, the coupon code will automatically expire.  For all other brands, there will be a 15% off coupon code, which is: FALL15.  This is an event not to be missed, as these will be the deepest discounts Larson Jewelers has ever offered.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides the largest selection of tungsten carbide rings in the world. They also have large selections of palladium rings, ceramic rings, cobalt rings, titanium rings and silver rings. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”

Many people have a difficult time choosing the perfect wedding band out of the huge number of styles of tungsten wedding bands now available in the bridal jewelry market today.  Most people think there is no need to over think it and will just pick any style that catches their eye.  Only after they get married and have to wear their ring everyday do they start to realize maybe they should have thought more about how comfortable the ring would be since they have to wear it all the time.  By then it might be too late to return or exchange the ring for a more comfortable style.

Some of the obvious things to pay attention to are the shape of the tungsten ring, the thickness of the ring, and width of the ring. The outside shape of the ring is probably the single most important factor.  For maximum comfort, a tungsten wedding band that is rounded or domed shaped on the outside is best.  This is because there are no sharp edges resting against the fingers on either side of the ring finger.  Some people like flat pipe cut design rings, but the edges of these rings could irritate the fingers on either side of the ring finger due to the non-tapered edges of this ring style.  If one absolutely loves this style of ring, but want to ensure maximum comfort, one can always make sure the edges are rounded.  This will be more comfortable to wear for long periods of time.  Another option is to get a flat shape ring, but with beveled edges.  This style makes the edges tapered, kind of like a domed shape ring, but not rounded.  This type of style gives the rings more lines, is a flat style, but will not have protruding edges that could be uncomfortable.

Many tungsten carbide rings, especially cheap ones, are made with poor craftsmanship.  One of the consequences of poor craftsmanship is ring thickness.  The manufacturer did not want to take the time to machine the ring to a thickness that is thick enough so the ring will not crack or break easily, yet thin enough so it will be comfortable to wear.  In general, a size 10.0 8 mm wide tungsten wedding band for men should not be more than 2.3 mm thick.  Too thick and the ring will feel bulky and uncomfortable.  Too thin and the edges will feel sharp and cut into the finger.

The third factor to consider is the width of a tungsten ring.  Tungsten rings come in a great variety of widths these days; from 2 mm to 20 mm wide.  Most men will wear 8 mm wide and women tend to choose 4 mm.  Wider rings can become uncomfortable unless they are made with comfort fit, which means the inside of the ring is rounded to slide on and off the finger with ease.  Some guys who are not used to wearing jewelry opt for a 4 mm ring.  It is perfectly fine for men to wear a 4 mm.  There is no rule that says only women can wear 4 mm rings.

The leading men’s wedding bands retailer announces the addition more font options for engraving.

IRVINE, Sep. 29, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com), the leading online mens wedding bands retailer has doubled the number of fonts customers can choose from when engraving their wedding rings.  These new font options have been frequently requested by customers, so they decided to make them available as standard font options.

Larson Jewelers engraves all their customers’ wedding bands using modern laser engraving machines that costs as much as a luxury automobile.  Jewelry engraving using a laser engraver is fast becoming the preferred method to engrave on wedding bands because it burns the surface of the ring to engrave the message.  This makes the engraving permanent and much easier to read than traditional etched engraving.  Traditional etched engraving carves away metal to engrave the message, which can weaken the ring.  Laser engraving is also the most effective method to engrave on rings made of extremely hard metals, such as tungsten carbide rings.

Laser Engraving also allows them to engrave any digital image or graphic on to a ring, which traditional etched engraving cannot do.  For example, a loved one’s finger print can now be engraved on a wedding band.  This type of engraving has become more and more popular in recent years.  All a customer has to do is send them a scanned image of a fingerprint and Larson Jewelers can engrave it on any ring.

Most jewelers do not have their own laser engraving machines on site, so they send it out to a 3^rd party to engrave.  This is why they say it takes about 3 or 4 days longer to send customers their rings if they want engraving.  Because Larson Jewelers has their own laser engraving machine on site, customers who choose to have their rings engraved will not have a delay on the processing of their orders.  “We are extremely proud of our ability to offer quick turnaround times for our customers and given them more engraving options than any other jeweler out there.” says Jonathan Larson, co-founder of Larson Jewelers.

Unlike most jewelers who say once a ring has been engraved it cannot be returned or exchanged for a different size, Larson Jewelers will take back most rings that have been engraved, or exchange them for a different style or size.  Their manufacturers’ lifetime warranties do not become void if a ring has been engraved.  Manufacturer’s lifetime warranties cover size exchanges for life, and repair or replacement in case of accidental damage.  It is part of their policy to only carry brands from manufacturers that stand behind their products.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides the largest selection of tungsten carbide rings in the world. They also have large selections of palladium rings, ceramic rings, cobalt rings, titanium rings and silver rings. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”

The leading men’s wedding bands retailer announces the addition of Triton Rings to their tungsten carbide rings collection.

IRVINE, Sep. 27, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com) is now an authorized dealer of the Triton Rings line, a division of Frederick Goldman. Triton Rings is one of the most well known brands of tungsten carbide rings in the world.  They are also known for their white tungsten, black tungsten, titanium, black titanium, stainless steel and other alternative metal wedding bands lines.

Frederick Goldman, Inc., the parent company of Triton Jewelry, began in the 1940s as a small manufacturer of plain wedding bands.  Over the years the company grew due to their reputation for high quality and innovation.  Today, they have become the largest wedding band manufacturer and wholesaler in the US.  The Triton Rings division specializes in contemporary metal wedding bands for men.  It is one of the most recognized name brands in the tungsten rings market today.  Jewelry stores all across the US carry their rugged alternative metal rings.  Now, Larson Jewelers has become an authorized dealer, which means customers anywhere in the world can also purchase these luxurious wedding bands on the Larson Jewelers website.

The Triton brand has become synonymous with uncompromising quality and commitment.  This also means jewelers have to meet very high standards of excellence to be able to carry the Triton Rings line.  The evidence of this can be seen on-line by the relatively few number of jewelry retailers that actually carry Triton Rings.  Larson Jewelers is now one of the few men’s wedding bands retailers who have full authorization to carry this reputable jewelry line, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

Triton Rings have a variety of styles to fit all tastes and budgets.  Styles range from classic plain domed bands to tungsten carbide rings with precious metal inlays and diamonds.  Many of their styles are also available in white or black tungsten.  This flexibility in their designs is another reason they have become so popular with couples today.  “We are extremely ecstatic to be an authorized dealer of Triton Rings.  This now allows us to offer our customers tungsten rings and wedding bands from the top 3 manufacturers in the USA; Triton, Benchmark, and Thorsten Rings.” says Thomas Larson, co-founder of Larson Jewelers.

As with all tungsten ring brands Larson Jewelers carry, Triton Rings, come with a manufacturer’s lifetime warranty, which covers size exchanges for life, and repair or replacement in case of accidental damage.  It is part of their policy to only carry brands from manufacturers that stand behind their products.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides the largest selection of tungsten carbide rings in the world. They also have large selections of palladium rings, ceramic rings, cobalt rings, titanium rings and silver rings. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”

The leading men’s wedding bands retailer announced the expansion of their tungsten carbide rings and ceramic rings with carbon fiber inlay line by Thorsten Rings.

IRVINE, Sep. 21, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com) has expands the number of ring styles with carbon fiber inlays, in both their tungsten carbide rings line and their ceramic rings line, made exclusively be Thorsten Rings, a company that specializes in alternative metals jewelry.  Carbon fiber ring styles have come to be extremely popular in recent years.  When these styles first hit the bridal market, only black and white carbon fiber styles were available.  Today, there are many varieties of colors to choose from.

Carbon fiber is prized for its light weight and strength.  This high tech material has been used for decades in the aviation and automobile racing industries.  Many people also like the beautiful weaved look of carbon fiber.  Therefore, carbon fiber use has exploded in recent years as a decorative material.  Many motorsports enthusiasts have seen show cars and motorbikes that use carbon fiber film on their bodies.  It did not take long for carbon fiber to find its way into jewelry applications.  Carbon fiber can most commonly be found on pendants and alternative metal wedding bands, such as tungsten carbide, titanium, cobalt chrome and ceramic.

The most common colors of carbon fiber used in jewelry come in black and white.  Other harder to find colors are blue and pink.  There are multicolored styles as well, such as black and blue, black and green, black and red, and black and silver.  Extremely rare and hard to find colors are emerald green and purple, which Larson Jewelers now carries.

While it is quite common to find retailers carrying tungsten rings with carbon fiber inlays, it is quite rare to find black ceramic ring styles with carbon fiber.  There are many colors of carbon fiber that look amazing when paired with a black color ring, as shown here in this press release.  The reason these styles are best made in black ceramic, instead of black tungsten, is because black tungsten is coated with a black material that can scratch off, but black ceramic is just as scratch resistant as plain tungsten carbide.  Therefore, for a much more durable black finish that will always look great, black ceramic is the way to go.

Thorsten Rings noticed that there are many exotic and beautiful colors of carbon fiber in the racing world, which led them to question why the major wedding ring manufacturers only sell a few colors.  “We feel people at Thorsten Rings are always keeping up on trends in other industries and adapting them to the wedding band industry.” “This is why we are excited to be carrying the new ring styles with carbon fiber inlay.” says Jonathan Larson, founder of Larson Jewelers.

As usual, all of the rings in this new line are backed by Thorsten’s industry leading free lifetime warranty, which covers size exchanges in case of change in finger size over one’s lifetime and protects against accidental breakage or cracking; all this at no additional cost to the consumer.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides the largest selection of tungsten carbide rings in the world. They also have large selections of palladium rings, ceramic rings, cobalt rings, titanium rings and silver rings. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”

The leading men’s wedding bands retailer announced the launch of their new ceramic rings line by Thorsten Rings, which are not plated and do not fade over time.

IRVINE, Aug. 21, 2012 – Larson Jewelers (http://www.larsonjewelers.com) is now carrying a black ceramic rings line, made exclusively be Thorsten Rings, a company that specializes in alternative metals jewelry.  This new line is ideal for couples who prefer a black ring that is black all the way through, not coated or plated and can scratch off.

Black ceramic rings are the best choice for customers who want a ring that is black in color, will not fade over time, and does not scratch.  The other options for black rings are black titanium and black tungsten.  A few retailers sell black titanium rings that are not plated, but the vast majority of black titanium rings being sold are plated and can scratch off rather easily.  Even black titanium rings that are not plated can scratch since titanium is a softer metal than tungsten carbide.  Black tungsten is also plated with a black titanium alloy.  This is because tungsten does not naturally come in black colors.  So, the only way to make it black is by plating it.  Beware of any jeweler that tells you their black tungsten rings do not scratch.  There are certain people who love the heavy feel of tungsten and so for those people, black tungsten is the preferred ring material for them.

Ceramic wedding bands are mainly made of a compound which contains the elements zirconium and silicon.  This material is able to withstand extreme heat and is very hard, which makes it as scratch resistant as tungsten carbide rings.  This type of material is used in many industrial and hi tech applications, such as ceramic tiles on the space shuttle or industrial molds to hold molten metal.  This tough material is also light weight and comfortable to wear as jewelry.

Thorsten Rings developed their black ceramic wedding bands line because they saw that many consumers looking for a black ring end up choosing rings made of materials that are not as durable as they expected.  “We feel people at Thorsten Rings came out with the black ceramic line at the right time because our customers have been asking for black rings that will always look new lately.” says Jonathan Larson, founder of Larson Jewelers.

The only drawback, which is a drawback for any material that is hard, is that ceramic rings can be brittle and crack, just like a diamond can, even though it can’t be scratched.  However, all of the rings in this new line are backed by Thorsten’s industry leading free lifetime warranty, which covers size exchanges in case of change in finger size over one’s lifetime and protects against accidental damage; all this at no additional cost to the consumer.

About LarsonJewelers.com:
LarsonJewelers.com provides the largest selection of tungsten carbide rings in the world. They also have large selections of palladium rings, ceramic rings, cobalt rings, titanium rings and silver rings. At Larson Jewelers, we strive to provide the best customer service to make your shopping experience hassle free and informative. ”Besides offering great products and great service, LarsonJewelers.com also offers the best prices,” says Larson. ”In fact, if you can find a better price, not only will we match it, we will beat it.”