Journal · By Our Bench Jewelers
A Day on the Bench: From 8am Stone Setting to 6pm QC
Published December 31, 1969 · Written by the Holycome atelier team, Wuzhou China
7:30am — team meeting, today's order board reviewed.
8:00am — first bench: stone setting. Master Zhang sets 6–8 rings a day, each one takes 45 minutes.
12:00 — lunch.
13:00 — polishing bench. Every ring goes through three grits of polish before plating.
15:00 — rhodium plating room (separated, fume-extracted).
16:30 — QC bench. Every stone, prong and engraving checked under 10x loupe.
17:30 — packaging, certificates attached, shipping label printed.
18:00 — end of shift.