4 Reasons Working Men Have Worn Copper for 3,000 Years
Roman Soldiers Wore It on the March
Copper has been worn against the skin for over 3,000 years. Roman legions, Egyptian builders, plumbers who handled copper pipe for forty years. Long before a pill existed for stiff hands, men wore the metal.
Built for a Working Wrist
The Ore is a wide, flat band with a watch-link texture. It sits under a work glove, goes in the shower, takes the garden hose, the boat, the shop. Put it on once and forget it is there.
Earns Its Patina
Solid copper changes with you. Within weeks the band picks up a deeper, warmer tone that no plated piece can copy. A green mark on the skin now and then means it is the real thing.
Solid to the Core
99.9% pure copper, solid all the way through. Not plated brass, not steel with a coating. Wipe it with vinegar and salt and it brightens in seconds. That is the test a plated piece fails.
On the boat, in the shop, on the porch. It just stays on.
About Prescott Jewelry
Prescott Jewelry has stood on the same New York block since 1964. Margaret’s parents opened it, and Margaret has run it for most of her life — every piece designed and finished in the workshop behind the shop.
We keep the runs small and sell direct, with no Fifth Avenue showroom to pay for and no advertising department upstairs. That is the whole of why the prices look the way they do.
"My hands have set stones in this shop since I was twenty-three. Every piece that leaves this counter still passes through them, and I will not put the name on work I cannot stand behind."
Excellent
Rated 4.8 / 5 based on 12,406 reviews on
“Opened the pickle jar on day nine”
My wife has been opening jars for me for two years. I am not proud of it. I put this on in June and by the second week I got a pickle jar open without running it under the tap first. I don't know what else to tell you. It stays on.
“First real copper I have owned”
I had two of the cheap ones off the internet. They went patchy and gray in a month. This one is heavy, it has a real edge to it, and the vinegar trick they talk about works. It brightened right up. Seven weeks in and my grip on the wrench is better in the mornings.
“Wore it through a whole season on the tractor”
Dust, sweat, rain, diesel. Took it off once to look at it. Darker than the day it came but that is copper for you. My hands in the morning don't take the twenty minutes they used to.
“Bought it after my golf buddy would not shut up about it”
Dale wore his for three months before I gave in. My right hand used to go cold on the back nine. Six weeks in it is warmer and I am not shaking out my fingers between holes. Fits under the glove fine.
“My wife ordered it for me”
I would never have bought myself a bracelet. She said just wear it. It looks like a watch band, nobody has said a word about it, and I stopped dropping my keys in the driveway. Sold.
“Comfortable enough that I forget it”
I am 73 and I have never worn anything on my wrist except a watch. This sits the same way. Free shipping came in two days and the box was nicer than I expected. The handshake at church is back to what it was.
