Lady Captain’s Blue Sapphire Ring

“I Want to wear my ring All the time”

In 1990 we developed a revolutionary design, The Lady Captain’s ring. It has Captain’s bars on either side of a halo-set center gem. Women love this ring because it’s simple, low profile, solid, safe, and secure. It presents a gem in a unique, interesting, and highly wearable way.

The birth of the Lady Captain’s Ring

 A 1/3 of a century ago. The Lady Captain’s ring is the only piece of jewelry in our 118-year history that we know exactly when it was created. It was 8:30 in the morning, December 31, 1989. We had a store-wide futures meeting, and when we got to the point where I said, “What do you hear customers asking for that we don’t yet have?” Linda spoke up. She said, “I hear customers asking for a ring we don’t have yet. Nurses, in particular, are coming down from Maine Medical Center and asking to see rings that have the gem set low, close to the finger, comfortable, with no prongs to catch. They say they want a ring like this because they put rubber gloves on and take them off dozens of times a day, and prong-set rings catch and snag.” Customers said, ” I want to wear my ring all the time.”

Linda’s comments really sounded interesting. We made notes, and on the following Monday, we started designing a new collection. Our first ring in the collection was the Lady Captain’s ring. Truly, in American history, this was a revolutionary design. Over the third of a century that we have made the Lady Captain’s ring, we have found good homes for hundreds of rings. The meeting of December 31, 1989, represented the birth of a new ring series that was specially made for daily wear. Women’s lives have changed, and we adapted right along with the changes. The Lady Captain’s ring is even more loved today than in the first year of its introduction.

Why We Love These Rings

We make the Lady Captain’s ring with all kinds of gems. Blue sapphire is the most loved gem. The ring sits low, close, and comfortable. The gem is brilliant blue and totally protected with a smooth halo rim surrounding the gem with captain’s bars both left and right. We have hundreds of people all across America who have chosen this design.