Chimento Jewelry
Adriano Chimento founded his workshop in Vicenza in 1964 with a specific conviction: that Italian goldsmithing tradition and modern design were not opposing forces. Sixty years later, his children run the same family company and the Stretch bracelet — with its concealed magnetic clasp and fluid 18-karat gold construction — is still the piece the house is most known for.
Opulent Jewelers — Authenticated Pre-Owned Chimento JewelryChimento Jewelry — Italian Goldsmithing from Vicenza Since 1964
Chimento was founded in 1964 by Adriano Chimento in Vicenza — the city in northeastern Italy that produces approximately 70% of all Italian gold jewelry and has been the center of Italian goldsmithing for centuries. Adriano began with a workshop at his family home and built the brand on a specific philosophy: exclusively 18-karat gold, made in Italy, designed for women who want jewelry that combines wearability with genuine craft. The company remains family-owned today, now led by Adriano’s children Federica and Mario Chimento, who continue the house’s role as an ambassador of Italian goldsmith mastery to an international market.
What distinguishes Chimento from the broader Italian jewelry landscape is the house’s commitment to technical innovation as a design tool rather than a manufacturing shortcut. The Stretch collection — the house’s most recognized design — uses an 18-karat gold construction that flexes and moves with the wearer, closed with a concealed magnetic clasp that eliminates the visible hardware of conventional bracelet closures. The X-Tend collection produces stretchable gold link chains that expand and contract to follow the body’s movement. The Armillas collection uses interlocking geometric elements in multiple gold colors — yellow, white, and rose — in a system that creates bracelets, necklaces, and earrings from the same modular forms. These are technically specific approaches to jewelry construction that reflect genuine Vicenza goldsmithing expertise.
Jennifer Lopez, Emily Blunt, Taylor Swift, and Demi Lovato have all worn Chimento. The house’s pieces have appeared at the Critics’ Choice Television Awards and the Billboard Music Awards. At Opulent Jewelers, our pre-owned Chimento collection is sourced from private estates and consignors. Every piece is authenticated before listing against the house’s specific production characteristics.
Chimento Jewelry Collections We Carry
Stretch & Stretch Spring
The collection that defines Chimento globally. The Stretch bracelet uses a specific 18-karat gold construction — individual gold segments connected in a flexible articulated structure — that allows the bracelet to flex and move with the wrist while maintaining the weight and substantial feel of solid gold. The concealed magnetic clasp eliminates visible hardware, so the bracelet reads as a continuous loop of gold with no interruption. Available in yellow, white, and rose 18-karat gold, plain and with diamond accents, in single and stacking widths. The Stretch Spring collection adds a more intricate link pattern and spring-loaded movement to the same design philosophy. Pre-owned Chimento Stretch bracelets are the most consistently available Chimento format on the secondary market.
Armillas
The Armillas collection — the name references the Latin word for bracelet — is built from modular geometric elements: faceted forms in multiple gold colors that interlock and alternate to create a continuous surface of light and texture. Available across bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and rings in yellow, white, and rose gold, with and without diamonds and colored gemstones. The Armillas Acqua version uses elements in multiple gold colors alternating along a delicate chain. The Armillas Glow collection introduces a faceted geometry that catches light from multiple angles simultaneously. These are among the most architecturally interesting pieces in the Chimento range.
Bamboo Over
The Bamboo Over collection draws from the visual language of bamboo cane — the distinctive node and segment pattern of the plant translated into 18-karat gold in a design that is immediately recognizable and consistently associated with the house. Available in yellow, white, and rose gold, often with diamond accents at the nodes. The Bamboo design is among Chimento’s most enduring and most collected formats on the secondary market, representing a classic of Italian gold design that has remained in demand across production periods.
X-Tend
The X-Tend collection represents a further technical evolution of Chimento’s flexible gold construction: stretchable link chains in 18-karat gold that expand and contract to follow the body’s movement, worn without a clasp in the conventional sense. The collection describes itself as “pleasant as a caress” — a bracelet or necklace that adjusts continuously to the wearer rather than being fitted at a fixed size. Available in yellow, white, and rose gold across bracelets and necklaces.
Forever & Stardust
The Forever collection produces 18-karat gold rings with diamonds and colored gemstones — smooth volumetric forms with a polished finish and diamond accent settings including the Forever Brio ring, where small diamonds are set at irregular intervals across a band ring. Stardust features fine diamond pavé in arrangements that reference the scattered pattern of stars, available as rings and bracelets in 18-karat white and yellow gold. Both collections represent the more formally diamond-focused end of the Chimento range.
Italian Goldsmithing at Secondary Market Pricing
Chimento is one of the finest Italian jewelry houses not owned by a luxury conglomerate — no LVMH, no Richemont, no Kering. The house remains family-owned in Vicenza and produces exclusively in 18-karat gold with Italian-qualified goldsmiths. That independence means the house does not carry the institutional marketing premium of the conglomerate brands, and on the secondary market that difference is material: pre-owned Chimento pieces represent some of the most technically accomplished Italian gold jewelry available at prices that reflect their current American market recognition rather than their craftsmanship.
The Stretch bracelet retails at boutique pricing that reflects genuine 18-karat gold weight and hand-finishing. On the secondary market, pre-owned examples in excellent condition with intact mechanisms are available at meaningful discounts to those prices. For a buyer who values Italian gold construction and recognizes what they are looking at, Chimento represents a specific opportunity: the quality of Vicenza goldsmithing at pricing that is not yet inflated by the brand recognition the house deserves.
What We Verify on Every Pre-Owned Chimento Piece
Chimento pieces carry Italian gold hallmarks and the house’s specific maker’s mark. The Stretch bracelet’s magnetic clasp mechanism and flexible gold construction are verifiable production characteristics. Every piece is assessed before listing.
Genuine Chimento pieces carry the Italian 750 gold hallmark confirming 18-karat gold alongside the Chimento maker’s mark. Both are verified under magnification on every piece. The hallmark placement and format are consistent with Italian fine jewelry production and are assessable against known Chimento production characteristics.
The Stretch bracelet’s magnetic concealed clasp is tested for correct magnetic engagement and release. The flexible gold link construction is assessed for intact articulation — no broken or distorted links, no binding in the movement. The clasp mechanism function is noted explicitly on every Stretch listing; we do not list bracelets where the mechanism is compromised without full disclosure.
Diamond accents on Stretch, Armillas, Bamboo, and other Chimento pieces are assessed for setting security and quality consistent with the house’s production standards. Missing or loose stones are disclosed explicitly before listing and reflected in pricing. Colored stone pieces are assessed for stone security and condition.
Surface condition on Chimento gold pieces — polished versus satin finish areas, link wear on Stretch and Armillas pieces, node condition on Bamboo designs — is graded honestly. The flexible link construction of Stretch pieces is more susceptible to surface wear than plain polished surfaces; wear on the links is assessed and disclosed accurately.
Chimento Jewelry — What Buyers Ask
Chimento is an Italian fine jewelry house founded in 1964 by Adriano Chimento in Vicenza — Italy’s most important goldsmithing city, responsible for approximately 70% of Italian gold jewelry production. The house produces exclusively in 18-karat gold, Made in Italy by Vicenza goldsmiths, and remains family-owned by Adriano’s children Federica and Mario. Chimento is best known for the Stretch collection — a flexible 18-karat gold bracelet with a concealed magnetic clasp — and for the Armillas, Bamboo Over, and X-Tend collections. Browse our current Chimento collection to see what is available.
The Chimento Stretch bracelet is the house’s signature piece — an 18-karat gold bracelet constructed from individual gold segments in a flexible articulated structure that allows the bracelet to flex and move with the wrist. The defining feature is the concealed magnetic clasp: there is no visible hardware, so the bracelet reads as a continuous loop of gold. Available in yellow, white, and rose 18-karat gold, plain and with diamond accents. The Stretch Spring version adds a more intricate link pattern. Pre-owned Chimento Stretch bracelets are the most consistently available format on the secondary market and the house’s most recognizable design globally.
Yes — Chimento produces exclusively in 18-karat gold with Italian 750 hallmarks, made by Vicenza goldsmiths in Italy. The house is not a conglomerate brand; it is a family-owned Italian fine jewelry house with sixty years of continuous production in one of the world’s most technically accomplished goldsmithing districts. The Stretch bracelet’s magnetic clasp mechanism and flexible gold construction represent genuine technical precision that is not found in commodity gold jewelry. The house produces to the standard that has made Vicenza Italian gold jewelry a global benchmark for craftsmanship.
The Armillas collection — the name derived from the Latin word for bracelet — uses modular geometric elements in multiple gold colors that interlock and alternate to create a continuous surface of light and texture. Faceted forms in yellow, white, and rose 18-karat gold alternate along chains and band structures to produce bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and rings. The Armillas Acqua version uses smaller elements on delicate chains with adjustable pendant lengths. The Armillas Glow version uses faceted geometry for maximum light reflection. The collection represents the geometric, architecturally precise end of the Chimento range as opposed to the fluid movement-based identity of the Stretch collection.
Secondary market pricing for pre-owned Chimento bracelets varies by collection, gold color, diamond content, and condition. Plain Stretch Classic bracelets in 18-karat yellow, white, or rose gold in excellent condition typically range from $800 to $2,500 depending on width and link pattern. Diamond-set Stretch pieces range from approximately $1,500 to $4,500 depending on diamond weight. Armillas bracelets in multi-gold configurations range from approximately $1,000 to $3,000. Bamboo Over bracelets range from $900 to $2,500. All pricing reflects current secondary market conditions. Mechanism integrity — the magnetic clasp on Stretch pieces — is the primary condition factor and is always assessed and disclosed.
Genuine Chimento pieces carry the Italian 750 gold hallmark confirming 18-karat gold alongside the Chimento maker’s mark, typically on the clasp of bracelets and necklaces or the interior shank of rings. On Stretch bracelets, the magnetic clasp engages and releases with the specific function and feel of genuine Chimento production. The gold link construction and weight of a genuine Stretch bracelet is consistent with solid 18-karat gold at the stated size — pieces that feel noticeably light for their stated gold content warrant closer examination. Every Chimento piece we list has been verified against these criteria before entering our collection.
Chimento jewelry is made in Vicenza, Italy — the city in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy that is the center of Italian gold jewelry production. Vicenza is home to Vicenzaoro, one of the world’s most important international jewelry fairs, and is recognized globally as a benchmark of goldsmithing quality. Chimento’s production remains in Vicenza and uses exclusively Italian-qualified goldsmiths. Despite modern production techniques, much of the finishing work is still carried out by hand. The house holds strict Made in Italy protocols as a core production standard.
Yes. We purchase Chimento pieces outright and accept pieces on consignment across all collections — Stretch and Stretch Spring bracelets and necklaces, Armillas in all configurations, Bamboo Over, X-Tend, Forever, Stardust, and other Chimento designs. Italian hallmarks and maker’s mark are verified on every piece. Stretch mechanism function and link condition are specifically assessed. Diamond stone security is verified on diamond pieces. Reach out through our consignment inquiry page to get started.
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