Engraving is one of the oldest ways to personalize jewelry or add a monogram to a watch case.
A good engraving service will offer a variety of typefaces and font sizes to add your initials. A personalized message, an important date to remember or a quote you find inspiring. Here are some of the best items to engrave to express your personal style:
Men’s Bracelet
Add an engraved bar to a simple gold or silver bracelet, or an engraved tube over a leather bracelet to mark it as unique to you. A simple monogram in a classic typeface looks great on a bracelet.
Watch
Some watches come engraved with special identifiers, like the REC 901 collection, made from salvaged Porsche 911 parts: each one has an engraving of the car’s vehicle identification number from which the recycled metal came.
A classic application for engraving is on a pocket watch case—paired with a chain and a vest, you’ll look the part at your next steampunk meetup.
Money Clip
A classy way to keep bills both organized and handy, a money clip is a perfect item to engrave with initials, a date, or a meaningful symbol.
Key Chain
Even if your ride has key less entry and ignition, odds are you still carry a physical key for the office, a file cabinet, your gym padlock, or your home.
Key chains are available in a broad variety of shapes and sizes—choose one to express your style and maybe even list your contact information if you lose your keys.
Walking Cane
JLo’s glittering Superbowl accessory makes it official: canes are cool. They come in various materials, from wood to acrylic to carbon fiber. Add an engraved collar to your cane in a decorative pattern, or to commemorate an accomplishment, such as a promotion or earning your M.B.A.
Rings
Put your initials on your pinkie ring or your frat’s initials on your ring finger. Engrave the ring on the face or if you want to be more discreet show when you remove the ring.
Cuff links
Cuff links are among the best items to engrave, and they come in various styles, sizes, and types of metal. A great spot for your monogram, cufflinks peg you as a man with style.
Flask
Next, whether it’s whiskey or water, you want to know it’s your drink. A stainless steel is a suave way to transport your favorite refreshment.
Valet Box
Keep your engraved watch and watch chain. Your engraved money clip organized in a dresser-top box engraved with your initials. Some of these have trays for spare change and rolls to tuck rings into.
Watch box
Also, if your dresser-top valet box won’t comfortably hold your watch, engraved a watch box to protect when not on your wrist.
Van Rundell is a writer and author who specializes in transportation, travel, guidance, health & fitness. With over 10 years of experience in the industry as a driver and an entrepreneur, he has seen it all. His tone is professional but friendly with a dash of humor thrown in for good measure. In past, he has been advising, educating and writing about transport for the public and professionals alike.
A qualified fitness instructor with over 5 years’ experience as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, Van brings his deep knowledge of health and exercise science to his articles on health & fitness.
