Chaumet Liens Evidence Ring (rose gold + diamonds)

A buckle from 1977

Lien is French for link, and Chaumet has drawn links for a long time: jewels with the motif appear in the house archives from the Belle Époque, and one writer traces the intertwined X in Chaumet's work back to 1907. The motif became a collection in 1977, when Chaumet unveiled Liens, which the house describes as celebrating attachments and bonds in all their forms.

The first piece was the Lien ring, a band encircled at its center by a golden buckle, created in 1977 by René Morin, a designer who had joined Chaumet in 1962 and later served as its artistic director. A few years later diamonds were added to the band and the ring was made in white gold with a double band.

The shape kept changing. In the mid-1990s the link became a cross, and in 2002 it gave way to a link paved with diamonds. A Premiers Liens collection followed in 2007 in yellow, white and pink gold. Chaumet's own account frames the whole line as a celebration of the bond between two people, and one magazine says the idea was created to capture the romance of Napoleon and Joséphine.

The house behind it

Chaumet traces itself to 1780, when Marie-Étienne Nitot, a former apprentice and employee of Ange-Joseph Aubert, jeweler to Marie-Antoinette, opened his own house in Paris. After making Napoleon's coronation sword and the papal tiara for Pope Pius VII, Nitot became jeweler to the imperial court and personal jeweler to the Empress Joséphine. In 1812 his son moved the business to 15 Place Vendôme, the first jeweler on the square.

Joseph Chaumet, who gave the house its name, ran it from 1885 to 1928, and in 1907 the workshops and boutique moved to 12 Place Vendôme, where they have stayed. Under the brothers Jacques and Pierre Chaumet the house went bankrupt in 1987 after heavy losses in diamond trading. An investment group bought it that year, and LVMH acquired it in October 1999.

The 1970s, when Liens was born, were a period of new collections meant to reach a broader clientele. Designers such as Pierre Sterlé and René Morin carried the house style forward, and in 1970 Chaumet opened the Arcade, a new kind of store. Today the house keeps a fine jewelry workshop inside 12 Place Vendôme.

Reinventing a classic

Liens Évidence is the bridal branch of the family. A 2017 magazine feature on four new Liens variations described it as a revamp of the house classic that evokes the clean lines of the original 1970s design: the circle of a gold band closed by a diamond-set link. Chaumet now says the designs are inspired by the curve of a bridge and stand as a testament to a union forever sealed.

Its siblings in that 2017 relaunch were Liens Séduction, bands that sweep around into a loosely tied ribbon; Jeux de Liens, playful X pendants and bracelets made for stacking; and Liens d'Amour, solitaire-style rings with colored stones. An earlier 2013 relaunch had already slimmed the motif down, with a single band wrapping the finger twice and held by a diamond-set cross.

Chaumet has also pushed the motif beyond jewelry. In January 2014 it started a more accessible Liens range of watches, and the house has named global ambassadors to front the Liens and Bee My Love collections in recent years.

How to identify this ring

This entry is reference 083605: an 18-carat rose gold band 4 mm wide, set with 51 brilliant-cut diamonds of G color and VS+ clarity totaling 0.50 carats. Chaumet notes that its carat weights, stone counts and metal weights are indicative, not contractual, and that its diamonds comply with the Kimberley Process. Every piece ships with a certificate of authenticity.

The same design comes in white gold with diamonds as reference 081760, listed at $8,400 in October 2026. Check the reference number, the metal color and the width before comparing prices, because each version is priced differently.

The defining feature is the raised, diamond-paved link that bridges the top of the band. The maker describes the stones as brilliant-cut; this listing's record calls them bright-cut, which the maker's page does not say.

The numbers

Carat weight

0.50 ct total, 51 brilliant-cut diamonds (indicative)

Color and clarity

G, VS+

Metal

18-carat rose gold

Width

4 mm

Maker

Chaumet, Paris

Production

Current catalog piece; the Liens line dates to 1977

Timeline

1. 1780

   Marie-Étienne Nitot founds the Paris house that will become Chaumet.

2. 1907

   Chaumet moves to 12 Place Vendôme; one writer dates the intertwined X motif in its work to this year.

3. 1962

   René Morin joins Chaumet.

4. 1977

   René Morin creates the Lien ring, a band with a golden buckle at its center, launching the Liens collection.

5. 1987

   Chaumet goes bankrupt and is bought by an investment group.

6. Oct 1999

   LVMH acquires Chaumet.

7. 2002

   The Liens cross gives way to a link paved with diamonds.

8. 2007

   The Premiers Liens collection launches in yellow, white and pink gold.

9. Sep 2013

   A slimmer Liens collection appears, with a single band wrapped twice and held by a diamond-set cross.

10. Jan 2014

    Chaumet starts a more accessible Liens range of watches.

11. Sep 2017

    Liens Évidence is presented as one of four new Liens variations, alongside Liens Séduction, Jeux de Liens and Liens d'Amour.

12. Oct 2026

    The rose gold 4 mm diamond version, ref. 083605, retails for $7,700 at the maker in the U.S.

The world in 1977

• Jan 20, 1977

  Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th president of the United States.

• Mar 27, 1977

  Two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife, killing 583 people.

• May 25, 1977

  Star Wars opens in the United States.

• Jun 15, 1977

  Spain holds its first democratic elections in 41 years.

• Aug 20, 1977

  The United States launches Voyager 2.

• Nov 19, 1977

  Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel.

• Nov 22, 1977

  British Airways begins regular Concorde service between London and New York.

Price record

This is an asking price, not a sale. It is what a seller wanted on the date shown. Asking prices often sit above what buyers pay, but an ask is not a ceiling: a sale can land on either side of it. It is not a value.

By reference price, Chaumet Liens Evidence Ring (rose gold + diamonds) is number 76 of 100 in the jewelry entries of the FLOAT 100. 44 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (82 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.

Did you know

• The very first Lien ring of 1977 had a gold buckle, not a cross; the cross arrived in the mid-1990s.
• Chaumet was the first jeweler to move onto the Place Vendôme, in 1812, at number 15, which is now the Ritz Paris.
• The founder of the house made the hilt of Napoleon's coronation sword.
• Chaumet itself says Liens Évidence was inspired by the curve of a bridge.
• The same design in white gold costs more than the rose gold version at the maker.
• Chaumet once went bankrupt, in 1987, with debts reported at eight times its annual turnover.