How Does the Watch and Jewelry Sampling Process Work? A B2B Buyer's Guide to Prototypes, Revisions and Pre-Production Samples

Every custom watch or jewelry program starts with a number: the unit price printed on a quotation. But experienced B2B buyers learn quickly that the number which actually decides whether a program succeeds is not on the quotation at all. It is the quality of the sampling process behind it. A supplier can quote aggressively, promise fast delivery and send polished catalog photos — and still deliver a bulk order that does not match what your brand expected, because nobody managed the prototype stage with discipline.

Sampling is where a drawing becomes a physical product. It is where tolerances, plating colors, stone settings, strap feel, crown torque and logo depth stop being assumptions and become measurable facts. It is also where most of the expensive surprises in watch and jewelry OEM/ODM manufacturing are either caught early — for the cost of one sample — or discovered after thousands of units are already assembled.

This guide walks through the entire watch and jewelry sampling process from a manufacturer's side of the table: the three sample types every buyer should recognize, the step-by-step journey from design brief to golden sample, realistic timelines, what sampling actually costs and when those costs come back to you, the mistakes that cause endless revision rounds, and how an approved sample quietly becomes the quality benchmark that protects your bulk order. Whether you are developing a private label watch collection, a branded jewelry line, or a single hero SKU, the logic in this article applies to your next sourcing project.

Why the Sampling Stage Deserves More Attention Than the Quotation

Buyers often spend weeks negotiating unit price and MOQ, then treat the sample request as a formality. From a manufacturing perspective this is backwards. The quotation is an estimate built on assumptions; the sample is the first moment those assumptions meet reality. A factory that skips or rushes sampling is not saving you time — it is moving your risk from a controllable stage to an uncontrollable one.

Consider what the sampling stage actually determines. It confirms that the case dimensions in your drawing can be produced with the movement you selected. It reveals whether the plating color you approved on a Pantone card survives polishing, sweat testing and daily wear. It shows whether a 316L stainless steel bracelet feels solid or hollow when it drapes over a wrist, whether a zircon stone sits flush in its setting, and whether your logo engraves cleanly at the depth that will still be readable after two years of use. None of these questions can be answered by a PDF.

Sampling also determines your real timeline. In our own production planning at Aurevo — a Shenzhen-based manufacturer producing more than 4.5 million pieces of watches and jewelry per year across 16 production lines — the projects that ship late are almost never the ones with slow factories. They are the ones where sample feedback took three weeks to arrive, where feedback contradicted earlier approvals, or where the buyer kept adding "small changes" to a sample that had already been signed off. A disciplined sampling process is, in practice, a schedule-protection mechanism.

Finally, sampling is the cheapest possible version of a mistake. A wrong plating shade caught at prototype stage costs one courier shipment and a few days of rework. The same wrong shade discovered after bulk electroplating of 5,000 units is a dispute, a claim negotiation, and potentially a missed season. When you evaluate a supplier, ask how they manage sampling, not just what they charge per unit. A manufacturer with 40+ dedicated QC stations and a structured sample-approval workflow is telling you something important about how your bulk order will be handled.

The Three Types of Samples in Custom Watch and Jewelry Manufacturing

"Send me a sample" means three different things in this industry, and unclear expectations about which one you need is the single most common cause of wasted sampling budget. Before requesting anything, decide which of the following you actually need to see.

1. The Catalog or Existing Sample

This is a unit pulled from a manufacturer's existing 8,000+ style library — a watch, ring, necklace, earring or bracelet already in production for other buyers. It exists to answer one question: is this factory's baseline quality good enough to build on?

A catalog sample lets you judge finishing quality, plating consistency, movement behavior (for watches), stone setting precision (for jewelry), packaging standards and general workmanship, without paying for any customization. It is fast — the unit already exists — and it is the right first step for most buyers. For example, if you are considering a stainless steel quartz program, examining an existing model such as the Aurevo Steel Quartz Watch tells you more about the factory's standards than any brochure. Likewise, a jewelry buyer can evaluate base workmanship from an existing sterling silver pendant necklace or a gold-tone bracelet before committing to custom development.

What a catalog sample cannot tell you: how your logo will look, how your case shape will feel, or how your chosen stone will perform. Do not treat it as a substitute for a custom prototype.

2. The Modified or Semi-Custom Sample

A modified sample starts from an existing structure and changes selected elements: your logo on the dial or a pendant, a different strap or chain, a case color change, an adjusted stone size, custom packaging. Most private label programs live in this category, and it is where cost-effective brands concentrate their sampling spend.

The advantage is speed and low tooling exposure, because the core molds and fixtures already exist. The risk to manage is scope creep: a buyer changes the strap, then the crown, then the caseback engraving, and suddenly the "small modification" requires new tooling and a new round of prototypes. If your modifications stay within logo, color, strap or packaging, ask the factory explicitly to confirm in writing that no new tooling is involved — this single sentence prevents most later disputes. A typical example is a logo watch program built on an existing case, such as the Aurevo Custom Logo Men's Watch, where the sampling work focuses on dial printing quality and logo depth rather than structural engineering.

3. The Fully Custom Golden Sample

A fully custom sample — the golden sample — is built from your own design: unique case geometry, custom mold tooling, selected movement, specific materials and finish. This is the ODM route for brands creating signature products, and it is the most demanding version of the sampling process for both sides.

A golden sample project involves real engineering: CAD drawings, mold design, first-shot parts, hand-finishing trials and often two or three prototype iterations before the sample is good enough to sign off. It costs more and takes longer than buyers expect — and it is worth every day, because the approved golden sample becomes the single physical reference that governs the entire bulk production run. We will return to that point later, because it is the most underappreciated function of the whole process.

One more category worth naming: the pre-production sample, made on the actual bulk production line with bulk materials just before mass assembly. Even for modified programs, serious manufacturers pull pre-production samples for final sign-off. It is the last checkpoint where a problem can still be fixed for the cost of a few days instead of a full order.

Step by Step: From Design Brief to Golden Sample

Below is the workflow we recommend buyers understand before starting any custom project. Names vary between factories, but the stages themselves are universal. Knowing them lets you ask the right question at the right time — and recognize when a supplier is skipping a stage that protects you.

Step 1: The Design Brief and Feasibility Review

Everything begins with a brief: sketches, reference photos, target dimensions, materials, movement type (quartz or automatic), stone specifications, plating color, logo placement and target price range. A capable factory does not just collect this — it reviews it for feasibility. That review catches the expensive misunderstandings before any metal is cut: a case diameter too small for the requested movement, a plating shade that will not adhere to the chosen base metal, a stone setting that conflicts with the requested water resistance level, a strap width that clashes with the lug geometry.

Ask your supplier to return a written feasibility summary, not just "yes we can do it". A factory that responds with specific technical comments — "the requested caseback engraving depth is achievable, but we recommend 0.15 mm for legibility after polishing" — is demonstrating exactly the engineering engagement your bulk order will need.

Step 2: Quotation with Sample Terms Clearly Separated

The sampling quotation should be its own document, separate from the bulk quotation. It must state: the sample cost per unit, what the sample includes (materials, movement, packaging), the courier arrangement, the estimated prototype lead time, the tooling or mold fee if any, and — critically — under what conditions those fees are credited back against a bulk order. We will cover the fee logic in detail in a dedicated section below.

If a supplier lumps sample costs into vague "development fees" without conditions, ask directly. Clear sample terms are a strong signal of how the whole commercial relationship will be run.

Step 3: Drawings and Specifications Confirmation

For modified programs, this may be a simple marked-up drawing showing logo position and color codes. For fully custom development, this is a CAD stage: 3D models of the case, caseback, crown, buckle, clasps and settings, reviewed dimension by dimension. Approve the drawings in writing before tooling starts, because every mold change after this point costs both sides time and money.

This is also the moment to lock the specification list that will later govern bulk quality: movement model class, battery life expectation, plating thickness, strap material, stone type and size, water resistance grade, packaging construction. Write it down. A specification that lives only in chat messages will be interpreted differently by the sample room, the production line and the QC station — and all three interpretations will feel reasonable to the people who hold them.

Step 4: First Prototype Production

The workshop produces the first physical sample. For a modified watch program this may take days; for a fully custom jewelry or watch development involving new tooling, the mold phase dominates the calendar. First prototypes are handmade or semi-handmade by design — that is expected, and it is precisely why they exist: to prove the design before the factory commits to mass-production tooling and processes.

Step 5: Sample Shipping and Structured Evaluation

The prototype ships to you, and now the process leaves the factory. How you evaluate the sample determines how many revision rounds the project needs. We strongly recommend a written evaluation checklist covering: appearance (color match against your approved reference, finishing consistency), dimensions (measured, not eyeballed), function (movement accuracy, crown feel, clasp action, chain drape), logo quality (depth, alignment, readability), assembly (caseback closure, stone security), and packaging fit.

For a deeper evaluation framework, see our dedicated guide on how to evaluate a watch or jewelry sample before placing a bulk order. The key discipline: consolidate all feedback into one structured document per round. Scattered feedback across emails produces contradictions, and contradictions produce extra sampling rounds.

Step 6: Revisions and Second Prototype

Revision rounds are normal and healthy — a project with zero revisions usually means nobody looked closely. What matters is controlling them. Each round should have a defined scope ("this round fixes plating shade and crown feel only"), a defined owner on the factory side, and a defined completion date. Two to three focused revision rounds typically converge a modified program; fully custom developments should expect more.

The failure pattern to avoid is the "moving target" revision: each round introducing new change requests that were never part of the original brief. Every new request reopens decisions that were already settled, and the sampling calendar resets. If you genuinely need to expand scope, say so explicitly and accept a new timeline — do not disguise it as a "small fix".

Step 7: Golden Sample Sign-Off

When a prototype finally matches the specification in every dimension, both sides sign it off as the golden sample. Do this formally: the buyer confirms in writing, the factory retains the physical sample (or a duplicate set), and the sample is labeled, photographed and stored as the production reference. From this moment, the golden sample — not the drawings, not the chat history — is the binding standard for bulk production.

Step 8: Pre-Production Sample and Release to Mass Production

Before the full line runs, the factory produces a pre-production sample (or small batch) using bulk materials and the actual production process. The buyer reviews it — often with photographs and measurements rather than another courier shipment — and gives the final release. Only then does mass assembly begin. This stage exists because handmade prototypes and mass production are different processes: a golden sample proves the design, while the pre-production sample proves the process.

Sampling Timelines: What Is Realistic and What Causes Delays

Buyers ask for a number; honest suppliers give a range, because sampling duration depends on customization depth, material availability and — more than anything — feedback speed. The ranges below describe typical industry practice for each stage in a watch or jewelry program. Treat them as planning references and always confirm your project-specific schedule in the sampling quotation.

Stage	Typical Duration	Main Variable
Feasibility review and quotation	2–5 working days	Completeness of your brief
Drawing / CAD confirmation	3–10 working days	Custom depth; revision speed
Existing / modified sample production	5–15 working days	Component availability
New tooling / mold for fully custom	15–35 working days	Mold complexity; casing material
Each revision round	5–15 working days	Scope of changes; courier time
International courier both ways	3–7 days each way	Customs; your review speed

Read the table honestly and you will see the pattern: the factory's hands are rarely the bottleneck. In our experience across 65+ export markets, the three delays that push sampling schedules are, in order: slow or fragmented buyer feedback, mid-project scope changes, and courier customs holds. A buyer who returns consolidated feedback within three working days can compress a sampling cycle dramatically compared with one who replies in fragments over three weeks.

Plan the total journey, not the stages. A modified watch program typically moves from brief to approved golden sample in four to seven weeks including shipping and review time; a fully custom development with new tooling should be planned with a production-development calendar of two to four months before bulk production starts. If someone promises a fully custom golden sample in ten days, ask which stages they are skipping — because the answer is almost always the feasibility review and the structured revision process, and those are the stages that protect your bulk order.

Sampling Costs, Tooling Fees and When They Come Back to You

Sampling has a real cost, and pretending otherwise leads to uncomfortable conversations later. Understanding the cost structure helps you budget accurately — and helps you recognize which fees are negotiable and which are not.

What You Are Actually Paying For

A sampling fee typically covers four things: materials (including movement, stones, plating chemicals and straps or chains), skilled hand labor (prototypes are built by experienced sample makers, not by line workers), machine time (even a "simple" modification may need fixture adjustments), and courier charges. A jewelry prototype with hand-set stones and a finished plating trial can involve more skilled labor than a hundred mass-produced units. This is why sample fees are often several times the eventual bulk unit price — the sample is not a discounted product, it is a one-off engineering exercise.

Sample Fees for Existing and Modified Programs

For catalog samples, many manufacturers charge the sample unit price plus courier, and some credit it back against a subsequent bulk order — a reasonable practice worth asking for. For modified samples (logo, color, strap or packaging changes on an existing structure), the fee covers the customization work itself. Because no new tooling is involved, this is the most cost-efficient path to a branded product, and it is why we generally guide first-time private label buyers toward an existing case platform such as the custom logo watch line before considering full ODM development.

Tooling and Mold Fees for Fully Custom Development

A fully custom watch case, bracelet component or jewelry setting requires new tooling — steel molds and fixtures machined to your geometry. Mold fees scale with complexity: a simple pendant mold is a fraction of a full watch case set with bracelet molds. Two commercial points matter here.

First, the mold fee is normally quoted per mold set and belongs to a defined scope: if you later change the case geometry, that is a new mold or a major rework, not a free revision. Confirm in writing which design version the fee covers. Second, ask about the credit-back policy. A common and buyer-friendly arrangement — and the one we operate — is that the tooling fee is refunded or credited against the bulk order once order quantity reaches a defined threshold agreed at quotation. This aligns incentives properly: the factory invests in your tooling because it expects production volume, and you recover the development cost when the program succeeds.

One warning: if a supplier quotes "free samples and free tooling" with no quantity commitment in writing, read the fine print of the relationship, not the invoice. Tooling cost does not disappear; it is simply recovered somewhere else — often in unit price, and sometimes in rigidity when you later need flexibility. Transparent fees with a written credit-back threshold are healthier than free-looking offers with unwritten conditions.

Budgeting the Whole Sampling Phase

For planning purposes, a modified watch program (sample fees plus couriers, no new tooling) is a modest four-figure investment; a fully custom program with new tooling is meaningfully larger and should be budgeted as part of product development, not as a purchasing expense. Either way, sampling is cheap relative to the bulk order it protects. The discipline that saves money is not avoiding sampling costs — it is avoiding unnecessary sampling rounds, which brings us to preparation.

How to Prepare a Brief That Cuts Revision Rounds

The quality of your sampling outcome is largely decided before the factory touches metal. Well-prepared buyers routinely reach golden sample in fewer rounds than unprepared ones buying identical products. Here is what separates the two.

Provide Physical References, Not Just Words

Colors are the classic failure point. "Gold" alone can mean champagne, yellow, rose, pale vintage gold or IP-plated warm gold — and every person involved has a different one in mind. Send physical references wherever possible: a Pantone chip, a competitor product whose shade you like, or a swatch from your existing collection. For watches, reference the dial, hands, case and strap separately; each component can carry a different finish. For jewelry, reference plating shade and surface texture (polished, brushed, hammered, matte) explicitly.

Specify the Invisible Details

The details that generate revision rounds are usually the ones nobody wrote down: logo depth and production method (engraved, printed, embossed, applied badge), strap or chain length and clasp type, stone color grade and setting style, packaging construction and foam insert cutouts, and for watches — movement class, battery life expectation, water resistance grade and crown position. None of these details is difficult to specify; all of them are expensive to discover by trial and error through the post.

Define How Feedback Will Be Given

Agree on the evaluation format before the first sample ships: one consolidated feedback document per round, with photos, measurements and a clear verdict per item (approved / to revise), and a single named decision-maker on the buyer side. This single process agreement routinely saves one to two full revision rounds, because it eliminates the contradictory feedback that forces factories to guess whose instruction is current.

Share Your Commercial Context

Tell the factory what the product is for and where it will be sold: retail chain, e-commerce brand, corporate gifting, market-specific collection. A sample intended for a European fashion brand may need different plating durability and packaging standards than one for a Middle East retail group — our production teams serve 65+ export markets and the reference standards genuinely differ. Context turns the factory from an order-taker into a technical partner that flags risks you have not thought about yet, such as stone security standards for a bracelet that will be worn daily versus occasionally.

Seven Sampling Mistakes That Cost B2B Buyers Time and Money

Most sampling problems repeat across projects. These are the seven we see most often, with the fix for each.

1. Treating the sample as a free product. Judging a sample by "how close is this to being sellable" rather than "does this prove the specification" leads to vague feedback and endless aesthetic rounds. Evaluate against the written specification, item by item.

2. Feedback by fragments. Sending comments as they occur — one email today, a WhatsApp message tomorrow, another next week — guarantees contradictions. Consolidate per round. Always.

3. Unnamed decision-makers. When marketing, purchasing and the founder each send feedback separately, the factory receives three specifications. Name one owner; let that person collect internal input before responding.

4. Approving verbally. "Looks good, go ahead" over a call is not a golden sample sign-off. A formal written approval with the sample photographed and labeled protects both sides when a bulk question arises months later.

5. Ignoring the packaging sample. Packaging is part of the unboxing experience your customers will judge — and it has its own sampling cycle for materials, printing and insert fit. Include it in the sampling plan from the start, not as an afterthought two weeks before shipment. For the full logic, see our guide to choosing custom packaging for wholesale watches and jewelry.

6. Skipping the pre-production checkpoint. Buyers sometimes accept bulk production directly after golden sample approval to save a week. This removes the last chance to verify that the mass-production process reproduces the handmade sample. Keep the pre-production stage; it is the cheapest insurance in the entire program.

7. Changing scope silently. A "tiny" change — a different crown, a heavier chain, a new stone size — can invalidate tooling, materials already purchased, or QC criteria already written. If scope must change, say so and re-plan the schedule openly. Factories respect honest scope changes far more than they respect schedules destroyed by disguised ones.

Watch Sampling vs Jewelry Sampling: What Actually Differs

Buyers sourcing both categories often assume the sampling logic transfers one-to-one. It does not, and knowing the differences helps you plan realistic timelines for each.

Engineering depth. A watch is a mechanical system: the case must house a specific movement with exact tolerances, the crown must engage correctly, the caseback must close with the designed gasket, and the dial printing must align with hand heights. Sampling a watch is therefore closer to engineering validation — expect the prototype conversation to be dominated by dimensions and component compatibility. Jewelry is decorative engineering: the critical questions concentrate on metal weight and feel, setting security, clasp durability, chain articulation and plating behavior on the chosen base alloy.

Tooling economics. Watch tooling is heavier: case molds, bracelet link molds, dial tooling and handset tooling form a set, and the set defines what future modifications will cost. Jewelry tooling is usually per-piece — a pendant mold, a ring mold — which makes it cheaper to develop one hero SKU and expand a collection gradually. This is why many jewelry brands build collections one winning design at a time, while watch brands more often launch a coordinated set.

Material verification focus. For stainless steel watches, the sample conversation centers on grade verification (316L versus lower grades), finishing consistency and movement behavior over days of wear. For sterling silver jewelry, it centers on silver content verification, anti-tarnish treatment and plating adhesion; for fashion jewelry, on base alloy selection and plating thickness against your target market's expectations. Our earlier guide to verifying real 925 sterling silver covers the verification tests worth running on any silver sampling round.

Revision risk profile. Watch revisions tend to be structural (case, movement, strap interface) and therefore expensive once tooling exists; jewelry revisions tend to be aesthetic (plating shade, stone size, chain weight) and therefore cheaper per round but more numerous. Plan your feedback process accordingly: front-load structural decisions on watches, and front-load the aesthetic specification on jewelry.

From Golden Sample to Bulk Production: How One Sample Governs an Entire Order

Here is the function of sampling that buyers underuse: the approved golden sample is a quality-control instrument, not just a design milestone. Understand this and you will get visibly better bulk orders.

When your golden sample is signed, it becomes the physical reference against which the production line and QC stations judge every batch. At our facility, incoming materials, in-line assembly checkpoints and final inspection all trace back to the approved sample and its written specification. With 40+ dedicated QC stations operating across 16 production lines, the sample is what makes those checkpoints meaningful — a QC inspector without a signed reference is expressing opinions; a QC inspector with a golden sample is enforcing a standard.

This is also why sample discipline protects your warranty position. Our products carry a 12-month warranty covering manufacturing defects under normal use, and the boundary of that warranty in practice is the approved specification: what was sampled, approved and agreed is what the warranty protects. A buyer who approved a plating shade on the golden sample has a clear reference if a bulk batch drifts; a buyer who never formally approved anything is negotiating from memory. Formal sampling is not bureaucracy — it is your evidence file.

Practical advice: request a duplicate golden sample set. One stays with the factory for production and QC reference; one ships to you for your own incoming inspection when bulk goods arrive. The modest cost of the duplicate set pays for itself the first time you need to verify a shipment against a standard instead of a memory. And if your program includes independent inspection before shipment, the duplicate sample is exactly what your third-party inspector will ask for.

Payment Milestones: Sampling Through to Shipment

Sampling and production payments follow a milestone logic, and knowing the standard structures helps you plan cash flow across the whole program.

Sampling stage: sample fees and courier charges are typically paid upfront — they are small, service-based amounts. Tooling fees for custom development are also settled at this stage, under the credit-back terms agreed in the sampling quotation. At Aurevo, standard trade payment terms for bulk orders are T/T with a 30% deposit and 70% balance, and for larger programs we also work with L/C at sight for orders of USD 50,000 or more. Milestone-based arrangements can be discussed for multi-stage custom developments — for example, linking a payment release to the golden sample approval — as long as the milestones are defined in writing before work begins.

Production stage: the 30% deposit releases material purchasing and production scheduling; the 70% balance is settled against the completed, inspected goods — typically before shipment or against a copy of the shipping documents, depending on what was agreed. The sequence matters for buyers: bulk production should never begin before your pre-production sample release, because the deposit funds a process that your approval governs.

A note on quotation validity: metal prices, movement costs and plating material costs move. Sampling quotations carry a defined validity period — commonly around 30 days — so if your sampling decision takes longer, ask for a reconfirmation rather than assuming the earlier numbers still hold. Reputable suppliers will refresh the quote without drama; it is the suppliers who refuse to reconfirm after delays who create problems later.

Your Pre-Sampling Checklist

Before you request a custom watch or jewelry sample, work through this list. Ten minutes here routinely saves weeks of revision.

Item	What to Have Ready
Sample type decision	Catalog reference, modified program, or fully custom golden sample — stated explicitly
Design brief	Sketches or CAD, dimensions, target price range, target market and use context
Material specification	Case/body metal, plating shade with physical reference, strap or chain, stones with size and grade
Watch-specific items	Movement class, dial and hand specification, crown, water resistance grade, battery expectation
Branding elements	Logo files, production method, placement on every component to be branded
Packaging requirement	Box style, material, insert, branding — included in the sampling scope
Commercial terms	Sample fee, courier responsibility, tooling fee and credit-back threshold, quotation validity
Feedback protocol	One consolidated document per round, one named decision-maker, agreed response time
Approval formality	Written golden sample sign-off; duplicate sample set requested

Frequently Asked Questions

How many samples should I expect before bulk production?

For a modified program, one prototype round plus a pre-production confirmation is common when the brief is well prepared. Fully custom developments typically involve two to three prototype rounds before golden sample sign-off — that is normal engineering, not supplier incompetence. What should concern you is not the number of rounds but their scope: rounds with clear, single-topic feedback converge quickly; rounds with new requirements do not.

Can I skip sampling and go straight to bulk production?

Only for pure catalog reorders of a product you have already received and inspected. For anything customized — even just a logo — skipping sampling means bulk tooling and production run against an unverified design. If schedule pressure is extreme, the professional compromise is an expedited sampling schedule agreed in writing, not an abandoned sampling stage.

Who owns the golden sample and the tooling?

The physical golden sample set and the tooling paid for by the buyer belong to the buyer's program — that is what the tooling fee purchases. Confirm in writing that the factory will not use your molds for other clients, and that tooling can be transferred or reused for your future reorders. These are standard clauses; a supplier who resists them on a custom program is telling you something before you have even placed the bulk order.

The Takeaway: Sampling Is the Program

It is tempting to see sampling as the prelude and production as the main event. After manufacturing watches and jewelry since 2012 from our 18,000 m² Shenzhen facility — with 220+ team members producing 4.5M+ pieces a year across 8,000+ developed styles — our honest conclusion is the opposite: sampling is the program. Everything the bulk order will be is decided, proven or missed during those few weeks of prototypes, feedback rounds and sign-offs.

Buy the process, not just the price. Choose a manufacturer that treats your sampling stage with engineering seriousness — written feasibility reviews, structured revision rounds, formal golden sample governance and pre-production verification. The unit prices will be comparable across serious suppliers; the outcomes will not.

If you are planning a custom watch or jewelry program and want a sampling proposal with clear timelines, fees and credit-back terms, send us your inquiry — include your design brief or reference products, and our sampling team will come back with a structured development plan rather than a number. You can also browse our automatic watch and gemstone jewelry ranges to see the baseline quality every Aurevo sampling project builds on, and read our guide to production lead times to plan the full journey from approved sample to delivered goods.