This pendant set with six tiger's eye stones brings out a silky cat's-eye effect that shifts with every turn of the charm, casting a different streak of gold and brown across the stone's surface. The faceted cut further breaks up the light into tiny planes, so the stone's colour intensity changes as your hand moves. Tiger's eye is a variety of quartz, valued precisely for this play of reflections, and jewellers of earlier eras associated it with stability and inner balance. The big, striking pendant on a 3.0 cm chain sits well on the neckline, standing out rather than getting lost in the folds of clothing.

Only a small part of the sorted raw material makes it into production, since what matters is purity of colour and the clarity of the streaks in each of the six stones. Silver and other precious metals are steadily rising in price, so buying now makes sense financially. The setting is refined European silver, sterling silver 925, free of nickel and harmful additives, so the pendant can be worn without worrying about skin irritation. The surface is protected by a layer of rhodium, a hard metal resistant to scratching, which keeps the silver from tarnishing over time and preserves its shine for a long while. The metal bears a maker's mark registered with the French assay office, which attests to its origin.

It comes into its own in an all-black look - against a black turtleneck or a plain round-neck top, the stone becomes a point of light against a solid black backdrop. It also works well with a dark blazer without accessories, where the golden hue of the tiger's eye brings life to a muted colour palette. The classic form of this pendant means it can be worn during the day with a simple sweater as well as in the evening, when the neckline is left bare and the stone draws the eye.