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Brides
Choosing a groom’s wedding band is crucial to the wedding planning process. And no, the groom’s ring is not just limited to a plain golden band—a wide range of styles and metals exist. “It’s a collaborative process,” says jeweler and Ring Bear founder David Schoenfeld. “Often, the bride buys the groom’s wedding band to reciprocate after receiving an engagement ring. That said, it’s common for guys to know what they want and pick it out themselves.”
“Men’s wedding bands are no longer ‘one style fits all,’” Schoenfeld explains. Designs can vary with different metallic blends, intricate textures, diamond-encrusted details, and classic dome profiles. With so many choices and brands, phenomenal options exist at every price point.
Our Top Picks
Most Timeless
Brilliant Earth Milgrain Wedding Ring
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Milgrain is an ancient technique, making this Brilliant Earth piece the perfect timeless piece. It provides visual intrigue while staying understated, the texture of the milgrain edges delivering a satisfying contrast to the highly polished center band. It’s a great choice for someone who wants a classic band with a subtle, unique touch.
Material: 14k rose gold; 18k yellow or white gold; platinum | Style: High-polish, comfort-fit band with milgrain edges | Width: 5 or 6 millimeters
Most Simple
Charles & Colvard Comfort Fit Wedding Ring
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This pick from Charles & Colvard is understated yet elegant, with a slim 2-millimeter band and comfort-fit design that makes it effortless to wear. It’s unisex, so consider sporting a matching wedding band with your spouse—you’ll have your choice of 14k white, yellow, or rose gold, as well as platinum.
Material: 14k yellow, white, or rose gold; platinum | Style: Slim comfort-fit band | Width: 2 millimeters
Best Designer
DeBeers The Promise Band
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If you’re getting your spouse a ring from famous jeweler DeBeers, you should get a treat, too. This 18k white gold band looks like two rings in one, with a unique combination of smooth and ridged textures meant to represent the couple’s individuality. It’s sophisticated and unique—just like your man.
Material: 18k white gold | Style: Twinned bands with both smooth and textured finishes | Width: 5 millimeters
Most Modern
Jared Jewelers Tantalum Wedding Band
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Instead of more traditional gold or platinum, this modern ring gets its unexpected blue-black hue from tantalum, a rare metal known for its durability (and it’s hypoallergenic!). This band material makes it inherently modern, considering the metal has only been used in jewelry for the past 20 or so years, but its brushed center and high shine add further contemporary flair.
Material: Tantalum | Style: Brushed finish with high-polish edges, comfort fit | Width: 7 millimeters
Best Two-Tone
Charles & Colvard Two-Tone Ring in Tantalum
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Comfortable, sturdy, and hypoallergenic, this two-toned tantalum wedding band is guaranteed to be a standout option. The matte black titanium center is anchored by a surrounding gray metal for a minimalist aesthetic.
Material: Matte black titanium, gray tantalum | Style: Two-tone, step-edge | Width: 8 millimeters
Best Silicone Style
Enso Rings Elements Classic Silicone Ring - Copper
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With thousands of positive reviews, it’s easy to see why nontraditional grooms love this Enso ring. Each band in the Elements collection is infused with precious materials to give the silicone a lustrous shine that blurs the line between industrial and fashionable. Coming in a variety of colors, these rings are ideal for anyone who uses their hands and doesn’t want to damage a traditional metal wedding band.
Material: Silicone | Style: Standard, thin, halo | Width: 2.54, 4.3, 6.6 millimeters
Best Subtle Detail
James Allen 14K Gold Satin Finish With Cable Insert Band
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The rope accent of this ring lends a nautical vibe that adds just enough verve to stand out while remaining understated and tasteful due to the satin finish. The two-tone design is available with a white gold band and yellow gold rope, as well as the reverse.
Material: 14k white gold with yellow gold cable or 14k yellow gold with white gold cable | Style: Satin finish with cable insert | Width: 6 millimeters
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We love jewelry that feels classic, even with unexpected touches, as seen with this platinum James Allen band. The high-shine ring features a ridged center band highlighted with an arrow design that simultaneously looks modern and antique. We’re confident it will look even more attractive as the platinum develops a patina.
Material: Platinum; 14 or 18k yellow or white gold | Style: Comfort-fit with carved arrow detail | Width: 6 millimeters
Best Hammered Metal
Bittersweets NY Cowboy Ring
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Each Cowboy ring produced by Bittersweets NY is cast in wax and hammered to your specific size, meaning every tiny dent and divot you see on the final product is unique to your ring. In addition to being available in multiple gold options, you can choose from four different widths—we’re partial to the hammered finish in the 6-millimeter style.
Material: 14k white, yellow, or rose gold | Style: Hammered center | Width: 3, 4, 5, or 6 millimeters
Best Vintage-Inspired
Jared Jewelers 22K Hand-Forged Wedding Band
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We can’t get enough of the rich glow of antique 22k wedding bands—their high gold content and soft patina make an alluring combo. With this, we were pleasantly surprised to come across this modern-day find from Jared Jewelers, which looks like a well-loved antique thanks to the hand-forged design and satin finish. It’s also made to order, so you can imbue it with your love story.
Material: 22k gold | Style: Comfort fit, hand-forged with satin finish | Width: 6 millimeters
Best With Diamonds
Blue Nile Baguette Diamond Wedding Ring
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If your man wants extra bling in his wedding band, this Blue Nile piece has nine baguette diamonds displayed throughout in the coolest, most abstract way. We love how this feels timeless enough as a wedding band but unique enough to add flair to his everyday outfits.
Material: 14k white gold | Style: Baguette diamonds, channel setting | Width: 7 millimeters
Best Gold Style
Brilliant Earth Maverick Wedding Ring
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We’ve never seen a ring like this one, which features a knurled finish to add satisfying texture and contrast to the band’s high-shine beveled edges. Thankfully, it’s available in multiple widths and metal options to suit a variety of tastes.
Material: 14k rose gold; 18k yellow or white gold; platinum | Style: Knurl-finish band with high-polish beveled edges | Width: 4.5, 5.5, or 6.5 millimeters
Best Slim
Mejuri 4mm Curve Band
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This sleek wedding band is a low-profile, polished choice. You can have up to 25 characters engraved on it, making it extra personalized and special. Choose from platinum or 14k white or yellow gold.
Material: Platinum, 14k white gold, 14k yellow gold | Style: Curve band | Width: 4 millimeters
Best Minimalist
James Allen Slightly Domed Comfort Fit Wedding Ring
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It doesn’t get much more ageless than James Allen’s comfort-fit 7-millimeter band. The slight dome offers a uniform wedding ring look, and since the style comes in a variety of metals, it can meet the needs of many budgets and preferences.
Material: 14k white, yellow, or rose gold; 18k white or yellow gold; platinum | Style: Slightly domed comfort fit | Width: 7 millimeters
Best Brushed Metal
James Allen Brush Finish Comfort Fit Ring
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While the combination of this ring's brushed finish and flat center is quite trendy, the polished edges give the overall design of the band a timeless, sophisticated feel. The interior of the ring is rounded and polished for easy wear.
Material: 14k white gold | Style: Brushed center with high-polish rounded edges | Width: 4 millimeters
Best Rose Gold
Anna Sheffield Classic Half Round Band
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If a sleek and modern band is what you're after, say no more. This 14k gold band is available in recycled rose gold, yellow gold, or white gold. You can even add an engraving for further personalization.
Material: 14k yellow, white, or rose gold | Style: Half round | Width: 5 millimeters
Most Unique
Anthony Lent Gold Ouroboros Snake Ring
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Fun fact: Prince Albert proposed to Queen Victoria with a snake ring, making serpents a popular motif for rings ever since. The ouroboros, or snake eating its tail, represents the concept of eternity—making it a unique way to show your dedication to your spouse. This iteration from famed jewelry designer Anthony Lent is highly detailed, with intricate scales and a petite diamond eye.
Material: 18k yellow gold | Style: Snake ring with diamond eyes | Width: 2.5-5.75 millimeters
Best Celtic Knot Design
Brilliant Earth Celtic Eternity Knot Wedding Ring
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The Celtic knot is the well-loved symbol of two souls bound by love and is proudly displayed between two beveled edges in this special band from Brilliant Earth. The design comes in rose gold, white gold, yellow gold, and platinum and is a comfortable 6-millimeter width.
Material: 18k white or yellow gold, 14k rose gold, platinum | Style: Eternity knot | Width: 6 millimeters
Best for the Outdoorsy Groom
Brilliant Earth Summit Wedding Ring
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Life is full of peaks and valleys, so celebrate the journey with Brilliant Earth’s mountainous ring. The brushed-matte band comes in white, yellow, rose gold, and platinum and features a magnificent Mount Everest landscape design.
Material: 18k white or yellow gold, 14k rose gold, platinum | Style: Brushed matte, nature inspired | Width: 5 millimeters
Best Art Deco-Inspired
Anna Sheffield Sheaves Band
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Art Deco details and a unique design make this Anna Sheffield band a vintage-inspired favorite. Coming in white, yellow, and recycled rose gold, this is a ring that’ll continue to dazzle through the ages.
Material: 14k yellow, white, or rose gold | Style: Sheaves | Width: 3 millimeters
Most Eye-Catching
With Clarity Fluted Frame Men’s Ring
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Framing a row of diamonds running through the center of this band are precision-cut grooves, creating a fluted effect designed to mimic the details of a designer watch. The diamonds and grooves catch the light beautifully, drawing attention to the striking details.
Material: 14 or 18k white, yellow, or rose gold | Style: Slim row of diamonds framed with fluted edges | Width: 6.15 millimeters
For the Romantic
Sofia Zakia Written In the Stars Band, Narrow
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Even if you’re not an astrology buff, you’ll be charmed by this bespoke ring from Sofia Zakia. Each one is hand-carved in wax to include two zodiac constellations of your choice—yours and that of your spouse—for a ring design and sentiment that are out of this world. In addition to two different band widths, you have the choice to add two tiny diamonds (why not?).
Material: 14k yellow gold | Style: Engraved constellation design, diamond option | Width: 4-4.5 millimeters
Most Statement-Making
Bittersweets NY Beyond Is All Abyss Ring
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Memento mori jewelry has been created for centuries to honor those who have passed, but this modern take on the concept from Bittersweets NY serves as a more literal interpretation of the “‘til death” line of traditional wedding vows. The skeleton-embellished ring—complete with diamond eyes and a ruby heart—would make a great choice for a groom with edgier style.
Material: 14k yellow, white, or rose gold | Style: Memento mori, diamond and ruby accents | Width: Varies due to the custom nature of the band
Most Bold
With Clarity V Frame Ring
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Eternity bands are more common in women’s designs but are a solid choice for men’s rings, too. This dramatic piece from With Clarity features over a carat of lab diamonds and eye-catching V-cut edges. The contrast of sparkle and high-shine metal with the more rugged, industrial design results in a stunning band that’s fit for a king.
Material: 14k yellow, white, or rose gold; 18k yellow, white, or rose gold | Style: Diamond eternity band with v-cut edge | Width: 7.7 millimeters
Best Texture
Satomi Kawakita 3.7mm Signature Hammered Band
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With a hammered texture and polished sheen, this unisex ring exudes timeless elegance. If you want to add a modern touch, try it in rose gold in a wide range of sizes.
Material: 18k white, yellow, or rose gold; platinum | Style: Classic | Width: 3.7 millimeters
Most Unexpected
Oura Ring 4
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Gadget aficionados and fitness junkies alike will appreciate the multifunctional nature of the Oura Ring 4, which is lined with discreet sensors to pull and translate biometric data that you can review on your phone. Everything from sleep and stress to heart rate and step count is documented while you wear it. Its wellness insights are some of the most comprehensive in the wearable tech space, making this alternative wedding band choice a ring that you’ll really never want to take off (and it’s water resistant, so you won’t have to).
Material: Titanium; available in silver, black, brushed silver, stealth, gold, and rose gold finishes | Style: Comfort fit | Width: 8 millimeters
Best With a Twist
Yayoi Forest Wide Twisted Eternal Ring
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If you’re in search of something special with a twist, this ring from Catbird may be just what you’re looking for. Handmade by local artisans in Brooklyn, New York, this simple ring with a delicate twist at the top of the band is 3.5 millimeters wide and comes in 14k yellow, white, and rose gold. A thinner version of the ring is also available (2.5 millimeters), which makes it a great choice for couples who want matching bands.
Material: 14k yellow, white, or rose gold | Style: Architectural with twist design | Width: 2.5, 3.5 millimeters
What to Look for When Choosing a Men's Wedding Band
- Material: When choosing a men’s wedding band, you’ll want to evaluate how hard you are on your hands. Precious metals may not be ideal if you work with your hands frequently. If you’re looking for the strongest metal, choose a ring made from tungsten. It's extremely durable, scratch-resistant, and reasonably priced. Silicone is another option. While most couples opt for a classic gold band, it’s common to also have a simple silicone band for travel, exercising, outdoor activities, or working with your hands.
- Style: The groom-to-be should choose a wedding band most suited to their individual style, be it an eco-friendly blended metal or a durable silicone ring. If sensitive skin is an issue, choose a pure metal (gold, silver, or platinum) and avoid anything that contains nickel. “Between different materials, colors, widths, and styles, there’s an opportunity for subtle yet meaningful variation to better fit his lifestyle and personality,” Schoenfeld says.
- Width: To choose the best wedding band width, the groom might want to try on a few different widths to see what feels most comfortable. Men’s wedding bands generally range in width from 3 to 9 millimeters, but most fall in the 5- to 6-millimeter range.
- Cost: Depending on the type of material you choose, the price of a wedding band can vary. “The average for a tungsten band is $200 to $300; gold (yellow or white) is $350 to $1,000 depending on the carat; and platinum can be found at $1,000 to $1,200,” Schoenfeld says.
Why Trust Brides
Emily Orofino is a writer, editor, and consultant with 15 years of experience. She often spends her free time on the hunt for antique and vintage jewelry, especially pieces that have hidden details. Rachel Varina is a social media, digital marketing, and editorial expert with over seven years of professional writing experience. Her work has appeared on sites such as Betches and Elite Daily.
David Schoenfeld is the founder of Ring Bear, an online destination for men's wedding bands and gifts.
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