Long Chain with Signature Asymmetric Links | STRUGA

A fine round-link chain in 925 silver — 120 cm long, 35 grams — with cast angular elements set into it at intervals. $715 (Rp 12,740,000), made to order in about two weeks.

The chain itself is a rolo weave of small round links: a carrier. Larger elements carrying the SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC form sit along it, each hung on its own jump ring — and their silhouettes are not identical. One reads as a stretched hexagon with an inner bar, the next as a flat parallelogram, the next as an arrowhead. So the piece shows one form in several of its shapes, rather than one link repeated. The clasp is a lobster, stamped STRUGA and 925.

Material: 925 sterling silver, no rhodium plating.
World / family: CODEX — SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC, the founding numbered form of STRUGA.
Construction: round-link chain with cast SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC elements spaced along it on jump rings; lobster clasp stamped STRUGA · 925.
Weight and length: 35 g over 120 cm — a fine chain, worn in two or three loops.
Finish: Living Silver — a property, not a treatment: uncoated 925 darkens from air and skin, recesses deepen while friction lightens raised edges.
Price: $715 · Rp 12,740,000 · made to order, about 2 weeks.
Care: soft cloth or silver-cleaning solution; avoid harsh chemicals and ultrasonic baths.

SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC is the family the brand started from, in the CODEX world. Its aesthetic came from CNC-cut sheet material — sharp edges, even planes, recessed depth. The family history names the step this piece belongs to: the form moved out of pendants and into construction, becoming a chain link, a toggle clasp, a carabiner bail. Here it stays a link, but a spaced one. The fine weave carries it and lets the eye read one element at a time.

Silver 925 is 92.5% pure silver. The surface is uncoated, so the chain arrives light and darkens from air and skin. On the cast elements the recessed cuts go dark first while the raised planes stay bright from friction — the relief gains contrast as the piece is worn. Patina is a property, not a defect; a soft cloth or a silver-cleaning solution brings the metal back to light whenever the owner wants it. How that differs from plated silver is set out in the care guide.

How it compares with the other chain objects in the family

The same SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC element is used in three objects for the neck and the wrist. They differ less in look than in how much metal sits per centimetre — and that is what you feel in wear.

The bracelet is dense — its elements run next to each other on the wrist. On the choker the form reads as one continuous line at the throat. This chain is the spaced version: elements separated by runs of fine chain.

Our own catalogue numbers, since nobody outside can check them: the 50 cm choker holds 33 g and this chain holds 35 g — two grams more across two and a half times the length. That is the whole difference in character. The choker is a solid object at the throat; this one is a light line that can be doubled, tripled, or dropped to the waist.

Who it is for, and when

This is the object for someone who wants length without mass. At 120 cm it goes on over the head, and one purchase gives several ways to wear it: doubled at the collarbone, tripled short, long down the chest over a shirt or a jacket, or looped through a belt. It stays quiet under a closed collar and reads clearly over black.

It is unisex and comes in one size, so it can be chosen for someone else without knowing their measurements. The honest limit: this is a fine chain, not a heavy one. If what you want is weight at the throat, the choker in the table above is the object, not this one. And a chain worn in loops will tangle if it goes loose into a bag — it wants a flat surface or the box it arrives in.