Custom Leatherette (PU) Jewellery Set Boxes

What a leatherette jewellery set box is — and what it has to do

A set box presents a matching ring, necklace and earrings together in one opening, with a compartment shaped for each. It suits bridal, gifting and signature collections where the pieces are sold as one story.

A leatherette double-door set box gives the doors a crisp edge and takes a foil logo across both doors; the board inside is lined in a soft material so the pieces are held, not slid.

How a leatherette jewellery set box is built inside

The classic set box is a double-door format: two doors open left and right on side hinges, revealing a single vertical display board. The board is worked from the top down — a hook or clip for the necklace, pierced holes for the earrings in the middle, and a ring slot at the base — so the whole set reads as one composed picture. A simpler flat set box uses a base pad with a shaped compartment for each piece.

Fit. Each position uses the same rule as its single box — 2–4 mm ring slot, 0.8 mm pierced earring holes, a hook sized to the bail — set out on one board so the pieces do not overlap when the doors close.

In leatherette. A PU-covered insert has almost no give, so it is cut to the finished dimension and the covering is turned under and glued flat on the reverse; any excess thickness at a fold shows as a bump under the piece. Where a PU exterior meets a soft lined interior, the join sits inside the lid rim so the customer sees a clean edge.

Formats we make: double-door display board · flat compartment set box · bridal parure box · two-piece (pendant and earrings) set box.

Why leatherette (pu) for jewellery set boxes

Leatherette — a fine PU with a leather-like grain — is the modern jeweller's workhorse: clean, hard-wearing and consistent from box to box. It takes a hot-stamped logo crisply and resists everyday marks.

PU is wrapped and turned over the shell edge, so the corner fold is the quality tell: we mitre and tuck corners rather than bunch them, and use a thinner PU on tight radii so the grain does not stretch and go pale. Grain, gloss level and hand-feel are all specified — a soft-touch matte PU and a saffiano-grain PU behave very differently under a hot-stamp.

PU is colour-stable and matches to Pantone references closely, which makes it the safe choice when several boxes in a range must match across production runs.

It suits branded retail ranges, e-commerce brands shipping many orders, and anyone who needs a crisp foil logo.

Specification at a glance

Two ways to get the size you need

Every box starts with the piece, and the piece decides the shell route:

• Ready tooling library. We hold a range of existing moulded shells in the common jewellery-box sizes. Where one of these fits your piece, there is no mould charge and the box is faster to produce — you choose the finish, lining and logo on a proven shell.
• Fully custom dimensions. Where no standard shell suits — an unusual matching set, a signature proportion, a matching family of sizes — we build the box on a wooden shell cut to your dimensions and finished in lacquer or wrapped in your chosen material.

We will tell you which route fits your brief before quoting, so there are no surprises on tooling or timing.

What we check on every leatherette jewellery set box

Before a sample is sent, and again on every bulk run, each leatherette jewellery set box is checked against the same points — the insert is PU-wrapped pads with a soft lined slot, so the fit checks below are read against that construction:

• doors open evenly and the board sits vertical
• necklace hangs clear of the earrings; earrings clear the ring
• no piece touches the doors when closed
• board is fixed rigidly — it must not flex when the set is fitted
• the grain runs continuously across lid and base with mitred corners
• lid and base outlines match exactly when closed — same footprint, same corner radius
• insert fills the cavity with no gap to the wall; walls are an even thickness
• leatherette panels have continuous grain or nap with straight, even seams

The most common faults we see in jewellery set boxes bought elsewhere are positions set too close so the chain lies over the earrings, doors that do not meet flush, and a board that leans when loaded. Each of those is a specification decision, and we make it with you before the sample.

Made to your brand

Your size, your lining, your colour, your logo. Leatherette is the best surface for a hot-stamped logo in gold, silver, rose gold or a blind (colourless) deboss. Foil sits cleanly in the grain and holds its edge over years of handling. PU wipes clean and does not fade in a lit window display, so it suits stock that sits on a shop shelf.

You approve a physical sample before bulk, and the bulk order is held to the sample you approved — the same leatherette, the same insert, the same logo position.

How ordering works

Send us the matching set dimensions (or the piece itself), the quantity you have in mind, your logo artwork and any colour references. We confirm the shell route and the insert, quote one clear all-in price, and make a pre-production sample for you to approve. Production follows the approved sample. Quantities and lead times are agreed per project rather than fixed, because structure, materials and any tooling decide both.

Why Chung Ngai

Chung Ngai is a manufacturer and supplier of jewellery and watch packaging, Hong Kong owned and managed since 1971. We build and check boxes by hand, quote one transparent price, and hold every bulk run to the approved sample. For leatherette jewellery set boxes made to your brand, that consistency is what keeps jewellers re-ordering.