Patent ID: 7296438

Claim:
A piece of jewelry comprising: a hollow bezel having an open top, an open bottom, an inside wall defining a lumen extending between said open top and said open bottom, a seat within said lumen, and an outside wall having an exterior recessed section proximate the middle of the bezel with the recessed section extending around the entire circumference of the bezel, the bezel having an upper portion above the bezel exterior recessed section and a lower portion below the bezel exterior recessed section; a stone mounted at least partially within said lumen of said bezel and in contact with said seat; and a band having a first end attached to the exterior wall of the lower portion of the bezel, a hook at a second end of said band and having an opening sized to receive the recessed section of said bezel to clasp the two portions of the band together, wherein when said hook has received the recessed section of said bezel, the hook is impeded from detaching from the bezel by either the top or bottom of said bezel.