I had the big ben charm for my 21st from my fiancé. I wore it for a week and then was sat at work and watched the big ben drop off the clasp. Also I had a key from my mum as a 21st present and luckily that is still in tact but I wish she had chosen a different jewellers now as I wanted to build a charm bracelet up but doubt thats going to happen now. Such a shame as they are really pretty but just not strong enough to wear all the time. You would have to keep it in a box and never wear it, if you wanted to keep it for anything longer than a month.

Like more people on the same reviews 2 of my charms have broken at the clasp. However a solution to all those people out there who have their charms chilling in a pot when they could be flashing them to the rest of the world. My friend went to a jewellers where they sold the Thomas Sabo bracelets and found that you can have the charms fused onto the bracelet. I know it ruins the point of having the charms in the first place however its better than loosing a whole lot of money and it is the route I intend to go down.

my parents gave me a silver link bracelet with three charms on it for my birthday, less then a week ago. Today, i went to show a friend and noticed (with great despair) that my crab charm had broken off and was missing. I am not impressed. These charms are expensive, and sterling silver should be more hardy then that. I did not catch the charm on anything, and though i was wearing the bracelet day to day, i certainly was not rough with it. I love the designs and the bracelet itself is very solid, but my advice would be careful which charms you buy- look for more solid shapes, as my crab was attached to the link by one little fine leg.