wedding ring. This is typically stated as CTW (carat total weight) CWT (Carat weight total) DWT (Diamond total weight). For instance.

What does dwt mean for jewelry?

A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 1⁄20 of a troy ounce, 1⁄240 of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams. It is abbreviated dwt, d standing for denarius – (an ancient Roman coin), and later used as the symbol of an old British penny (see £sd).

What does DTW mean in diamonds?

This term, which can also appear as TW, CTW (carat total weight), and DTW (diamond total weight) refers to the collective weight of all the stones in a package or on a piece of jewelry. Two stones that look relatively similar in size, although the cushion cut is 3-carats and the emerald cut is only 2-carats.