Hey G,
With Fugenlose rings, or with this type of band ring, I think it depends on what the ring is made of and how it was re-sized. If soldered yes, it will have two seams for upsizing and one seam to downsize, but yes of course it's possible to see the seam(s), but not always because some Smiths just did a fantastic job on these type of rings. If a ring stretcher/reducer machine is used to re-size the ring, then still no seam and no need for all the time and work involved, plus it's cost effective. So it's not always obvious that a ring is re-sized or has a seam, it depends. Dublee rings are made seamless as well.
You get no disagreement from me on that, it's proof positive that rings were mass produced by a Press "Pressen". Which of course involved pressing of goods. It just made good business sense. Pressed goods were cheaper to produce and was the alternative to expensive handmade jewelry, but the downside is that it doesn't enjoy the high esteem of handmade goods as we know, but then again we put a high price on the rings we collect. The condition was that the pressed product had to be viable, so that the high cost of the mold(die)spread over the largest possible number of items. The steel engraver, the mechanic and the presser participated in the production. Thanks.
