The elegance of this 14K gold single diamond bar necklace is in its classic simplicity. It was inspired by the Seven Mile Bridge, a masterfully engineered stretch of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, which feels like nothing more than a road surrounded by an endless turquoise ocean.

Key West was my father’s “paradise.” He loved the tropical vacation feel, the beautiful palm trees and the great sport fishing. He was stationed in Key West in the Navy in the early 1960s. I think of the gentle paradise he described, and the way he and my mom loved driving the old bridge back to Key West after road trips.