Grooms Engagement Watch Tradition

The Groom’s Engagement Gift Tradition

The traditional betrothal gift (engagement gift) to the man from the bride’s family has evolved over the past 3,000 years of history.  There are many arguments about what is the “traditional” gift to the man after the engagement announcement and to solve this mystery we must turn to our shared history.

The Ancient Egyptian Betrothal Ring

Rest assured that the answer is simple and that the confusions are caused by a simple factor that the tradition is rooted in ancient Egyptian traditions, maybe as far back as King Tut’s time and this tradition became a betrothal tradition in the Roman Empire. 

Julius Caesar completed the conquest of Great Britain and Rome ruled England for 200 years. 

As Europe erupted into the dark ages and 800 years of war the engagement gift traditions upon betrothal changed. 

Superstition and fear ruled western cultures.  And it is the Irish Celtic peoples who would keep the ancient ring of two hands holding a heart in their culture, while the European cultures lost hope and only the aristocratic families keep some memory of their past traditions.

The Engagement Ring

You will find that even though the peoples and religions of Egypt of today not the same as in 1000 BC, the Egyptians (now Islamic) still exchange a simple gold ring that is worn on the right hand and then moved to the left hand during the wedding ceremony. 

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