Abstract: Process for the mechanized production of jewelry comprising a plurality of small contiguous precious stones set in a metal support consisting in machining in said support, bores that are aligned, and in machining on the periphery of said bores, truncated studs of which the walls converge upwardly and the diameter of the circle inscribed inside the top parts of the studs is greater than the diameter of the largest stones, whereas the diameter of the circle inscribed inside the bases of the studs is smaller than the diameter of the largest stones.