Jewelry article

A pendant/clasp serving concurrently as both a pendant and a clasp, said pendant/clasp comprising at least two segments which together form said pendant/clasp,

• said pendant/clasp having a front and a rear when said segments are connected together, each of said segments having a facing surface facing the other of said segments whereby said segments are connected together to form said pendant/clasp with a seam line between said segments,
• magnetic members located in the facing surfaces of said segments magnetically attached to each other as said segments are joined together,
• a substantially heart-shaped mechanical interlock member formed into the rear pendant/clasp to hide said mechanical interlock member from the front of the pendant/clasp when the two segments are connected to one another,
• said substantially heart-shaped mechanical interlock member having a single tab of uniform thickness which protrudes from one of the facing surfaces of said segments toward the other segment and a complementary recess in said other segment into which said tab fits,
• said recess having a single continuous uniform depth without any protrusions located within the recess when disengaged from the tab,
• said recess extending from said rear partially toward said front of said pendant/clasp, and
• said tab being of substantially the same thickness as the depth of said recess so that the rear surface of said substantially heart-shaped mechanical interlock and said rear of said pendant/clasp are substantially coplanar at their junction.