Meet the Beverly Hills jeweler who crafted the Seattle Seahawks' Super Bowl ring

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The lord of the rings works behind a nondescript door in a Beverly Hills office building, not far from the UCLA campus where he once sold hair clips and trinkets from a folding table.Jason Arasheben was $28,000 in debt back then, running low on options.

Now, eight of the past 11 NBA champions have worn his jewelry on their fingers.Super Bowl winners have his rings, too — the Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles and the Seattle Seahawks, whose players opened their ornate jewelry boxes at a private team party Thursday night to find the prize every NFL player covets.The Seahawks ring, large as a child’s fist, is encrusted with 20 carats of white diamonds and blue sapphires.It’s a miniature Lumen Field, featuring the hawk-head logo and two Lombardi Trophies.

The top lifts off and converts into a pendant.Inside is a cowhide segment of a game-used football.

Twelve flags on the sides nod to the “12th Man” fan base; one is a secret button — push it and the arches pop out to reveal the words “World Champions.”Even the box performs.Three tiny spotlights shine on the ring as it rotates on a mechanical platform.

Each weighs about a third of a pound.“It’s a memento to a certain period of time,” said Arasheben, whose company is Jason of Beverly Hills.He concedes the rings are closer to trophies than wearable jewelry.

He competes for ring contracts with Tiffany & Co.and Jostens, both much larger operations.

“It celebrates this time that these players and these fans will remember forever.”His rings appraise for $50,000 to $250,000, though the market can push them higher.In 2024, Kobe Bryant’s 2000 Lakers ring sold at auction for $927,000, the highest price ever paid for an NBA title ring, topping Bill Russell’s 1957 ring at $705,000.NFL franchises typically order two or three times what NBA, NHL or MLB teams request — as many as 3,000 rings in ...