A step-by-step guide to assessing the worth of your vintage and antique pieces We all have that one piece of antique or vintage jewelry we never wear twinkling at us when we open our drawer. The one you picked up at the flea market and just had to have, the one your mom passed down […]
Restoring A Memory: A Jewelry Repair Testimonial Spotlight
A Bracelet Repair That Turned Into A Beautiful Testimonial Letter Today we would like to share a very special testimonial that made a big impression on our team. This bracelet repair testimonial was mailed to us last month, which was unusual because we are accustomed to Google and Yelp Reviews. But after reading it, we […]
Wristwatch Repair 101
Keep your timepiece ticking like clockwork with this guide on watch repair. *NOTE: In this blog, we’ll be discussing the functionality of mechanical watches and automatic watches — those powered by winding, as opposed to quartz watches, which run by battery power.* Having trouble with your mechanical or automatic watch? With a machine so intricately […]
Jewelry Highlights from the Met Gala 2019
Met Gala 2019 – Jewelry Made a Splash With the Met Gala being the biggest event on the Fashion Calendar, and the attending fee being $30,000 per person (NO BIG DEAL!), there’s bound to be some Jaw-Dropping Jewels on the Pink Carpet. Now that we’ve had time to pick our Jaws up off the floor, […]
Before & After #112
On this edition of the Before & After, we have a pearl necklace that was broken, terribly filthy and knotted in between pearls, and required a professional cleaning and restringing. For this repair we had to: -Provide new french wires -Restring the necklace with silk -Refinish the clasp It is then all wrapped up a […]
Before & After #111
On this edition of the Before & After, we have a vintage Bulova ladies timepiece that required a full restoration. This watch had a broken band, scratched case, chipped crystal, nonfunctional movement, and a severely tarnished dial. For this repair we had to: -Source very rare vintage parts (mainspring, balance complete, pallet fork, band springs) […]
