Choosing a high-quality jewelry store

There are many different types of jewelry stores. In big cities you get flagship designer stores with just one designer’s work: often very different but it doesn’t offer much else besides. You also, of course, have the national and international chains: at one end, of course, there is Tiffany and Co and Birks but there are also stores that have sales assistants with little knowledge about what they are selling; any extra services are charged for at a big profit and may involve sending items off somewhere to have work done on them.

You also though have local jewelers of varying sizes offering a much better knowledge and a much bigger range of services. It is true that even local independent jewelers may simply sell other people’s work rather than make pieces themselves but they do tend to have much better knowledge and will usually have at least one qualified jeweler. Normally with a good jeweler, big or small, you can get useful services done then and there, or with slightly bigger jobs leave items for a day or two. This includes adjustments to rings and other jewelry pieces including simple things like making a watch strap smaller to adding extra links to a silver curb chain. A jeweler with knowledgeable staff also means if you have poor knowledge you can ask and get an answer that you can trust: ask about different metals and stones and what might be a good choice for an engagement or wedding ring. With a really good jeweler, you will find them giving frank and honest advice unprompted: for example, pointing out that some products are silver plate while others are sterling silver.

Jewelry unlike almost everything else in modern life isn’t simply disposable: at least good quality jewelry isn’t. It does need some maintenance from time to time though: new clasps: adjustments as you lose and gain weight. A good local jeweler will be able to do this kind of work, especially those who have a full workshop where they make new pieces as well: meaning they can repair even the most badly damaged pieces: in some cases virtually melting down the metal and starting again.

You can of course with good jewelers with workshops, in fact, get almost any piece you want to be made as long as you wouldn’t be infringing other people’s intellectual property by copying designs. If you have a design of your own though you can commission it, likewise if you have vintage pieces you want to be copied or even pieces made with cheap materials but a great design which you would like rendered in high quality long lasting materials. A good jeweler will be able to work any metals such as Silver, Gold, and Platinum and should be able to source rarer metals like Rose Gold or White Gold and Rhodium. Stones too they will be able to get while making sure that diamonds especially are of great quality and are conflict free: essential for your peace of mind and also the value of diamonds and some other stones.

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