Watch as I cut the ring apart and affix a backing and attach the pendant to a chain to make Claire’s dream necklace come to life.

I’ve gotten a lot of comments from customers who were having a hard time fining a jeweler to size their David Yurman rings. While these rings are certainly more complex than a standard ring they’re not impossible to size. They just take a bit more time and effort. My favorite part is carving the pattern back. I’m very satisfied with how this one turned out!

Baguette cut stones are a classic and elegant choice in the world of gemstone cutting. These rectangular step-cut stones are characterized by their long and narrow shape, resembling a small baguette loaf of bread— hence the name “baguette.” Typically used as side or accent stones, modern trends have shifted toward placing them as the center stone. Here I’m setting a stunning blue sapphire baguette into a yellow gold ring.

Sometimes your diamond could actually just fall out of your ring. This happens when the prongs that hold the stone in the ring wear down and break off:

One of our customers accidentally damaged their ring by simply clapping while they were at a Taylor Swift concert. This damage can occur when someone wears rings on both hands. The simple act of clapping them against each other will cause enough of an impact shock that the thinner ring can become totally deformed. Thankfully I was able to re-round this customer’s ring and fully secure every one of her diamonds.

It’s not every day I get to break a stone and it’s definitely more fun when I do it on purpose and not on accident. Emily noticed her CZ was on its last legs and she brought me her ring to spiff it back up. Watch as I go through the process of removing the stone, finding a new one, setting it, and then polishing her ring back to new.   

Beth got her finger smashed in a car accident and the swelling caused her finger to become stuck on her finger. After a few days of trying various at home methods to no avail she came in to our store and had us cut the ring off her finger. Fortunately the process went smoothly and she will soon decide what to do next.  

You might not think of your ring as something that needs to be cleaned. Maybe you wear it while you wash your hands or keep in on in the shower and assume it gets cleaned every day from the soap and water. But when there’s gemstones in rings it creates crevices for dirt, oils, and grime to collect and build up. In this video I meticulously clean up and restore the result of many years of an uncleaned ring. It’s quite easy to clean your jewelry. Just some soap and water and light scrubbing from a toothbrush and your metal and gemstones will stay sparkling.

This tiny little time keeper is nearly 75 years old and represents many eras of forgotten fashion. Ring watches date back as far as the mid 18th century. However they didn’t become popular with the masses until the early 1900s. The trend faded a little bit, but it came back with the late 60s and they had another resurgence in the early 2000s. Watch as I carefully remove the movement and size this one up.