AboutThomas Expertise Have a question about jewelry repair or working with precious metal jewelry and gemstones? I am a working professional bench jeweler, involved everyday with setting stones in mountings, designing and making jewelry, repairing and limited custom manufacture. Over 30 years experience. If you work with jewelry as a hobby or as a profession, I might be able to help. I deal with the retail business, not mass production. Ask privately if you wish. See the box for that: It keeps your question between us. Please DO NOT ask MAKER'S MARKS, but metal quality marks are fine to ask. Please DO NOT ask diamond prices. See a gemologist for that.
Experience I have near 35 years experience at the sort of jewelry work I do.
Education/Credentials Education is English/Physics! Started in human resources, to advertising, to jewelry...wow, what a road. Now a jeweler for many years. I have had formal training in jewelry work and many shared experiences with top grade jewelers. We just never know were we will go or be. Follow your best, your dreams, with some discretion! Don't let the work tear up your body along the way.
Jjeweler wrote at 2009-03-12 13:16:34
I refinish plenty of pieces, and while platinum and palladium do take a little time, the process is far less complicated. You put it on a buffing wheel and put it in the cleaner. We carry lines that sell all three, so I am not bias by product availability, rather that not all jewelers you go to have a bench repair service anymore, and that does include us. If someone comes in we can service platinum and palladium right here, but white gold (which requires an additional process- rhodium plating) must be sent out. This is an additional and time consuming process because it takes us a week to have the piece returned... due to shipping timeframes. Keep this in mind when buying!!!
