Before & After Series A Vintage Elgin Clean and Overhaul On this Before & After highlight, we have a vintage Elgin timepiece from the 1940’s that required a clean and overhaul. For this repair, the following was required: Replacement of worn Automatic Movement interior parts (mainspring, balance comp.) Cleaning and …
Before & After Series A Ring With Two Missing Stones On this edition of the Before & After Series, we have a misshapen 10ky gold ring with two gemstones that were missing and needed to be replaced. This ring came into our facility with a bit of wear and tear, …
Before & After Series An Invisible Setting Stone Replacement On this edition of the Before & After Series, we spotlight a white gold ring with a missing diamond in its invisible setting. As we have gone into depth before, work on an invisible setting can be very challenging and requires …
Before & After Series A Quartz Movement Replacement for a Timepiece with Corrosion On this edition of the Before & After Series, we spotlight a Jowissa Quartz Timepiece that had a damaged crystal, rust on the stem, and corrosion in the movement and case. For this repair we had to: …
Before & After Series Rebuilding a Prong Setting for a Diamond Ring On this edition of the Before & After Series, we spotlight a ring with diamonds set in the band and the beautiful milgrain trim, as well as a bezel set ruby, but the princess cut diamond center stone …
Before & After Series A Backwards Silver Ring Reshaped On this edition of the Before & After Series, we spotlight a silver ring that had its design bent backwards and with dents all over. For this ring, we had to: Reshape the ring to its original design Size the ring …
Before & After Series A Silver Ring Restoration On this edition of the Before & After Series, we take a look at a silver ring that had a bent shank, had damaged prongs, and needed a stone replacement. For this repair, the following was required: Then all that was needed …
Before & After Series Watch Crystal Replacement On this edition of the Before & After Series, we spotlight an Armitron timepiece with a damaged crystal. The trickiest part of this repair came down to sourcing the crystal, since it is a very unusual shape. The good news is that our …
Before & After Series Citrine Gemstone Replacement On this edition of the Before & After Series, we focus on a sterling silver ring with a missing citrine gemstone. This ring is a beautiful multi-gemstone setting ring with three different gemstones. For this repair, we had to: As previously mentioned before, …
Before & After Series Ring Reshaping & Refurbishment On this edition of the Before & After Series, we spotlight a misshapen ring with many nicks and dents. This one was challenging in that it had multiple gemstones that required extreme precision in execution. For this repair we had to: Like …
