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Guides, stories, and answers about lab-grown diamonds, moissanite, and fine jewellery β written by our atelier.
Deposits on Made-to-Order Work
A deposit isn't a booking fee. Knowing exactly which moment makes a workshop's costs unrecoverable tells you whether the terms are fair.
When Two Jewellers Tell You Different Things
Two confident answers that don't match is rarely dishonesty β and converting the disagreement into a number resolves most of it.
If the Workshop That Made It No Longer Exists
Everything a maker knows about your ring fits on one sheet of paper β and if it was written down, their closing...
What We Cannot Tell You From a Photograph
We ask for images constantly, so here is the honest companion: what one genuinely answers, and where the answer has to be...
Heat at the Bench, and Which Stones Mind
Almost every repair involves a flame. Most stones don't mind β and the failure mode is nobody having mentioned that one was...
Finding a Bench Near You
Routine work belongs near you β so find somebody good before you urgently need one, and test them with something small first.
The Paperwork, by What You Might Need It For
Organised by situation rather than by document, the gaps become obvious β and the biggest is that people keep a price rather...
If a Piece Is Stolen
The useful actions are all front-loaded β and the single most valuable detail is a number already printed on your grading report.
Choosing an Appraiser
Anyone can write a number on a page β and the number goes stale in a few years while the description never...
Shipping Jewelry Inside the US
Domestic shipping feels lower-stakes and is where pieces go missing β usually at the last step, because nobody checked what was actually...
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