It only makes sense to begin any conversation about the life of jewelry, by discussing the art of preserving your treasured pieces. Let us begin the journey with finding the right goldsmith!
Arguably the least understood aspect of repairing or maintaining jewelry surrounds the enigmatic goldsmith. Who is this wizard in the shadows who so often appears as a simple middle aged man in a lab coat? The simple truth is that he is an artist, a craftsman, an architect and engineer.
The eye of the goldsmith is just as valuable as his dexterous hands, and the skills learned over years of practice cannot be gained overnight or matched by machines. In truth the goldsmith tells even the jeweler, what can be achieved and what cannot, and let me assure you that many things can be achieved. The important element to take away from this praise of the goldsmith trade, is the simple truth that such experts are guides for the client as well as the designer.
At our store, we have experienced many problems over the years related to design flaws in the jewelry brought to us for repair. Often enough, the reason a lady or gentleman chose the piece of jewelry to begin with, was for its artistic beauty that appealed to them at the time. However, many occasions have shown that the piece of jewelry either did not hold up to the lifestyle of the man or woman who owned it, or inherent weaknesses in the design led to cracks in under galleries or loss of prongs to name a few issues.
Our goldsmiths have proven time and again to be experts at recognizing quality work as well as inferior, and with more than 70 years of experience between the two of them on staff, we have been able to accurately assist our clients for many decades.
All of this leads to the one big point I am trying to make: you need to have a trustworthy goldsmith! Whether you would choose the two gentlemen on our staff to assist you or not, it is important that ask close friends and co-workers to whom they entrust repairs and maintenance of their treasured jewels. With the world of problems that many of our clients find with the goldsmiths they have used in the past, it is of the utmost importance that you can trust the men and women you choose to work with. It really is a matter of life and death for your jewelry!
John Lowe
Staff at Margulis Jewelers
