Caring for your jewellery

• Take your jewellery off before swimming in a chlorinated pool and before household cleaning. Chlorine bleach can pit and damage gold alloys, and chemicals can damage or discolour precious metals.
• Even the hardest stones can chip or break from a hard enough blow, diamonds included. Avoid hard blows and rough wear.
• Protect your jewellery from excess light, high heat and sudden changes in temperature, which can fracture some gemstones.
• Hairspray, lotion, perfume and cosmetics can contain chemicals that permanently damage the surface of pearls.

• Never toss your jewellery into a drawer or onto a dresser, where it can be scratched and stones can be damaged. Keep each piece in its box or a pouch.
• Diamonds can scratch other stones and precious metal, so store your pieces separately.
• Pearls and opals draw moisture from the air, so very dry storage can harm them.
• When travelling, pad each piece in its own box or case.

We work in 18kt gold, in rose, yellow and white, and in platinum.

Over time, a soft patina forms where your jewellery meets the world most, such as the underside of a ring. We hope you will come to love it: it is the mark of a piece that is worn and cherished.

Every polish removes a tiny amount of metal. That is why we advise polishing a piece only now and then over its lifetime, not often. We understand the love for a mirror shine, but jewellery is made to be worn, with care. If your white gold piece is rhodium plated, the plating can wear over time, and we can re-plate it for you.

Have your jewellery checked once a year. A loose stone can wear through a prong over time, so if a stone feels loose, stop wearing the piece and bring it to us.

Bring your piece by appointment and we will clean it and check the setting, free of charge. Polishing and rhodium plating are possible at a price we quote in advance.

Live further away? You can send your piece to us with insured transport, at your cost, or have it cleaned by a jeweller near you. For repairs, resizing or re-setting, please come back to us: work by another jeweller ends the warranty.

Lifetime warranty on craftsmanship: if a defect ever shows in the making of your piece, such as a setting or a solder joint, we repair it free of charge. Normal wear, knocks and accidents, stones lost after a blow, and work done by another jeweller are not covered. Your invoice is your proof of warranty.

Resizing is always looked at case by case, because it depends on the setting and the stones. You are welcome to come in any time to have your piece checked.