Jewellery Atelier Services
Lifetime Jewellery Care Guarantee
Any jewel bought from OnlyJewels can receive a lifetime of free cleaning and polishing at our Antwerp Atelier.
Our Jewellery Atelier
Located within our offices at Hoveniersstraat 19, in the heart of the Antwerp diamond district, OnlyJewels’ in-house ateliers welcome both professional and private requests. Below is a comprehensive list of our jewellery services and capabilities. Feel free to email us with any questions about what we can do for you!
Jewellery Cleaning & Polishing:
- Mirror finish clean & shine
- Sanding / Burnishing
- Polishing / Thread polishing
- Manual cleaning
- Chemical cleaning
- Rhodium plating
Size Adjustment Services:
- Resizing
- Temporary resizing: sizing beads, inside springs
- Expandable shanks for arthritis
- Adding or removing components or links
- Adjusting earring & pendant orientation
Personalisation:
- Custom engravings
- Replacing cords
- Changing closing systems
- Adding safety catches & chains
- Converting a jewel into another form
- Fitting and soldering (e.g., bridal sets, charms on chains)
- Two-tone and tri-colour gold
Jewellery Repairs:
- Soldering broken parts
- Reshaping & fitting
- Repairing or rebuilding broken elements (shanks, loops, links, catches, filigree)
- Re-tipping or repairing all types of prongs
- Rebuilding or replacing bezels & channels
- Restoring metal finishes (matte, sandblast, hand florentine)
- Repairing jewellery with heat-sensitive and soft stones
Specialty Goldsmithing:
- Pearls and beads stringing
- Filigree work
- Laser welding for antique and vintage jewels restoration
- Chain making
Metals & Finishes:
- Working mainly with 18kt gold, platinum, and high-palladium
- Metal finishes: polished mirror, matte, sandblast, hand florentine
- Enamels: plique-à-jour
- Platings
Stone Setting:
- Prongs/Claws: Peghead, Decorative, Double, V prongs, Illusion, Basket, Trellis
- Channels: Channel, Bar, Fishtail
- Bezels: Bezel & half bezel
- Pavés: U set V split prongs, Shared prongs, Invisible, Micro pavé, scalloped pavé, Bright cut, petite pavé, french pavé
- Other: Flush, Tension, Bridge accents
Stone Cutting:
- Supplying and setting diamonds & coloured stones
- Stone polishing and repairing
- Re-faceting stones
- Special cut stones
- Inlaid stones
- Drilling holes in stones
Casting Jewellery:
- Casting in 18kt gold, platinum, and high-palladium
- Casting using customer’s metal
Handmade Jewellery:
- Handmade jewellery in 18kt gold, platinum, and high-palladium
- Handmade jewellery using customer’s metal
- Custom designs & special orders
- Bespoke designs
- Design personalisation
- Custom hand wax carving
- Artist renderings (3D design and printing)
- Redesigning and remounting existing jewellery
- Upgrading a jewel by adding matching transformable parts
- Custom-fitted wedding bands and shadow bands
Appraisals:
- Insurance appraisals
- Estate appraisals
- Diamond & gemstone identification by a graduate gemologist
Services for Industry Professionals:
- Working with gold, palladium, platinum, silver, silver plating, brass, nickel plating
- Rapid and large-scale white-labeled production or production management
For more information or to book a service, please visit our website or contact us directly.