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.