DIY Printable Ring Sizing Guide

Whether you’re ring shopping for yourself or a loved one, it is crucial to understand how ring sizing works. It is no use finding the perfect ring if it doesn’t fit! That is why we have provided this simple guide on how to check for your ring size or whoever else’s right from the comfort of your home.Getting started is … Read More

Top 3 Questions to Ask When Getting Jewelry Repaired

You’re in need of a jeweler to repair a keepsake watch or restore an heirloom jewelry piece.  Should you bring it to a large well-known jewelry retailer or a small local jeweler?  Who can you trust with your priceless piece? Here are the 3 best questions to ask a jeweler before leaving your jewelry or watch with them for repairs: … Read More

Bought Jewelry Online? Here’s How To Get It Repaired

With 211 million Americans shopping online in 2016, it’s clear we love buying online. We like mobile, convenient, and quick. Whatever we want, we can have it at our doorstep, as early as tomorrow. Jewelry is no exception. As we become more seasoned buying online we are more comfortable purchasing our fine jewelry and watches through jewelry e-commerce sites. Jewelry … Read More

Watch & Jewelry Finish Types

One of the many questions we get at the Quick Jewelry Repairs headquarters has to do with finishes. A lot of our customers don’t know what the different types are, or how to explain exactly what they want. So below we’ve broken down the most common watch and jewelry finish types in the industry, detailing exactly what makes them unique. … Read More

Jewelry & Watch Appraisal – What To Look For

As an online jewelry and watch appraisal destination, we often get questions about what we need from our customers before evaluating a piece. Likewise, many of our customers don’t know what to expect when they reach out for this service. We’ve compiled a brief list of what you can expect to need from a jeweler, and what your jeweler will … Read More

Engraving: Cost & Other Things To Consider

At Quick Jewelry Repairs, we get a lot of requests for engraving and personalization from ring bands to watch cases. Many of these customers have thought long and hard about what they want their jewelry or watches to say, and what it means to them. However, as many of these customers aren’t familiar with the engraving process, there are often … Read More

Standard Repair Timelines & Exceptions

So you found the site and want to send us a piece of jewelry or a watch to get repaired – great! But maybe you have an event coming up, or you just want to know when your prized possession will be back in your hands. Either way, you most likely want some more details before you submit a request … Read More

Metal Work, Engraving, & Appraisal Terms Explained

A few of our customers wanted a better understanding of the jewelry repair terms we use to define our Metal work, Engraving and Appraisal products. Here is a breakdown by category: Metal/Soldering Work Terms Broken bail – repairing or replacing the part of a charm or pendant that connects it to a chain. Broken post – repairing or replacing the part of … Read More

Watch Repair and Jewelry Maintenance Terms Explained

In today’s post, we’re going to continue on with our discussion on the different repair types offered, focusing on our watch repair and other repair categories. Battery replacement – changing a dead battery in a watch by removing the old one and putting in a new, working battery Pressure test – testing a waterproof watch to determine the water resistance … Read More

Ring Repair and Jewelry Maintenance Terms Explained

We figured out that our customers are having difficulty figuring out what category their repair would fall into.  For example, they know that a prong is broken, but don’t know the difference between getting a prong retipped vs getting a prong rebuilt. Our goal is to make our repair types as transparent as possible for our followers.  So this week, we … Read More