The Diamond Jenny

Craft & care · Refining, repairs & lapidary · Stuart, Florida

The quiet craft that keeps jewelry alive.

Refining, recasting, recutting, resizing, enameling and hand engraving. None of it is glamorous. All of it is what turns a lovely idea into something that lasts.

Metal

Refining, and gold that finds a second life

Most of us have a small drawer of gold that will never be worn again — broken chains, a single earring, a setting whose stone went elsewhere years ago. It has real value, and it can go straight into something you will love.

Our direct-to-refinery access means that value comes back substantially higher than a typical trade-in, because there is one less hand taking a share along the way. Weights are documented before anything is processed, and nothing sentimental is ever refined without your explicit blessing.

For anyone especially attached to where a piece came from, we also offer a special casting refining process that retains the original gold or platinum inside the new design. The metal itself carries through — which for many people matters more than the stone.

Stones & hands

Repairs, restoration and lapidary

i

Complex repairs

Recasting, retipping, resizing and structural restoration of pieces other benches have turned away.

ii

Lapidary

Recutting and repolishing chipped or abraded stones, with weight loss assessed honestly before anything is committed to.

iii

Hand engraving & enameling

Artisans who still do this by hand, for monograms, crests, dates and detail that a machine cannot quite manage.

iv

Stone setting

Setters we have worked alongside for years, which is why pieces come back tight, even, and beautiful under magnification.

Questions

What does direct-to-refinery access mean for me?
It means gold you are no longer wearing returns substantially more value toward your project than a typical trade-in would, because there is one less hand in the middle.
Can my original gold end up inside the new piece?
Yes. Our special casting refining process retains the original gold or platinum within the new design — lovely for anyone who wants the metal itself to carry through.
What kinds of repairs can you take on?
Our facility handles complex work: recasting, recutting, resizing, retipping and restoration of almost anything. We also work with artisans for enameling, hand engraving and stone setting.
What is lapidary work?
Recutting and repolishing stones that have chipped or worn, and cutting unusual material to fit a particular setting. Not every stone is a candidate, and we’ll say so plainly if yours isn’t.

Next step

Bring in the drawer you’ve been meaning to sort.

The first appointment is free. Bring your jewelry, ideas and we will talk through what is possible and what feels right for you.