Good place to get an antique ring sized in Philly?

[rebeclette]

Hello!
My boyfriend''s mother has given us a beautiful ring for our engangement. But, its a little too big for me and we need to get it sized smaller.

He took it to Robbins at 8th and Walnut because we''ve visited them several times and were planning on getting my engagement ring there before we found out his mom had this ring. But, unfortunatly they said that they wouldn''t size it because it was so old and they were worried about damaging it. The diamond is from the 1880s, but I don''t think the setting is that old, and its just a simple solitaire setting in yellow gold.

So...I''m worried about taking it somewhere else where the jeweler might just do it anyway and would damage it in the process. Plus I''m worried about wearing this ring everyday if they won''t even size it for me, but my boyfriend says reseting it is not an option.

Any Advice? I was looking at David Atlas''s site just in case they might do sizing but it didn''t look like it. Also, i''m not sure that sizing beads would work because the ring is significantly too big for me.

Thanks for any help!

 

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Is there a jeweler near you who specializes in antique/estate jewelry?

I have an antique ring that needed sizing, and the regular local guy wouldn''t touch it. I later took it to an estate jeweler, and their benchman did it with no problems...

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[Kaleigh]

You can PM me and I''ll give you the name of the person I go to. He is just outside of the city.

 

[oldminer]

We suggest A&K at 725 Sansom St. for consumers. They probablycan do it while you wait or have lunch and return. They are not stone switchers.

Also, right accross the street in either J&D or Kao. Both of them may do the job, in-house. Barsky is anopther that does work in house and may agree to do it for you. None of these guys will substitute a different diamond.

 

[rebeclette]

Thank you Oldminer and others. We took the ring to A&K this afternoon and had it sized with no problems. I live really close to the diamond district so it was just easiest to take it there.
Thanks Again!
Rebeclette