Mounting advice and Chicago or Michigan recommended jewelers

[missD]

Hi everyone!

I have a bit of a problem. You see, my good friend in Thailand owns a great / uber upscale jewelry shop and I asked her to remake my e-ring setting for me. More bling, a little more intricate, and overall WOW.

She''ll be sending me the setting (I''m in the US) and my job is to now find a GREAT jeweler to mount it. I am incredibly scared about this part because I don''t want any mistakes.

My current setting right now is great, but up close (REALLY up close) the stone is set a little crooked - so I am NOT going there again. The jeweler who made my ring the first time around was a regular/not so fancy jeweler and the custom job was quite cheap - hence the results I guess....

So now, I have to find a top notch jeweler, in Chicago or in Michigan (close to Ann Arbor) to mount my stone.

Any recommendations? Thanks so much!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

The jeweler I use to set my colored stones is Windy City Jewelers, on Jewelers Row. They're one of the best jewelry stores in the city.

I have also had stones set by Steve Quick Jewelers in Lincoln Park, who are great as well. I prefer Windy City because they're closer to me (LP is a hike for me) and they do their setting jobs on site, whereas Steve Quick sends out their setting jobs.

I also really like Dimend Scaasi for quality of diamonds and settings, but I've never had anything set by them.

Hope that helps!

ETA: These are all in Chicago

 

[Tuckins1]

I do not know of any jewelers near Ann Arbor, but there is a GREAT store called "Miner''s Den" in Royal Oak Michigan. They have been voted Michigan''s #1 jewelery store by Hour magazine... Great craftsmanship and friendly customer service!

 

[Lorelei]

Contact Jonathan Klempt at www.welladorned.com Jonathan is in Chicago and also posts here.

 

[missD]

Thank you so so much! I''ll definetly look into all these options!

 

[ts44]

You might also try Pearlman''s, located in Battle Creek, which I understand to be about 45 minutes from Ann Arbor. They have many excellent reviews on this site.

http://www.pearlmansjewelers.com/