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| - We got engaged in December, and my fiancé worked with Aria to make sure the ring came out perfectly. The original ring was my grandmother's from the 1940s and passed down in my family. However, it was so heavily worn that it was completely unwearable and would most likely need to be melted down and rebuilt. My fiancé shopped around at a lot of jewellers, but everyone focused on the resale value and kept insisting on replacing the diamonds, not seeming to understand the sentimental value of the ring. Aria was the first jeweller who seemed more than happy to work with him to preserve the structure and meaning of the ring! They were also the only ones who weren't going to send the ring out - he wanted to make sure it wasn't going to be sent somewhere that he couldn't be sure what was happening.
They were excellent with communication, even agreeing to only call during the hours that he knew I was at work, and were great at keeping him updated on the process. He had also brought in another family engagement ring with the intention of using the gold to help fill in the structural integrity of the other ring. Between using that gold, a bit of their own, and the remaining gold from my Grandmother's ring, they restored the ring to its original beauty without even needing to melt down the setting! The diamonds were removed and cleaned, and the original setting cleaned up, so now the ring shines in a way I've never seen.
Additionally, they cut, cleaned, and saved the setting from the other engagement ring and turned it into a beautiful pendant that I'll be able to wear on our wedding day.
It was all very reasonably priced, and I'm blown away with the final result. I love that they valued the ring as much as I did and truly understood the meaning behind this whole process. I can't recommend them enough! I'm hoping to go back to have my wedding band made soon! Thank you so much!
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