As much as I would like to leave a good review I just cant.My girlfriend and I have been here countless times to get rings resized. The person helping us out was not the owner but the other gentlemen I cant remember his name. We had over 8 rings resized and only 2 were correct. All were off by a half size. Which when trying them on, they went okay because we though our hands were just swollen from being near the beach but that is not the case. They would either fall off. Or be so tight we would have to almost hurt out selfs taking them off. For example, one ring we wanted to have as a size 9.5 is actually an 8.75.We also had a necklace repaired there. The clasp was just old and falling apart. My girlfriend had fixed it in the past with cheap jewelry supplies, which we mentioned upon drop off. He cut it too short and just used jump rings to attach a new clasp to the chain. He also used some chemical bath to clean it. Which ruined it. He told us we needed to have it silver plated, so we paid extra only for him later to tell us it just needed to be polished and he still went ahead and plated it without checking in again.The final thing that set in stone that we will never go here was the custom ring. My girlfriend had some loose small diamonds that she wanted made into a ring. She wanted it Sterling sliver. After adding a few more stones we were all set. Few weeks later we got a okayish ring. We paid over 500 bucks. After a few days her finger was turning green. Now thats normal for 925 sliver....if it was. At the time I worked at a aerospace company so I tested it with a XRF gun and it was WAYYYYY more then 70% copper. When we tested it in the store it was infact not sliver. He remade it and it looks even worse. Its silver but still turns her finger green. But the ring is just. Ugly and too thick. She wanted to use this as her future wedding band, but now we will have to get it remade somewhere else.As much as I want to love the place and shop local on OB this is just not the place to get any jewelry worked on.Please be careful when getting work done here.
Charming location on Newport Ave. The gentleman who helped gave me excellent advice about one watch and adjusted my watch band very quickly and affordable. I will definitely be going back.
I had a Tiffany and Co wedding band my wife bought me and the diamond well out. The gentleman said he can set a new diamond in and make the retention greater. I was shocked at how beautiful the work looked. Better than when I first received it from Tiffany. Thank you greatly and God Bless this business!
Really the best! Kudos John! Thank you!!!
Numismati look no further. You must have a look at the Golden Shell’s coins. I spotted Byzantine coin in amazing condition. This is my go to for watch service as well.
California courtesy - free service to put a back on a watch after we replaced the battery. Needed a special machine he had on hand. Thankful visitor!
Support small business like Golden Seashell. Old school jeweler hard to find these days. Charged me 16.00 to change a luxury watch battery that would normally cost me $80.00 to $100.00
Golden Seashell is the go to place to create a piece of jewelry of your design. I have had Cloisonne candle holders repaired perfectly! The jewelers have replaced diamonds in an heirloom ring, beautiful!. Their workmanship is excellent! I have only mentioned a few of the items that I have taken there over the years. The work is done, when they say it will be done, and sometimes early. Thank you, guys, and see you soon to pickup my earrings.
Reasonable priced items. They custom make anything you can imagine. Ive had many custom gold earrings made that were absolutely beautiful. I highly recommend you check them out.
Does a great job on watch sizing,very friendly and quick.
My wife and I purchased rings from the Seashell. We love the service. We love OB. Spent many years living there. We always come back to visit the Seashell. We look forward to our next purchase.
These guys are great. I had to have a ring cut off my finger and then resized. They did a great job!
Ive been meaning to make time to reattach the backplate of my watch and I decided to drop by this place to get my battery replaced too. There check in deal came in CLUTCH with a free battery replacement with your visit. The service was extremely fast, in and out within 10 mins, 10/10 would recommend if you need a quick battery replacement.They also have a select assortment of jewelry that you could browse while you wait.
I have been coming here for 6 yrs since I moved to OB for many many things including re-deigning a beautiful bracelet, & a lot of broken necklaces that the same two gentlemen have always perfectly fixed or welded them back together. I have since moved to Kensington and still will make he trip to OB. Like recently, I drove over to OB Bc my Michael Khors watch needed a new battery and not only would I rather give my money to a local business, but they were MUCH more reasonable than the average place to get a battery changed on a nicer quality brand- watch... Thank you!!! :)
Great service