I highly recommend Maertens if you're looking for a great local jeweler. They have always treated me like family there.
3. RETURN IT MISSING 2 DIAMONDS from the side
Point is, don't hand watch movements to, nor accept them if there are not qualified persons on staff.
2. Size down by 3/4 size
I went back and the woman on the floor barely listened to my concerns, stated that the seam was common in gold (and then defined the word "common" as if I didn't understand), and wasn't concerned about the now misshapen band. She then proceeded to mock my ring, insulting it's design, quality, and continued to announce that she could promise me "it would lose more stones." She summed up the missing diamonds as an "oversight" and said they could put those diamonds back on their dime, but I would be responsible for paying for fixing the band. When I told her I wanted a refund of the service (...a whole $60, not much for a jewelry business to fret about) her response was "You can pick your ring up on Friday and I'll think about giving you a refund," proceeding to raise her eyebrows as a "take that." I told her I wanted my ring back, and the missing diamonds. I had the lovely view of watching her dig out my diamonds from their dirty cleaner trap. The entire time she was complaining, loudly, about me to some other woman in the back. The other woman then came out, returned my diamonds to me, and gave me a full refund. I encouraged her to let other customers know if a piece of jewelry is too poor quality to work on before messing it up, to which she had no response.
(I didn't notice the bezel until I left and thought about THAT comment....they handed it back to me and 12/6o'clock were off about 15 degrees)
NO watch shop that I've ever had one of my Seiko watches in has ever failed to
This is a great shop. The owner Heather has her own line of Chesapeake bay themed jewelry. My wife loves the designs and has quite a few pieces.
This lady is a Thief! Beware of this place!
And they handed it back to me after calling to say it was ready, not tickling anymore, and claimed they didn't"know that ahead of time"
Another one star, can't select no stars. If you have a watch with an actual moving parts take it to a watchmaker. When you get it back from here it might not move anymore, and you'll get excuses...a lot of them. It was still tickling when I bought it in with a pendulum that had come off(they had just put it on) I didn't make a fuss about that.
1. Move/adjust a prong that holds the center diamond
DO NOT TRUST. YOU WILL LOSE DIAMONDS.
2. Verify it's keeping time ahead of making the call
"We could send it out to Seiko for you :-)"
"That coil is the brains of the watch"
To the others, who acted like she owned the shop.."see, I TOLD you we shouldn't have taken that watch from that guy, he won't ever be happy!"
3. Clean it
Dropped off my engagement ring, the ring was not purchased from them but since it was bought out-of-state, we decided to try this local business. Before this visit, they sized this same ring once before, prior to the proposal (and before I knew about the ring!) without complaint. That was the last positive experience.
Dropped off the ring this time asking for 3 things to be done:
The customer service has always been great and I feel safe knowing they have my jewelry for repairs. My son accidently broke my gold necklace a couple months ago and not only did Maertens fix it, they cleaned my necklace and the broken link is completely undetectable.
"You could've dropped the watch"
When I picked it up, my beautiful ring was RUINED. They managed to:
"That watch was abused, it's your everyday watch, that bezel was all screwed up and everything"
1 wind it/charge it
They can hammer out a dent in a ring, don't let them touch a fine timepiece that has anything moving, batteries/ maybe.
With my watch worse and not working anymore? I guess not....
2. Make the band uneven in width AND height (it had a deplorable divit on it)
"The screw that fell off inside must have done it"
1. Make a visible seam where the band was bonded back together
I have several necklaces from Maertens and recently bought a stackable ring. I get compliments on my jewelry all the time for being so unique!
And then the best
The 1 star rating is only because a refund was given for what I paid, yet I still have a ruined, unwearable engagement ring and will now have to pay someone else for the repairs. I will never trust this jeweler with anything, and will obviously never be returning.
Seiko Diver Kinetic...extremely robust quartz watch line
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