Jewelry Atelier

Our new in-house Antwerp Ateliers are located within our offices at Hoveniersstraat 19, in the heart of the Antwerp diamond district, just opposite the AWDC buildings and HRD labs. We welcome professional and private requests. Please find below our list of jewelry services and capabilities. Send us an email with any questions you may have about what we can do for you!

The Ajediam Lifetime Jewelry Care Guaranty

Any jewel bought from Ajediam can receive a lifetime free clean and polish at our Antwerp Atelier

Mirror Finish Clean & Shine

• Sanding / Burnishing 
• Polishing / Thread polishing
• Manual Cleaning  
• Chemical Cleaning 
• Rhodium

Size adjustment services

• Resizing
• Temporary resizing: sizing beads, inside springs
• Expandable shanks for hands suffering from arthritis
• Adding or removing Components or Links
• Adjusting earring & pendant orientation 

Personalization

• Custom Engravings
• Replacing Cords
• Changing Closing systems
• Add safety catches & chains
• Converting a jewel into another
• Fitting and soldering (ex: bridal sets together, or charm on chain link)
• Two-tone and tri-color gold

Jewelry repairs

• Solder broken parts
• Reshape & Fit 
• Repair or rebuild broken elements (shanks, loops, links, catches, filigree)
• Re-tipping or repairing all types of prongs  
• Rebuilding or replacing all types of bezels & channels
• Restoring metal finishes (matte, sandblast, hand florentine, etc.) 
• Repairing jewelry with heat-sensitive and soft stones

Specialty goldsmithing (and repairs)

• Pearls and beads stringing 
• Filigree work
• Laser welding for antique and vintage jewels restoration
• Chain making

Metals & Finishes

For private requests, our ateliers work mainly with 18kt, platinum and high palladium. 

• Metal finishes: polished mirror, matte, sandblast, hand florentine, 
• Enamels: plique-a-jour
• Platings

Stone Setting

• Prongs/Claws: Peghead, Decorative, Double, V prongs, Illusion, Basket, Trellis
• Channels: Channel, Bar, Fishtail, 
• Bezels: Bezel & half bezel 
• Pavés: U set V split prongs, Shared prongs, Invisible, Micro pavé, scalloped pavé, Bright cut, petite pavé, french pavé
• Other: Flush, Tension, Bridge Accents

Stone Cutting

• Supplying and setting diamonds & colored stones
• Stone polishing and repairing  
• Re-faceting stones  
• Special cut stones  
• Inlaid stones   
• Drilling holes in stones 

Casting jewelry

• Casting in 18kt, platinum and high palladium 
• Casting using customer’s metal  

Handmade jewelry

• Handmade jewelry in 18kt, platinum and high palladium 
• Handmade jewelry using customer’s metal

Custom designs & special orders 

• Bespoke designs 
• Design personalization 
• Custom hand wax carving  
• Artist renderings (3D design and printing)
• Redesigning and remounting existing jewelry  
• Upgrading a jewel by adding matching transformable parts
• Custom fitted wedding bands and shadow bands    

Appraisals

• Insurance appraisals  
• Estate appraisals  
• Diamond & gemstone identification  by a graduate gemologist
• in-house Call for a sample appraisal.

Services for Industry Professionals

Gold, palladium, platinum, silver, silver plating, brass, nickel plating

• Rapid and large white-labeled production or production management