“I don’t like the mounting I already have.” The wonderful thing about jewelry, diamonds in particular, is that it can be passed down from generation to generation. Due to changing styles, however, the younger generation typically has a stronger connection to the stone itself than to the mounting. Jewelry is meant to be worn, so...
YOUR FOREVER STONE An engagement ring is more than just a ring, it’s a symbol of your love and commitment. This is why you want a beautiful, durable, resilient stone that will last as long as your love…Forever. At HPerry Jewelers, our job is to help you find your forever stone. A stone that you’ll...
Getting down on one knee is proposing, but getting down on both knees is begging. At HPerry Jewelers, we meet a lot of soon-to-be and newly engaged couples, so we’re pretty much experts on the whole proposal thing. After 71 years in business, we’ve heard a lot of proposal stories, so we want to share...
Rough Diamonds. Old Mine Cut diamonds. Rose cuts, round brilliants, old Europeans. Who knew there were so many words for…diamonds?! Well there are, and we’re going to get into all that, but today we’re talking about Rose Cut Diamonds. First, we need to identify what they are. WHAT ARE ROSE CUT DIAMONDS? You might think...
Whether you’re just starting to shop for your forever diamond, or you’re a seasoned diamond shopper — you’ve probably heard of the “the four C’s.” The Four C’s are Color, Cut, Clarity, and Carat. But what do those things really mean to you as a consumer? On this blog post, we’re going to talk about...
Congratulations! You’ve gotten engaged, had a wedding, enjoyed your honeymoon and now it’s time for your happily ever after. But there’s just one question… How do you keep your bridal set looking new and beautiful? We’ve seen plenty of customers spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on unnecessary stone replacement simply because they did...
The first thing we need to address with this article is the question that everyone has: Lab Grown Diamonds. Real or Fake? The answer is that lab grown diamonds are, in fact, diamonds. They have the same physical, chemical, and optical properties as mined diamonds. Laboratory grown diamonds may be called “synthetic” in the trade,...
Knowledge is power. That’s what we believe at HPerry Jewelers, so we try our best to educate customers to make the best choice for their jewelry purchase. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths floating around out there about jewelry, so today we’re going to start with the Top 5 Diamond Myths that we hear...
If you are wondering if you need an appraisal for your jewelry, you may want to ask yourself these questions: Are you wanting to insure your jewelry? Are you wanting to sell your jewelry? Or do you just want to know what you have? An appraisal is a written document for insurance or resale and...
We get a lot of people asking if we buy jewelry. The answer is yes, but after we buy the jewelry we have to send it to a refiner who removes the stones and melts down the gold. So, when we buy jewelry we can usually only offer what it’s worth in gold weight. It’s...