JEWELRY REPAIR

Karat Jewelry Group offers free fine jewelry cleaning and inspection every day here in Hinsdale IL- You do not need to set up an appointment, just simply walk in and our staff will assist you right away. We'll also make sure your stones are secure in their setting, and advise if any repairs are recommended.

You may also bring in the jewelry from another store or place of purchase -  we'll treat it with the same gentle care as we do if we made it ourselves. Jewelry can be very personalized and have a lot of meaning to ther person wearting it. We understand how precious these items can be, so the utmost care will be taken to assure your piece gets back to you just the way you want it so you can enjoy it for yearsw to come.

Offering Yellow, Rose Gold Plating

• Chain Soldering
• Link Repair
• Clasp Replacement
• Length Adjustment
• Pearl Restringing
• Broken Eyeglass Frame Repair
• Watch Battery Changes And More....

JEWELRY RESTORATION

We offer a wide range of fine jewelry repair and restoration services including inspection, redesign, and cleaning. We are happy to inspect and repair your favorite costume, antique, gold, and platinum jewelry.

Jewelry repair and Inspection:  It is very important to have your rings and jewelry regularly cleaned and maintained eac year through routine inspections. You can bring in your jewelry without an appointment for an inspection During inspection, we will assess the integrity of the setting. Using our high-powered microscope, we can see if the prong tips have worn down and if all gems are securely held in place. Minimize the risk of gem loss due to a loose or worn setting by scheduling an inspection today. We guarantee all jewelry repair and restoration work. Contact us for an appointment.

• Ring Resizing
• Prong Service
• Stone Mounting
• Setting and Tightening
• Broken Stone Replacing
• Laser Engraving
• Professional Inspection
• Cleaning, Polishing & Refurbishing
• Rhodium Plating

CUSTOM DESIGN

The design process begins by meeting face-to-face at our store. A telephone or email consultation is also possible. You provide drawings, images or designs that have inspired you, or alternatively, choose from our selection to start the design process. From your ideas, we will make hand sketches and, with you, make a decision on the design, gemstones, artistic techniques, finishes and precious metals. We will provide a detailed quotation and time frame for completion for your custom design.

A Gemological Institute of America (‘GIA’) Graduate Specialist will help you select conflict-free diamonds and gemstones which are perfect for your design. You can supply your own gemstones. And we can create new items of jewelry from pre-loved items.

Design Process

• Design Quote
• CAD Modeling
• Approve Design
• Pick Up / Delivery 

MOISSANITE

The Karat Jewelry Group takes great pride in offering the finest Moissanite jewelry available in the USA.

What Is Moissanite? : Moissanite is a gem made of silicon carbide and has very similar qualities to diamonds. Natural Moissanite is such a rare substance that it isn’t formed on Earth at all. It was only discovered because it comes to Earth in certain meteorites. Dr. Henri Moissin, a French scientist who later won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, found microscopic particles of the substance in a meteor crater in Canyon Diablo, Arizona in 1893. He initially mistook it for diamond but subsequent analysis revealed he’d found something different.

Years later, other scientists learned to synthesize Moissanite in the laboratory, and it’s this artificial Moissanite that makes Moissanite jewelry possible. That’s a good thing, because Moissanite pieces possess features that make them an appealing option.

The Virtues of Moissanite

• Brilliance. Like a diamond, Moissanite is an essentially colorless gemstone that sparkles brightly.
• That special flash. A Moissanite gemstone is faceted differently than a diamond, and as a result, it gives off a bright, distinctive rainbow flash that many people find appealing.
• Shape. Moissanite is available in a diversity of shapes including round, oval, emerald, cushion, pear, heard, and starburst.
• Durability. Diamond rates a perfect 10 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness, but Moissanite comes in just behind it at 9.25. That means it’s almost as resistant to damage.
• Longevity. Moissanite's durability combined with the fact that it’s unlikely to grow dull and cloudy with age means that Moissanite jewelry lasts a long time.

We at the Karat Jewelry Group invite you to look at our selection of fine Moissanite pieces and see if one of them is right for you.

LASER ENGRAVING

The practice of making jewelry is as old as the first recorded presence of humans on the planet and the engraving of these items can be dated all the way back to prehistoric times. The first documented examples of engraving were basic scratching and designs put on decorative rocks and stones. Engraving on metal was first really becoming popular in the early to mid-15th century and soon became a popular way to leave messages, add meaning, and designate certain items as belonging to a particular individual. This was the start of what we call traditional engraving, and for centuries it was relegated to just a handful of metals that were easy work with- mostly gold, silver, copper, and platinum.

Is there any real benefit of using laser engraving to personalize jewelry and is it really all that much better than traditional engraving methods? The answer is a profound yes and here are just a few of the reasons it is so popular:

• Laser engraving, which often is called laser etching among consumers, is a highly developed process of “ablating” the chosen metal by removing upper layers of the metal to create an image- and it can be done with great precision and a high level of detail.
• Laser marking does not remove any of the material to create the image but rather uses an annealing process, which uses heat to change the color of the surface layer of the metal- this provides an image while maintaining a smooth and solid metal base.
• Engravings made with a laser are made with a clean, environmentally-friendly system that is chemical and residue free and does not pose a risk for the other parts of the jewelry- such as gemstones and watch faces- being damaged during the process. 
• Laser technology allows highly skilled and talented jewelers the opportunity to create exquisite designs with little to no risk of damaging the item itself the way impact engraving and other hand fashioned working might.
• Laser marking offers the very finest in precise detail and allows virtually identical duplications to be made when necessary without worry over imperfections and changes in the design- making it perfect for marketing materials.
• Engravings done with modern laser technology yields stunningly beautiful work which lasts longer than traditional engraving and also can be done on a wider range of metals and on everything from small ring to large pendants and plaques.