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But selecting a skilled artisan to replace a dislodged ruby or rebuild a fragile engagement ring is a prospect fraught with potential disappointment. Send your grandma's prized diamond-encrusted brooch to the wrong guy, and it could come back greatly altered beyond repair.
Fortunately, L.A. is home to some veteran jewelry experts who know their way around a laser welder. Here are a few of the most trusted repair shops in town:
Denton Jewelers
While nearly every modern jewelry shop sends certain pieces watches in particular to third parties to be repaired, Denton Jewelers in Pacific Palisades is one of the few traditional, full-service jewelry stores left in Southern California.
A manufacturing shop on the premises boasts three jewelers who accept custom design orders and all types of repair and restoration jobs, and a watchmaker who's been trained by both Cartier and Rolex in the fine art of keeping the ticks tocking.
The shop, which counts Tom Hanks, Goldie Hawn and Billy Crystal among its regular customers, has been open since 1948, with the current owner, Lebanese-born Saad Mazboudi, taking it over in 1996 after training under its previous one.
"The traffic that comes through the service department is unbelievable," Mazboudi said. "If it has a piece of metal on it, we take it from bras to bathing suits to shoes."
Prices for repairs range from $8 to replace a broken silver jump ring to well into the thousands for complex restorations (a retro bracelet from the 1940s was recently rebuilt and restored for $3,000).
Denton Jewelers. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 15231 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades. (310) 454-3612.
Regency Jewelry Co.
When Cameron Silver, owner of designer vintage boutique Decades, needs to rebuild or repair a retro bauble, he heads to the Regency Jewelry Co., which specializes in antique restorations.
