The first time I used him, he did a nice job on drilling and mounting a pearl on a ring. The second and third time he was not interested in fixing or spot welding some gold, "too fiddly" he said. He is only interested in working on larger projects. Little does he know I have several larger gold projects but I won't use him due to his superior and rather unfriendly attitude. I give him 2 stars because he does nice work but who needs to deal with a difficult personality when there are others good jewelers who...
Read moreMy family and I have had the honor of knowing Phil for many decades now, starting when he used to have his business in Massachusetts. He has always taken the utmost care of all our jewelry needs and because of that, we still continue to take the hour and a half ride to see him at his beautiful shop in Essex. We would not trust anyone else with our precious pieces of jewelry.
You will not be disappointed with the pieces he makes, what he sells or the precision of...
Read moreYou wrote a review for DePaula Jewelers 3 weeks ago 5.0 star rating 6/21/2018 I went to De Paula Jewelers in Essex today to see if the jeweler could mount my mom's engagement diamond in a gold pendant that I had. He made a few suggestions about how to have it mounted and let me decide which one I would like. He had it finished within a few hours and I absolutely love it. I will now have my mom's diamond near my heart every...
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