David I Helfer's Jewelry — Local services in Pittsburgh

Over many years we have used David Helfer Jewelers for everything from repairs and ring re-sizing to making several pieces of custom jewelry. Ira reproduced a very intricate antique ring my wife had from the early 1900's. We wanted to change it from white gold to platinum and the workmanship is so precise and well done you cannot tell the difference from the original to the new one. Among other things Ira also just made a custom diamond eternity band for her for our 30th Anniversary. Every one of our pieces that have come out of this unassuming shop are tremendous. We have never had anything but a positive experience with Ira and everyone on the staff at David Helfer Jewelers. Enthusiastically...

When my partner and I started looking for engagement rings, I had such a hard time finding something with unique details, a vintage vibe, and a green stone. Thankfully, we found Ira! I had two reference photos from Pinterest I loved of antique inspired rings that I brought in. Ira looked at them, whipped up a quick sketch that combined my favorite elements from both of them and then he pulled out the most gorgeous green stones for me to pick from. I was able to see a 3D rendering of the ring before it was finalized, and Ira worked with me on the small tweaks that I had. I’m in love with how the ring turned out, it means so much to us that we were able to custom create it. I highly recommend Ira...

My wife took in 4 necklaces of mine to be repaired and when we got them back they were all 4 inches short and possibly switched out all together. They literally removed 4 inches of links on every chain and returned them thinking we would not be able to tell. The chains won't even fit around my neck now. We had to involve the police and are pursing legal actions. BEWARE stay away from this place at all costs. Also while we were their arguing this issue their was another customer complaining of a similar issue who is also talking legal actions. So this appears to be common at...