Abercrombie Jewelry — Local services in Rollingwood

I was dreading shopping for my engagement ring because, well, I'm not a big fan of engagement-type rings.. I'd had a couple repairs done at Abercrombie (simple stuff, broken clasps and sizings etc, all well done) and I always have to comb through the cases while I'm there so.. That's where we went first!

Steph listened to my hemming and hawing about how I'm not jazzed on engagement rings, I don't want anything that will catch when I stick my hands in my pockets blah blah blah. She pulled out a range of unique vintage/antique rings for me to try on. (Definitely much more my speed than anything I'd seen window shopping at ben bridge/kays/etc.)

Tried on a couple pretty killer deco rings first, would have been happy with either of them but then.. the third one.. That was the one. My fiancé and I knew it the second I put it on. An antique Edwardian ring with three rose cut diamonds, ~200 years old. Super unique, but also kinda traditional. That was a bingo.

(I honestly may not have asked to see this ring if Steph hadn't pulled it out for me toI try it on, so she might be a little psychic. Or she's just good at this stuff. Or both?)

So the ring shopping we were dreading took literally 30 mins, we left SUPER happy and even spent a bit less than we had budgeted! (one of the other awesome things about vintage). It needed to be sized so I had to leave it at the shop for a week but.. I've barely taken it off since I picked it up.

Oh yeah and I got to pick out an adorable little vintage ring box. They have new ones, but the option of a vintage box was the...

This is THE place to go in Austin for custom jewelry or repurposing jewelry that you have that is not quite working for you. The people are so down-to-earth (no aloofness here) and their pricing was completely fair and up front. Yet, the quality of their work is the best I have ever seen from any jeweler. I walked in with a Tahitian pearl necklace that I couldn't wear because I couldn't operate the flimsy pearl clasp that came with it, and another small pearl necklace that I wasn't wearing and wanted to have made in to a pearl-by-the-yard look with 18K gold wire (a design I had been looking for for years and couldn't find) Plus I had a pair of Tahitian pearl earrings with a long french wire setting that I didn't like because they hung too low for me. Their expert pearl stringers restrung my Tahitian pearls perfectly and put on a new 18K lobster clasp that I supplied. They made the earrings into simple 18K hoop drops just like I wanted, and custom wire wrapped, by hand, my small white pearls into a gorgeous new necklace! I guess when I walked in, I just expected them to scoff at my ideas or say that they didn't have time or couldn't do the things I was asking. Instead, they listened to all of my details about the designs, answering all of my questions without pretense. Then they literally hand-made my jewelry that wasn't being worn into pieces that I will now wear forever! Thanks Abercrombie! Y'all...

I've been looking for quite some time for a delicate antique wedding band to match with my 1928 antique engagement ring, and I'd almost resigned myself to buying online (which scared me a lot because it's been a hard ring to match with!). However, on a rare day off yesterday, my fiancé and I went to a few different jewelry stores around Austin to see if my dream ring was out there. After going to four other stores without much luck, we made our way to Abercrombie Jewelry and were blown away by the selection that could possibly go with my ring - I even had to narrow it down between several favorites! I hadn't even been considering a band with diamonds, but when we found this delicate antique platinum band with a handful of small diamonds along the edge, it blended so seamlessly - and it was already in my size! Steph's help was so appreciated, and we were honestly so in love with the ring that our total time at the store was about 20 minutes. Seriously overjoyed at having found my dream ring, and so thankful to Abercrombie for their awesome customer service and selection.

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