Eytan Brandes Jewelry & Watches

Versatile and unique, this set of three pieces can be worn together or separately. The light orange carnelian fob is capped with a textured 18 karat gold cap, hand-made in our sho...

This clean, modern 18 karat yellow gold ring by Eytan Brandes features a vibrant bezel-set emerald. The step-cut emerald is from Zambia, treated only with oil (as most emeralds ar...

This long, eye-catching pendant features two birds, one diving downward and the other soaring upward. They were originally part of a rose and yellow gold brooch, and when we say "pa...

In his nearly fifty years as a goldsmith, Eytan Brandes has been making Hebrew wedding bands. The two top choices for verses are these madly romantic lines from the Song of Songs: ...

These versatile and eye-catching new earrings feature super high-luster round Tahitian pearls and can be worn three different ways. The pearls are all genuine Tahitian of the highes...

This new pendant by Eytan Brandes is one-of-a-kind but features some of his tried-and-true design staples: the little triangle drop, the freeform shape, the burnished (flush-set) st...

This great-looking band by Eytan Brandes features a big, high-color diamond with a lot of presence at a great price. The diamond (earth-mined and untreated, of course) is F color,...

This ring was made for a customer who decided, after seeing it, that he wanted the "windows" all around the ring. Trying to retrofit this ring with four additional windows would ha...

Edison pearls, a freshwater pearl variety that has only been around for a few years. are the product of several years' research by Grace Pearls, located in China. Borrowing from t...

This is a traditional, nicely balanced 14 karat white gold diamond engagement ring from the 1980's or 1990's. Now relieved of its diamonds, we decided to set it with colored gemston...

This little frog came to us as a brooch but we wanted to make him into a pendant. Eytan (our goldsmith and the owner of our store) wanted the frog to hang from his left front leg,...

In our neverending crusade to reuse high-quality gold ladies' wristwatches -- beautifully made and wearable as anything BUT a timepiece -- we offer this hot-off-the-workbench 14 kara...

Sail off into the sunset with this gorgeous new statement ring from Eytan Brandes. Besides the stone, this is basically a cigar band -- tapering from 16mm in the front to a comforta...

We acquired this honeybee plus eight other nephrite amulets in 2020. In order to better understand our acquisition, we had the lot verbally appraised by David Ha of Ha Dynasty Jewelry...

This lovely necklace is assembled from an antique platinum chain plus some very nice "spare parts" made in our shop by Eytan Brandes: > The four exquisite scroll links are copied from an antique muff...

This delicious ring by Eytan Brandes was actually completed back in 2019, but it was originally set with an opaque green stone. We liked the way it looked, but the stone was problematic since we weren't sure if it was green agate, jadeite or nephrite and once it was set, we couldn't test it (oops). After a lot of backy forthy, Eytan decided it was too weird to be listing a ring with an unidentified "green stone," so he popped it out* and decided it would be fun to contrast the top quality, sparkling pink rubies with their cousin from the wrong side of the tracks: a rough ruby. This kind of ruby is completely natural and completely loaded with every flaw under the sun: silk, uneven color, spider veins, milky streaks, fissures, fractures, you name it. We love rough rubies (and rough sapphires too). Yes, they can be hard to cut (our gemcutter does NOT love them) because you have to find enough material that isn't threatened by internal fractures, but once they're successfully cut into cabochons, they polish up beautifully and, like all rubies, they are reliably durable. Even though they're effectively opaque (because they're so chock full o'flaws), they have a lustrous depth and character that you just won't find with either naturally opaque OR transparent stones. So, having said all that, we reintroduce the Marquee Ring...

A gorgeous Ethiopian opal with yellow and blue body color shows fiery sparks of red and green and, like all good opals, looks different from every angle. Eytan set it horizontally i...

Eytan based the design of this ring on an old Czech engagement ring that came through the store years ago. It's simple, nicely balanced and substantial. The pleated front tapers to...

Eytan Brandes made this classic and elegant three-stone ring to show off a beautiful old European cut diamond, but no sooner did he finish the ring than a dealer in New York made him...

Versatile and fun to wear, individually or stacked together, this vivid set of earth-mined diamond solitaires by Eytan Brandes features three very different stones. The big marqui...

Two opals -- one a lively precious white opal, and the other a stormy dark blue boulder opal -- both broken. What to do? Spotting the fact they're the same approximate width, Eytan made bezels for the fragments, separating precious from boulder with tiny platinum strips of diamond pavé cut from an old engagement ring...

Combining a great new bale design by Eytan Brandes with a great big golden South Sea pearl, this knockout pendant is modern, unique (literally, there's only one), and immediately eye...

These beautiful, shimmery earrings by Eytan Brandes look as if they came right off the ears of an Etruscan lady, doing whatever Etruscan ladies used to do...

Eytan Brandes turned an interesting turquoise cameo into a bold, one-of-a-kind pendant with a 14 karat gold unstructured four-prong frame cast from a wax mold he sculpted by hand, ju...

This extraordinary one-of-a-kind pendant by Eytan Brandes shows off a large baroque Tahitian pearl with a clip-on enhancer bale, perfect for pairing with a nice pearl strand. In fac...

A stunning and important new ring by Eytan Brandes features a two-piece, cushion-shaped halo of diamonds around a gorgeous Brazilian pink tourmaline. The tourmaline is 11.7mm in d...

Eytan Brandes crafted a clean and elegant platinum cathedral halo setting to show off this superb, very white, cushion-shaped diamond. The diamond has an EGL mini-certification fr...

These gorgeous new, one-of-a-kind earrings by Eytan Brandes feature bicolor tourmaline slices framed in textured gold randomly smattered with with tiny diamonds. The vivid pink and...

This gorgeous, freeform ring in satiny 18 karat yellow gold by Eytan Brandes features a 6.3 carat pink tourmaline with a luscious brown undertone. The mixed cut, oval-shaped tourm...

A natural aquamarine cabochon -- round-ish, but not a perfect circle -- is set in an original ring design by Eytan Brandes, featuring classical "columns" that reach up to the center ...

The body color of this huge Ethiopian opal is sort of a pastel orange, but green, yellow and red flashes abound. The entire effect changes in every lighting situation. Even in indirect natural light, when some orange opals tend to look soupy, this stone takes on a gorgeous moire sheen. Eytan Brandes bezel-set the stone in a heavy, bold solitaire -- over twenty grams of rich, unmistakable 18 karat gold -- with a beautiful satin finish. (Nice detail: the bezel's rim and the ring's interior are high-polish.) This ring is a size 8; resizing is complimentary for full-price buyers within a range of 6.5 to 9.5. Please contact us if you have resizing requirements outside of this range. Weights and Measurements: Opal Dimensions: 28mm long x 19.4mm wide x 14.3mm deep Opal Weight: 35.7 carats Ring Weight: 29.4 grams Face Height: 30mm (1.2") Face Width: 22mm (0.9") Band Width: 4.5mm Band Thickness: 2mm Note: Opals are difficult to photograph! The color shown in the main photo best captures this stone's true body color. Also note: Ethiopian opals are more porous than those from Australia or Brazil, so it's important that this ring be treated with care as a cocktail ring rather than as an everyday ring. While exposing the ring to water is not going to damage it (as long as you dry it off), this isn't a ring to wear while doing dishes...

Engagement gone sour? Guy wants his ring back? Make it just a little more difficult by turning the ring into a pair of gorgeous earrings! That's what we did with this 14 karat whi...

In his nearly fifty years as a goldsmith, Eytan Brandes has been making Hebrew wedding bands. The two top choices for verses are these madly romantic lines from the Song of Songs: ...

Eytan's playful new solitaire sets a sparkling light blue aquamarine at a pronounced angle. The integrated bezel setting forces rosy gold reflections into the stone, giving it a bit...

Here's something you're not going to see on every other gal in town! This necklace is composed of repurposed and new elements and it's truly one-of-a-kind. The frog with his rando ...

Eytan Brandes ensures a huge pale lavender jadeite cabochon is sitting pretty, centered between two dark purple amethysts in a bold and substantial high-polish 18 karat gold cocktail...

Protect yourself from all manner of nastiness with this knockout diamond shield or plaque ring by Eytan Brandes. The face features 35 perfectly set bright boys in a cut-corner rec...

This lustrous white South Sea baroque pearl is set in a Byzantine-flavored, satiny 18 karat yellow gold two-part pedant handmade in our shop by Eytan Brandes. The pearl has a graceful egg shape with a pronounced ridge at the top, mostly obscured by the "petals" of the cap. The cap is linked to a nicely oversized bale that will accommodate just about any chain or cord. We think it looks great with the rhodolite necklace...

This is the second time we've cast this pendant -- an original design by Eytan Brandes. It depicts two amorous snakes slithering together to form a heart while they chomp happily on...

A brand new design by Eytan Brandes, his "Vectra" earrings are strands of gold, twisting and turning, but just as they're about to head off in three different directions, they're st...

We found the perfect cap for this adorably dimpled baroque south sea pearl: the top of a vintage articulated clown pendant! We had this pendant for a while, but it's frankly sort of creepy...

Eytan Brandes designed this ring using various elements he likes from Edwardian engagement rings, such as the carinated shank, the coin-edged pavé setting plates, and the elevated, almost bombé face. This is the second time he has used this mounting, and this is the first time he's set it entirely in diamonds. The center prong-set diamond is a clean and beautiful brilliant cut round stone weighing 1.03 carats. The prongs rise from a band (not actually a bezel) around the stone, minimizing the prongy effect, and keeping the stone's elevation at a graceful minimum. The dramatically curved face of the mounting is made up of little coin-edged plates, joined from below. Each plate hosts between one and five stones meticulously set by our best gem-setter. The little banner-shaped plates around the center stone give it a whimsical eight-pointed star halo, while the long plates...

These sweet, dangly earrings by Eytan Brandes feature a textured little diamond-shaped stud set with four diamonds over a dark baroque Tahitian pearl. They're casually fancy and fan...

This plump little treat is the smallest of Eytan Brandes' cookie rings, but it's packed solid with 37 tasty, bright-white diamonds -- like a white chocolat...

This sleek, beautiful new ring by Eytan Brandes features a sparkling 1.71 carat white radiant cut diamond, mounted horizontally above a sati...

Snakes upstairs and snakes downstairs, with a big, beautiful Tahitian pearl in the middle: this one-of-a-kind pendant from Eytan Brandes celebrates all things slithery. Snake North is one of Eytan's original designs, usually seen as earrings, but this wee snake is acting as the link between the pendant's bale and the pearl cap. He's crowned with a faceted emerald (recycled from an old brooch) and he's 18 karat gold. Snake South is actually the head of an antique hatpin...

This bold, contemporary crucifix was designed in the 1990's by Eytan Brandes and has been used in many different variations ever since. His latest is in natural white gold, meaning ...

This ring resembles the wave rings popularized by Tiffany and others, but Eytan Brandes designed it here in our shop as a variation on his "branch" design. Usually his branch rings ...

This one-of-a-kind ring by Eytan Brandes features five natural sapphire and ruby cabochons, each with interesting color and light characteristics. The magenta-colored stone is a 2.9...

Eytan Brandes created this sleek design years ago to be channel-set with diamond baguettes. Recently, however, he rediscovered an old sugilite mineral sample...

These extraordinary new earrings by Eytan Brandes feature 9 carats of chewy, natural, undyed Sleeping Beauty turquoise. We purchased these cabochons at a trade show in 2022 from Lun...

Three beautiful diamonds in white, yellow and brown are set in "martini glass" bezels on two fused rose gold rings for an effortless, one-of-a-kind stacked look by Eytan Brandes. Th...

These snappy little earrings feature a design element that Eytan Brandes has been using for years: simple little discs -- brushed or polished, plain or with concentric circles, with...

Eytan Brandes used actual leaves to make the wax molds for this gorgeous and unique 18 karat gold pendant, so each leaf is whisper-thin and super-lightweight....

Eytan Brandes cast an old bronze seal in 14 karat yellow gold and converted it to a pendant, holding an oval cabochon of natural stormy blue aquamarine. It hangs on a shimmery neckl...

This bracelet came in to our shop many years ago. It was clearly supposed to be a knockoff of a diamond tank watch from a certain revered French brand that begins with "C," but we j...

This 18 karat gold tassel was one of two attached to an extremely damaged, early 20th Century chatelaine that came into our shop at least 20 years ago as scrap-in-trade. We melted m...

Perfectly pretty and easy to wear, these new platinum post earrings by Eytan Brandes feature frosty silver-blue Japanese saltwater cultured (i.e...

These gorgeous new earrings by Eytan Brandes were specifically crafted for drop-shaped pearls, elongating a naturalistic pearl cap to the point where the effect is a little more surr...

This fabulous and absolutely one-of-a-kind pendant is an assembled piece showcasing some sort of winged insect (a mayfly?) in 14 karat rose gold with bright ruby eyes and white gold wings set with six very old diamonds. Eytan set this glamorous pest on a faceted but entirely asymmetric piece of blue lace agate. For the bale, he used a gorgeous columnar hinged rose gold bale from an old pocket watch...