Eytan's Designs

This one-of-a-kind choker features a great new bale design by Eytan Brandes. Here, his box bale shares the stage with a knockout boulder opal from Broken River Mining in Australia. ...

Eytan Brandes used the head of an old stickpin to create the bale for this unique pearl pendant. The bale mirrors the pearl's goofy center "porthole," which, combined with it's slightly flattened sides, reminds us of an old-fashioned diving bell...

This jade pendant features a crane, a Chinese symbol of peace and longevity. Here, the crane is posed under a tree next to a reclining deer, who gazes at the crane with friendly interest. This is a popular motif for conveying a prolonged life. The back of the pendant, appropriately, shows the back of the scene. We aren't sure how old...

One of Eytan Brandes' evergreen designs is his lacy openwork disc -- he's used it for chains, charms and drop earrings -- in every kind of metal set with every kind of stone -- but t...

Eytan Brandes tore apart a dressy sapphire cuff link (see final photo in array) to make this incredible, one-of-a-kind* toggle necklace. The sapphire balls are an incredible feat of stone-setting; it's not easy to pave-set stones on a sphere! Six rows of faceted round sapphires -- slightly graduated in size so that the largest stones are set on the "equator" -- work their way down to the bottom where -- just to make the stone-setting challenge more challenging -- an oval (not a round!) sapphire is set in a tidy bezel. Topping each sapphire ball is a neat little white gold cone. The upper ball hangs directly from the toggle ring, but the lower sphere is connected to the ring by a chain segment plus a little diamond rondelle link (part of the original cuff link). We counted a total of 224 round sapphires plus the two ovals and came up with an estimated sapphire weight of at least 2.40 carats. The sapphires are a gorgeous range of medium blue, with a couple of lighter stones mixed in. The diamonds are all full-cut flyspecks. We counted 32 stones with a diamond weight of no more than 0.15 carats. All stones are guaranteed natural and earth-mined. The cufflinks were probably made in the 1970s; they aren't stamped (maker or purity) which, along with the workmanship, suggest a custom piece. The chain is new from our existing stock -- an Italian cable chain, 2mm wide with oval links. The toggle bar is the oldest component in the bunch -- Eytan filched it from a pocket watch chain, and it's probably around 100 years old, with a nice wavy pattern engraved or stamped on each long side. We like the choker (15.5") length, but we're not wedded to it. If you would prefer a longer length, just let us know and we'll give you an adjusted price (which be based on labor and additional gold weight -- no big deal). Weights & Measurements: Necklace: 15.5" Pendant drop: 2" Chain thickness: 2mm Sapphire sphere...

These bold, geometric and unique earrings feature square, slightly wavy plates of pure 14 karat yellow gold with a hammered texture on one side and diamond pavé center triangle. E...

Simple and elegant, these 14 karat white gold drop earrings were handcrafted in 2020 by Eytan Brandes to show off a pair of cornflower blue Ceylon sapp...

The face of this bold, modern ring started off in life as a cufflink,* probably made in the early 1970s. Originally set with a not-aging-very-well black star sapphire, Eytan replaced it with a nice 1.02 carat natural ruby cabochon. The diamonds are original -- clean little full cut brilliants, earth-mined and untreated, weighing approximately 0.03 carats each. The wide split shoulders flare out a bit at the sides to form a carinated single shank that tapers to a width of 4mm at the back. Currently a size 7, Eytan will resize at no additional charge for full-price buyers. All metal is 14 karat white gold. This ring weighs 12.4 grams. * We made this cuff link's mate into a slider pendant -- reset with a nice sapphire -- which is also listed on Dibs. Copy and paste...

Eytan made a pendant like this in 2020 using some stray 18k discs and tubes that he had acquired so long ago he doesn't remember where they came from. That pendant sold immediately, but it was basically a one-off since he had 15 stray discs and 14 stray tubes and the pendant used up all of them. But Eytan has been making jewelry for almost fifty years and in fifty years, things get moved around, stuff gets separated, boxes get shoved here, envelopes get shoved there, the moon waxes and wanes, and before you know it, your shop is like an advent calendar...

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...

Eytan has accumulated a lot of old ladies cocktail watches over the years. Most of them are, as watches, either beyond repairing or completely impractical because their faces are so...

Two gorgeous mabe pearls -- white with pink overtones -- are set in graceful 14 karat yellow gold frames hand-crafted by Eytan Brandes. The blisters m...