Eytan's Designs Choker Necklaces

We acquired this dramatic and sexy collar in 2024. It's a custom piece, reportedly made sometime between 1960 and 1980 by a Los Angeles goldsmith, but the piece is not signed. We would find this surprising if not for the fact that our own goldsmith rarely signs anything unless we ask him...repeatedly. So leaving that mystery aside, we are proud to offer such a stunning piece. The front-facing half of the necklace is made from five graduated plaques, each boasting meticulously finished openwork plus diamonds and "Big Three" gemstones. Each plaque is hinged to its neighbor with a sturdy ring. The back of the necklace has a nicely integrated box clasp (with figure 8 safety catch) plus four solid, unembellished bar links, curved and carefully graduated. The plaques graduate from 40mm wide x 25mm tall in the center front to 21mm wide x 7mm tall at the back. All but the back two solid plaque links are trapezoids -- not rectangles -- fashioned to angle perfectly in the three dimensional human space where the necklace will hang. Between the front and back, on each side, are two "transition" links -- a great detail that highlights some real design talent: First is a link that includes three bezel-set gemstones but no openwork, and next is a link that just includes a triangular sliver of open space, thus creating a natural transition to the solid links. Amazing workmanship! The nine diamonds are all brilliant cut rounds pavé-set in little white gold square plates...

We bought these gorgeous, genuine Tahitian pearls at a trade show in 2023. These are slightly graduated (11mm to just under 12mm) lustrous, multi-colored off-round baroques, mostly ...

Strung on copper-colored silk and knotted like a string of pearls, these graduated round milky-soft aquamarine beads would be beautiful enough on their own, but we've given them an ...

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...

Eytan Brandes has baked up a chocolate lover's dream: Nearly 12 carats of shimmery brown sapphire set in a halo of sparkling white diamonds suspended on a string of tiny faceted iro...

This stunning choker boasts 55 sparkling black diamond beads. Each bead is different, but they're all roughly 8mm in size, weighing about 4.5 carats apiece. The box-shaped mystery clasp...

This sprig of richly hued coral buds was originally a brooch, probably made in the 1960s or early 1970s. Oriented horizontally, Eytan Brandes recognized an interesting graduated sha...