The first and last stop for your jewelry needs!
Jahan has been my parent's family jeweler of choice for close to 15 years. Visiting his store as a teenager was always a fun experience as a "dreamed" of the day one of the diamond rings he would let me try on would be purchased for me. When my then-boyfriend and I went to visit his store in February looking for engagement rings, it had been at least 12 years since I had been to Jahan's. As an adult and without my parents, the experience was no different than I remembered. Jahan's professional, friendly, knowledgeable and most importantly, fair and honest business practice was still the same. I'm fairly knowledgeable about diamonds and extremely particular. I also like getting the best deal for my money...on everything. Like most men, my fiancé did not know the first thing about buying diamonds.
We went to a number of stores and did a lot of online research before I took him to Jahan's. I was hoping that Jahan's wholesale prices and quality would still beat anyone out there. He did not let us down and my fiancé was immediately able to see the vast difference between the other locations we had visited. We also learned that his diamonds are "conflict free," which was important to us.
After trying on several settings and showing Jahan pictures of things I liked, he told me "not to worry" and that whatever I liked could be duplicated or created without a problem. Other stores either were not willing to "create" what I wanted, or they wanted rights to our firstborn to do so. Their prices were outrageous! Also, they simply do not carry the quality of stones or variety of up-to-date settings that Jahan does.
My fiancé waited several months to propose and I had no idea what he had selected or when he'd made the purchase. He ended up modifying a setting Jahan already had that I had fallen in love with in the store. Note: I had hardly seen any settings I liked at other stores and Jahan had many settings I liked. I absolutely LOVE my GIA certified 1+ carat asscher cut diamond. It's surrounded by a vintage-looking square setting and set in a white-gold and palladium mix (so the metal is still durable, but won't yellow like white gold does) with baguettes down the sides and milgrain to give it that extra vintage flair. It's spectacular and I can firmly attest that I will never want to upgrade! Jahan even made the matching wedding band at the same time. I've uploaded a photo of the engagement ring. The band has been hidden away until the wedding.
I cannot advise you more to stay away from retail stores. The quality, price and level of professionalism just doesn't compare to Jahan's. I wholeheartedly recommend him to you. I get compliments on my ring almost daily, women saying "I've never seen anything like that and I just love it" or "Is that a family heirloom?" I'm constantly asked where my ring was purchased. Since my engagement, I have recommended Jahan's to several co-workers, a close friend and even a waiter at our restaurant just the other day.
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