Roberts Jewellers

Friendly staff, great customer service,very helpful, efficient. I recommend this shop.

My husband bought the first piece of jewellery he ever got me here, and I’ve been a fan ever since. It is full of classy, yet quirky, items that are fairly reasonably priced.

Robert’s Jewellers is a lovely addition to the mini Jewellry Quarter that has sprung up around the first few yards of Corporation Street in Birmingham.
One of about a dozen used and new purveyors of fashioned metal, Robert’s stands out from the crowd for its mostley collection of used jewelry. Going to Robert’s is like going to an auction: some of the stuff is worthless Argos jewellry, and some of it is a genuine antique find.
My (now) husband and I went to Robert’s when searching for my engagement ring. I’d had a «holding ring» for awhile, until we could find something we realy liked.
All we had as criteria were the following:
–not a rock — I’m too clumsy, and would end up putting my eye out with a big gem
–something with a patina, WWII or older was our goal
So with that in mind, we hit every jewellry store in Tamworth and Lichfield, then headed into Brum. We found some absolutely amazing rings, but none of them quite fit the bill. We’d had a mosey around Robert’s in the past, just to laugh at some of the more interesting pieces, but headed in there as we knew they had some genuine antiques.
And lo and behold, we found the ring: in 1947, some fine English jeweller decided to surround an ovular sapphire with eight teardrop diamonds, and worked gold «drops» in between. It whispered «classy» and dripped «antique». One of my favourite bits about it is, when viewed from the side, it shows tiny gold curlicues. Heaven.
It was too large for my finger, so Robert’s agreed to have it fitted for me. We’d come in on a Saturday, and it was ready to pick up on a Monday.
The sales ladies at Robert’s are a bit salesy. They like showing jewellry, but love to «help you find a bargain», so be prepared to haggle a bit.
The head jeweller there has studied his craft, and worked in the business for over 20 years, and knows what he’s talking about. If he knows you’re there to buy a piece that lasts for posterity, and you’ve taken a liking to a more common piece, he’ll guide you to a piece with more patina and a similar price tag.
Worth it’s weight in baubles, that kind of advice.