Derr Jewlery

Jeff has a great selection of jewelry and watches for a variety of prices. The pieces are reasonably priced. He will let you try them on without pressure to buy. I stop in whenever I’m in PT to see what he’s got in stock.

I first stumbled into this shop over a year ago. I work in the jewelry field, so I always pop into random stores to see what they are selling, prices, etc. This store is one of the few that blends selling great antique and estate jewelry with brand new custom pieces made by the owner, Jeffrey. From the small size of the store, it seems that they would not have much selection, but this is not the case. He seems to have lots of loose diamonds and colored gemstones that he can make pieces around.
I finally went back to see this store yesterday (it is a long way from Seattle) and I was even more impressed. I loved his selection of vintage watches, which were at VERY fair prices. I bought two unusual pieces for my collection, and I was thrilled to learn they give one year guarantees on all of their watches, which is almost unheard of. The experience was made even better by the fun jewelry conversation I had, through which I could tell that Jeffrey knows what he is doing, and is passionate about his craft. I could not recommend this store more!

I have had great experiences here. He is really accurate, and backs his work up with a guarantee. Has done a lot of work for us, and always provides excellent service.

This little store carries a big assortment of jewelry. The owner took over the business from a long time resident and has a great eye for estate pieces as well as new items and pretty things he makes himself.
Just picked up my favorite purchase this afternoon, a tiny 1960’s gold Rolex with a cord strap that I put on layaway and purchased over the course of a year. It’s a gorgeous little watch, tin perfect condition and it makes me happy to finally get it.
I notice the reviewer before me implies this owner, or perhaps the prior one, is a cheat. Today when I went in to pay the balance of my watch the owner recognized that he had not appropriately noted the last payment on the watch. I wasn’t aware of the date or amount but apparently my boyfriend made it as a Christmas gift. The owner credited the amount without questioning and given the situation I wouldn’t have otherwise known. This guy isn’t looking to squeeze an extra dollar out of his customers and has a steady clientele of repeat customers, such as myself.
He offers jewelry repair, custom orders and has an inventory that changes often. Fun place to browse in PT.

Jeff has been our jeweler since he opened his shop. I would describe him as extremely customer oriented. Every time we visit Port Townsend Derr Jewlery we make it a point to stop in. We have purchased numerous pieces from him and found him to be extremely honest and a thoroughly experienced gemologist. His ring sizing’s are reasonable and the pricing is spot-​on. In fact his custom sizing and design pricing seems to be about one-​half of what we find in larger cities. He’s retained many of his custom wholesale jeweler connections he developed while a jeweler in California. I think that’s why the pricing seems so good by local standards. Sometimes its a challenge to get him to answer his phone or return phone calls but on the other hand when we visit his shop we feel like we get 100% of his attention.

This jeweler sized down (a simple procedure) both my platinum and diamond wedding rings (a diamond engagement ring & a band.) Not sure how this works but it appeared he kept lots of extra platinum which he removed from not just the «cut» he made to size the rings down, but also the entire circumference of both bands, as they were both significantly reduced afterward. I was charged over $ 100 plus tax for this. I noticed the rings appeared to be different sizes when I tried them on back at home. I’ve tried contacting his store many times and left a message (in an attempt to get the rings sized properly, although perhaps not a great idea if more platinum is going to be removed again…) No one answers the phone and I’ve not received a phone call back. For the record– I’ve had rings sized at other jewelers (Lisa’s jewelry in Port Hadlock) and never paid so much for a sizing. Nor has any jeweler «thinned out» the platinum. Almost goes without saying that I’ve (also) never had a jeweler mistakingly size down rings differently (that are meant to be worn on the same finger.) In sum: bad service, faulty/​shady work combined with high pricing = bad Unilocal rating.