Nick Engel & Co: Fine Jewelry & Custom Design

Nick is a phenomenal jeweler and person. My brother-​in-​law worked with him to create my sister’s engagement ring about 8 years ago, and they recommended him highly. I came to him (about 8 months ago) with some ideas for my fiancée’s engagement ring, and he patiently and enthusiastically worked with me to design the perfect ring. It’s one of a kind, as is all of his work, and this was important to us. We couldn’t be happier with the end result, and he’s been so great about any follow-​up — offering cleanings, rhodium plating, and any/​all maintenance for life. I STRONGLY recommend his «build your own» workshop for wedding bands. Over 5 – 6 hours on a Saturday, my fiancée and I each built each other’s wedding bands from scratch. Along with the symbolic meaning behind this process, it was also just a blast spending the day with him. Afterwards, we got a beautiful book with pictures from the day, something we’ll always be able to look back on. He truly loves his craft, cares about his clients, and holds himself to the highest standards without even a hint of pretension.

Nick did some laser welding for me on a custom wedding ring job that combined a white gold band with a yellow gold band. He was fast, provided excellent work and was reasonably priced. I’d take more custom fine jewelry work back to him in a heartbeat!

Nick is epic awesome and talented. He is good at delicate repairs, but his real super power is with custom designy projects. He is super creative and has a good eye for simple clean looks that are really well made and solid quality. I have brought a few projects to him so far and he is always timely, reasonable and awesome to work with. I had tried a few repair places in the bay area before and Nick was way better, so when I needed to make something important I went to him and he totally knocked it out of the park. Bring him your crazy/​cool project. I am seriously recommending him to all my guy friends that might be getting engaged/​married.
He is also a really nice person, so bonus points there.

Nick exceeds every expectation I had when seeking a local designer for a high quality engagement ring. My fiancée is still beaming and not a day has gone by where she has not received glowing compliments about her ring.
The craftsmanship in the halo, setting, and band is all superb and Nick was a pro’s pro from start to finish. He was responsive, easy to communicate with, and extremely insightful with his recommendations. My fiancée now has a ring that both her and I feel ecstatic about and Nick deserves more than 5 stars for making it happen.

Nick is a freakin’ rock star. Super nice, chill guy, who knows his stuff but is not pretentious. My good friend, Adam, got married a few months before me. At the time I was thinking I’d just get a ring on Etsy, but after seeing Adam’s ring I was really impressed. It was so beautiful and unique. I really like the fact that it’s not a perfect circle, but rather something more «finger shaped». I also really liked that it was thin and low profile, I didn’t want some big bulky thing on my finger. I wanted it to be a part of me, something that I’d never take off and would never be obtrusive. For all these reasons, along with the fact that Adam had nothing but great things to say about Nick, I chose to pay him a visit. He was super straight forward and casual. Not pressuring me at all. I basically told him I just wanted something very simple and classic. He took all the measurements and then in a few weeks I came back in for a fitting. It took a few re-​sizes but in the end it fit just right and Nick was really nice about the whole process. He mentioned that Ashley could come in and put the final brushed finish on it which I really liked. That way she actually had a hand in the making of the ring! You can’t say that about most other places.
I would (and have) highly recommend Nick to anyone who is looking to get a custom ring made. He nailed it for me!

Nick is amazing and so easy to work with. I had some simple ideas and sketches and he was able to bring them to life. I have a few more ‘old’ pieces that I plan on bringing to him very soon to modernize. Thank you Nick you have a customer for life!

Nick made my wedding band and my husbands wedding band. There really aren’t enough words to describe how awesome our experience was with Nick. He is so kind, talented, and honest and about what will and will not work, and I knew he would create spectacular pieces for us. I went in with a very specific idea of what I wanted and he made my idea come to life. I would recommend Nick to anyone who wants custom jewelry made. I actually keep a stack of his business cards at my desk! He’s definitely the best there is.

Nick did a great job working with my girlfriend and I to create the perfect engagement ring. I had an old ring from a great aunt and he was able to take the Amethyst, recut it, and reuse the gold and turn it into a classic looking ring with the main stone surrounded in diamonds. I was a very unsure customer as I have no experience in womens jewelry and Nick was super helpful during every step, providing advice, AutoCAD mocks, etc. to help me find the right design.
If you want to see the final product, he posted a picture of it, its the purple amethyst surrounded in small diamonds. I couldn’t be happier with the ring, and my fiancé completely agrees! Thanks again Nick!

I went to Nick to make a custom engagement ring for my fiancé, armed only with vague ideas about what I was looking for and what my fiancé would like, and no experience with designing or making jewelry whatsoever. The ring he ended up making was absolutely incredible, and beyond even my lofty expectations. It’s unique, elegant and beautiful, and my fiancé is literally obsessed with it. Nick knew what I was looking for better than I did, and executed the vision with craftsmanship and an attention to detail that are hard to find these days. He’s also just a genuinely great guy, and helped me every step of the way through what would otherwise have been a daunting process. He made one of the most important events in our lives that much more special, and my fiancé and I cannot recommend him highly enough.

Recommended to me by the good people at Alexis Bittar for a wedding ring resizing, Nick was professional, timely and sensitive. He discussed sizing options with me, called to confirm the changes he intended to make and even went above and beyond to reprong several loose diamonds. He was overall extremely easy to work with. I highly recommend Nick for jewelry resizing. He apparently also does jewelry design and has made several beautiful pieces.

Nick did beautiful repair work on two rings for me. Quick, responsive, and well priced.

I wanted to write this review to credit Nick for being such a genuine person. He sized my engagement ring back in January. My ring was still spinning on my finger so I went to different jeweler to get sized again and was actually sized a half size smaller. I called Nick and told him the situation and he said bring it in. He resized it perfectly and did not want to charge me a cent. When I offered to pay him for his time he said no, «I want you to be happy with the fit of your ring and we did not achieve that the first time so I do not want to charge you.» A very stand up guy and and amazing jeweler!

I’m remiss in not having written Nick a review before now as I’ve been to him several times, although I now have all the more reason to write a glowing review.
I first saw Nick (found via Unilocal) over a year ago to have him reattach a TINY loose diamond to a gold necklace. He did the work quickly and for a very fair price.
More recently, I took him an antique white gold and diamond ring that had split in half at the shank. He offered to do a quick, inexpensive repair but advised that if it split again, he would need to rebuild the entire band which would be more expensive. I really appreciated that he defaulted to the less expensive repair from the outset – not something you always see. The work was perfect – I can’t even see where the split used to be.
Now for the biggie. I recently got engaged and although I LOVE my ring and stone, I was unhappy with the prongs which were very large and looked like big, round blobs of metal sitting on the stone. I took it to Nick to see if he could do anything and he started to file one prong down (while I waited, as he correctly assumed I wouldn’t want to be without my engagement ring) and then he came back and said that he actually noticed a few issues with the prong placement in general and that I would be better off taking the ring back to where my fiancée got it as they would surely make the changes at no cost. My fiancée purchased my ring online and wasn’t thrilled with the service he had received and so decided he felt more comfortable having Nick do the work even though that meant paying for the work. I dropped my ring off, told myself that Nick definitely wouldn’t pawn my stone and move to Hawaii and, within 2 days, Nick had completed the job to perfection. We will definitely have Nick do our wedding bands – he’s a licensed diamond dealer so he can also procure stones.
I left this man my engagement ring, people! Need I say more? Nick is utterly trustworthy, does beautiful work and his prices are more than fair. He even got me a an ultrasonic ring cleaner at cost when I complained that my ring often gets dirty. This is who you want as a jeweler.

I brought in damaged pin that had been my grandmother’s. Nick Engel was straightforward and fair when discussing solutions. He was polite and down to earth. It’s a treat to be in the Phelan Building too.

Nick Engel repaired my grandmother’s diamond ring quickly, meticulously, and at a reasonable price. There was a small diamond missing and the thin back of the ring had split. He fixed it all lickety-​split, so it looks just like it did when grandma was wearing the ring.
I call on him for all my repairs.

Nick is a stellar jeweler. We had him design our wedding rings out of yellow gold… with a BLOOD FREE DIAMOND diamond. yay! the designs came out perfect… he even brought the rings to our wedding ! He is easy to work with, super skilled, and great at design and problem solving. I also have him do all my repairs, it is easy to get there by public transit, close to union square in The Phelan builing on Market st. If you want personal service, unique designs and dependable repairs Nick is your new jeweler.