QUEENS, NYC
Jewelry Engraving Services
Personalize your most treasured pieces with our jewelry engraving services.
Personalize Your Piece
We're always prepared to do an engraving job while you wait. Depending on the type of engraving you need, we can do it in as little as 10 minutes! With over 35 years of experience in personalizing pieces, we offer three different kinds of engraving techniques to help you get the aesthetic that you’re looking for - machine engraving, hand engraving, and laser engraving. We invite you to come to our store for a complimentary consultation to see how we can elevate your piece and truly personalize it into something that’s one of a kind.
Engraving Techniques: Machine, Hand, & Laser
Engraving something onto a piece is a highly personal experience. That’s why we offer three different techniques to help you achieve the exact look you want. Whether you’re looking for the classic look of machine engraving, the clean look of laser engraving, or the old world charm that hand engraving gives, we offer all three.
Machine Engraving
Machine engraving makes use of powered tools and stencils to inscribe scripts onto a piece of jewelry. We offer two fonts, script and block, we always suggest script for a female and block for a male, but it's all about personal preference. We use a brass stencil to guide a diamond tipped engraving bit as pictured above to ensure a consistent and professional look.
Hand Engraving
A dying art, hand engraving is a technique that gives off inscriptions that are truly unique. As opposed to machine or laser engraving that uses powered tools, hand engraving makes use of manual tools. This means that each carve of the inscription is 100% unique, in both width and depth. The result is a one of a kind inscription. At AJ’s Jewelry, we can hand engrave symbols, scripts, and even motifs onto your jewelry.
Laser Engraving
As the name suggests, laser engraving is a technique that makes use of lasers to inscribe a piece of jewelry. The technique gives off a highly clean and polished look that’s sure to impress. With laser engraving, you can get different scripts of all kinds of fonts done, and even symbols and motifs.
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Jewelry Engraving FAQ
We work mostly on baby ID bracelets, wedding bands, engagement rings, and watches but we can engrave almost anything - jewelry and otherwise. Below is a list of engravings we've been known to do:
- Baby ID Bracelet Engravings
- Inside & Outside Wedding Band Engravings
- Engagement Ring Engravings
- Watch Engravings
- Picture Frame Engravings
- Trophy Plaque Engravings
- Pendant Engravings
- Bracelet Engravings
- Jewelry Box Engravings
- Cuff-link Engravings
- Money Clip Engravings
- Tie Bar Engravings
We can engrave dates, names, scripts, symbols, and even design motifs on your piece. The main limitation that comes with engraving projects is space - is there enough space to get what you want engraved, and is it accessible with regards to our engraving tools? Some popular engraving projects that are done are getting the wedding dates inscribed on the inside of a wedding band, or having a special quote etched into a pendant. If you’re looking to enhance the look of your piece and make it one-of-a-kind, you can also get a special design etched into it with our hand engraving services. Note that with the emergence of machine and laser engraving, hand engraving has become somewhat of a rare art. It’s a highly specialized skill that takes years to master and perfect. It’s because of this that hand engraving is generally more expensive than engraving by machine or laser.
Without seeing the piece at hand and knowing about the project, it’s tough to give an estimation. If it’s a simple job done with machine or laser engravings, it can sometimes be done in as little as 10 minutes. For more intricate jobs, or jobs that require hand engraving, lead times would be longer. To get a more accurate timeframe, we suggest contacting our team for a complimentary consultation.
Of course! On top of offering engraving services, we also offer personalized name necklaces. These pieces are highly specialized and have become incredibly popular over the years. We offer quite a few fonts for you to choose from, and if desired, we can even create a completely custom font for the nameplate. In addition to the font, everything else is customizable - from the finish, to the gold color, to the gemstones that can adorn it. To finish it off, our showroom offers a myriad of chains and necklaces you can pair with it, to make a complete piece that’s truly one of a kind and special.
Contact Us
Have any questions regarding engraving your jewelry? Feel free to contact us below, or drop by our showroom for a free consultation