WHO WE ARE AS FINE JEWELRY EXPERTS IN SAMMAMISH, WA
How fitting that the journey towards Plateau Jewelers fine jewelry in Sammamish, WA can be traced to love at first sight! Kelly Jensen instantly fell in love with beautiful diamonds and gemstones when he bought Sue her engagement ring. He knew that Sue, he and fine jewelry had a dazzling future together. As part of his degrees in business administration, his subjects were often related to the fine jewelry industry. One project included a fine jewelry store offering Kelly a job!! Kelly also studied gemology and is also a Graduate Gemologist (GIA).
FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AND KELLY MET NICK CARTER, AN INCREDIBLY GIFTED JEWELER WHO KNEW ALL THERE WAS IN REGARDS TO ENGAGEMENT RINGS, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY REPAIR, AND SO ON.
Within six months, the pair decided that the Issaquah area needed a professional jewelry store chocked full of fine jewelry services. Kelly and Nick opened Plateau Jewelers in August 1996. Now, Plateau Jewelers is an integral part of the community and offers over 20 years of professional fine jewelry services from Sammamish to Issaquah, WA.
Passion for Diamonds
Kelly’s passion is diamonds and gemstones. His love of jewelry design and his manufacturing experience are the winning combination for Plateau Jewelers’ success. He loves the cooperative design process where he combines customer ideas with his own. Kelly loves designing jewelry using state-of-the-art Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. CAD enables Kelly to show pictures of the item long before it is in metal – allowing our clients to see what we are up to. Once the design is approved we “print” the wax model using a 3D printer. Finally, we cast the item in the metal of choice and Bruce Henderson does the hard part of polishing the metal and stone setting. Kelly describes Bruce as “one of the best jewelers in the region.”
Plateau Jewelers is often referred to as the Sammamish area’s Crown Jewel.
Today, we’re a destination jewelry store – a favorite among those with a keen eye for great jewelry,” said Kelly. “In addition to our own designs, we carry designer collections from Hearts On Fire, Lika Behar, and Memoire, to name a few. We also offer jewelry repair, jewelry restoration and jewelry appraisal services. But our passion remains custom jewelry, and we get an adrenaline rush whenever a customer brings us a challenge. Kelly and Sue love every minute of being part of the Sammamish community. Stop in, look around and stay for a chat. They would love to meet you.