Full service, in house.
Melby’s Jewelers is a true full service jeweler with repair, appraisal and custom design done in house by our master craftsman. Don’t trust your precious family heirlooms to just anyone.
Everything happens at one bench.
Most jewelers send the hard work somewhere else. Ours does not leave the building. Here is the full list of what we do ourselves, on Clark Avenue.

- Jewelry repair
- Sizing and stone setting, done on site. One customer came in for an estimate on a ring that had gone out of shape, and it came back repaired and cleaned before they left. Other jewelers had quoted two to three weeks.
- Watch repair
- Every brand, regardless of age, and most pocket watches. Full mechanical and quartz servicing, done here.
- Custom design and manufacture
- Start to finish design and production of jewelry in your own style. We can set gemstones you already own, or remake an old piece you never wear.
- Appraisals
- Jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, sterling flatware and watches. We recommend re-appraising every five years, for insurance, estate tax evaluation, value comparison, casualty loss, divorce, collateral or barter.
- Insurance replacement assistance
- We identify jewelry of equal kind, quality and value to a piece that has been lost or damaged, and we bill insurance companies directly.
- Silver refinishing
- Broken serving pieces in sterling or silverplate, repaired. Antiques, resilvered.
- Pearl and bead restringing
- Pearls should be restrung every few years. Graduated and multi-strand necklaces are no problem.
- Lab reports
- An independent opinion on a diamond or gemstone. We help choose the right lab, ship it safely, and explain the terminology when it comes back.
- Laser inscribing
- We can inscribe a name or an ID mark on any diamond and most gemstones, even pearls. It is visible only under magnification.
Four of these deserve a longer look.

Jewelry repair
Sizing, stone setting, on-site repair, silver refinishing and pearl restringing, done at our own bench.
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Watch repair
Every brand, regardless of age, and most pocket watches. Batteries and bands while you wait; full mechanical servicing on the bench.
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Custom design
Start to finish design and manufacture in the metal you choose. We can set stones you already own, or remake a piece you never wear.
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Appraisals
Jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, sterling flatware and watches, appraised for insurance, estate tax, comparison or divorce.
DetailsOrcutt, Santa Maria
Bring it in, or send us a text.
We are at 1140 E Clark Ave, Suite 190, in Orcutt. Look for the green clock at the kerb. Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, closed Sunday and Monday.