Fun - you can play dress up or incorporate into a modern wardrobe. It's always fun.
Quality - Many of the designers of Vintage Costume Jewelry started out as Fine Jewelers. Panetta was a master in Platinum and Alfred Philippe of Trifari had worked as Jeweler for Cartier.
Variety - There is a style for every mood and occasion, and many styles can be changed, parts can be added or taken away,. Coro Duettes are a perfect example of that. A pair of dress clips that becomes a brooch. How creative is that?
Green - If you like jewelry and live a green lifestyle, you can't go wrong with vintage jewels.
Price - although some rare pieces can go into thousands, there is no way you could by the quality, style, variety and design for the same price today.
Investment - if you know the trends you can make some pretty good investments, on occasion.
Antique and Vintage Watch fobs for watch chains also make beautiful charms and pendants. From Victorian times to Modern interpretations, they are classic!
Really charming antique Victorian Locket pendant or watch from with incised cover and dates engraved on the back. The first date is 1-1-89 (referring to 1889), then 5-6-90 (1890), 1-8-1901 and the last date is 1-13-39.
Beautiful vintage locket features an Art Nouveau inspired woman profile with flowing hair and a tiara. Unlike any other I have seen, this version has a definite Mexican flair to the features of the Repousse figure. It is round and fairly large at 1 3/16" in diameter.
A truly fabulous antique watch fob in Etruscan Revival style. It is entirely hand wrought in 800 Silver, with cannetille accents and a large oval Carnelian cabochon that is bezel set base. Intricate detail and elegant design which also includes reticulated silver dots. Certainly made by a master of the craft.
Antique Victorian gold filled hair locket with Banded Agate stones on both sides. Banded Agates are sometimes called Sardonyx. This is a hair locket, intended to hold a lock of your loved one's hair and an image on the other side. I believe this locket is entirely original, including the glass covers and bezels, and is about 130 years old.
Vintage oval locket with lovely hand chased cover and hand drawn flapper portrait inside. It measures approximately 7/8" tall not including the loop or the bail by 5/8" at the widest point and almost 3/8" thick Beautiful rope style sides.
Beautifully hand chased scrolls adorn one side of this antique Victorian Gold shell locket. The other side is engraved with initials so elaborate they are hard to read. The round locket measures 1" in diameter. Made for 2 pictures secured by pressure fitting. It is in excellent condition with only one line which is disguised by the scrolls.
Truly beautiful Art Nouveau period watch fob that makes a gorgeous pendant too! It measures 1" in diameter not counting the rings on the top. It is entirely hand made and set with a round glass cabochon that resembles green Onyx or Chrysoprase. The ring on the very top is 9/16" in diameter.