An atelier above Skoufa Street.
Slow gold. Worn for generations
A fine jewellery atelier in Kolonaki, Athens. 18ct gold, 950 platinum, and stones we can paper-trace. Two collections a year, plus the bespoke commissions that account for most of our work.
“Aris pulled six sapphires from the library and asked me to wait twenty minutes before deciding. By the end of the twenty minutes I was certain. Despoina's wax model was the ring I have worn for four years.”
“I commissioned a pair of cufflinks for my father's eightieth birthday. Despoina's hand-engraving is the best I have seen on this side of Hatton Garden. The case the cufflinks came in is itself a small piece of art.”
“My grandmother bought from Apostolos in 1968. My mother bought from Aphrodite in 1991. I have now bought my engagement ring from Despoina. The maker's hallmark on all three pieces is the same letter. That is what I came for.”
“I asked for an unheated Madagascan in the 1.8–2.2ct range and Aris had me sit in the library for an afternoon while he pulled five candidates. He told me which one he would buy himself, and why. I bought that one.”
“The conversation about my grandmother's stones — what to keep, what to recut, what to retire — was the most respectful jewellery conversation I have had. Aris dissuaded me from a recut I would have regretted and persuaded me into one I love.”
Diamonds (D–H, IF–VS2, mostly brilliant cut, a few rose-cut and old-mine cut), sapphires (Madagascar, Sri Lanka, occasional Kashmir), rubies (Burma — heated only with full disclosure), emeralds (Colom
Every piece we have made is welcome back, for life. We clean, polish, and re-tip prongs free of charge for original clients; we charge at cost for resizing and stone replacement. We also accept inheri