My grandmother got this beautiful sapphire, emerald, and ruby 3 ring set on April 6, 1985. I enjoy…read morewearing them.

What an amazing place - a treasure trove of antique seals, jewelry and other wonderful things,…read moreright on the main tourist drag but a world away from it as well. My aunt and I spent a wonderful afternoon picking out the perfect presents (for ourselves) helped by the wonderful owner and his daughter. Things are precious - but prices are very fair. Can't recommend highly enough especially if you are in love with history and lovely artifacts thereof ....

It is odd, it is downright embarrassing, to be the first to note the presence in Salzburg of the…read moregreatest jeweller in Austria, for 150 years chief jeweller to the deeply lamented Imperial court, and one the great jewellers of Europe. To look through Köchert's catalogue 1810-1950 (sadly hard to find) is to think that one has fallen, along with Coleridge, into Kubla-Khan's pleasure dome. The house is Viennese, but the affable and enthusiastic Florian Köchert has had the excellent idea of opening a small, really, intimate, boutique in the Alte Markt. If you are a two-day tourist here, do you really need to buy court jewellery? Possibly not, but Mr. Florian has taken Salzburg's character as the hunting and field sports capitol of Austria (all this and music too!) and its enthusiasm for the best tailoring of Austrian dress to design beautiful articles for 'hunting' fashion: cuff links with miniatures of deer and game birds, necklaces of pheasant miniatures, broaches the same. This is real jewellery, and expensive, but it is unique and charming. This small store has the resources of Vienna behind it, and can sell you a diamond and sapphire tiara if you need one for a special evening-- but it has its own, and very special style as well.

Beautiful shop. Lovely antiques, jewelry, art and handcrafts…read more One of my favorite places to find unique items.

The air chills when you enter. The disapproving stares of the staff make their way down their long…read morepointy noses right into your soul. You feel the warm air of the security guard on your neck. They glance back and forth from your wrist to your face with a look that says, "Now, just what do you want and how long are you going to be here?" The owner enters the room, his presence announced. He also looks from your wrist to your face in judgement. I try to make conversation asking how many pieces they get a year. "I am not going to discuss that with you but you can do the math easily," Was his reply. What is for you, the reader, to decide is which is the bigger tragedy? Is it that a storied brand of luxury and prestige lost the opportunity to have a conversation with a fellow watch enthusiast, educate them more about the brand, and create even more loyalty? Or is it that this store actually treated another human being with such disrespect and scorn that you leave feeling like a pile of garbage?