About us
At Golden Hour Vintage, we're always busy with jewelry, both in the brick & mortar and online worlds. With over seven years of experience in the jewelry industry, we're ready to serve you with the most beautiful vintage jewelry. Every piece in our collection is personally selected, inspected, and prepared for a new life.
Golden Hour Vintage collaborates with SeriousWatches . We operate from the same location in Friesland, with the same showroom and the same team! We're eager to bring our 5-star personal service from the watch world to vintage jewelry!
Choosing vintage jewelry is a sustainable choice . Vintage jewelry doesn't require the use of new raw materials, minimizing our environmental impact. The production of a single new gold ring generates 20 to 60 tons of highly toxic waste and uses 40,000 to 120,000 liters of freshwater. Mining 1 kilo of gold is equivalent to 17,000 tons of CO2 emissions. With a piece of vintage jewelry, this process is unnecessary, allowing us all to work towards a circular society and a livable future.
Our vintage and pre-loved collection consists exclusively of sterling silver, bronze, and solid 8-karat, 9-karat, 14-karat, and 18-karat gold jewelry. We do not sell gold-plated, gold-filled, or stainless steel jewelry. Furthermore, all our items feature natural gemstones , unless otherwise stated. You can be confident that our jewelry will not tarnish and will last for generations to come! We deliberately keep our selection small so we can offer everything with complete confidence and care, and avoid becoming a box-pusher.
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Would you like to see jewelry in real life?
We would be pleased to welcome you to our Boutique in Drachten. Make an appointment If you come by, we will ensure that the jewelry is ready for you and that we have an employee available to receive you.
We are open Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm.
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Sold out?
Everything we offer for sale on our website is in stock. Therefore, we can guarantee fast shipping. If a piece of jewelry is sold out, it will be clearly displayed. Our collection consists of vintage and pre-loved items, so only one of each is available. However, there's a chance a similar piece will be added to the collection in the future!
If an item is returned, it will be restocked. Keep an eye on the website.
Materials
Our vintage and pre-loved collection features solid gold jewelry. All our jewelry features natural gemstones (unless otherwise noted). Our jewelry will last for generations to come!
Please note: antique jewelry may be gold-filled. This will always be indicated. Gold-filled jewelry can tarnish over time. Take good care of this historic jewelry, and you'll enjoy it for many years to come.
Gold jewelry is always made from a mix of pure gold and other materials like copper and silver. Pure gold (24 karat) is too soft to make jewelry for everyday use. The number of karats indicates the gold content of a piece of jewelry. The higher the karat, the more pure gold a piece contains. Below are the differences:
8 carat: 333/1000 or 33.3% gold
9 carat: 375/1000 or 37.5% gold
14 carat: 585/1000 or 58.5% gold
18 carat: 750/1000 or 75% gold
The gold content sometimes reveals something about the jewelry's origin. For example, in Germany you'll see jewelry made of 8-carat, in England 9-carat, in the Netherlands 14-carat, and in France 18-carat.
Most of our jewelry is hallmarked. Sometimes a hallmark is no longer clearly visible because the jewelry has been worn. We always perform a gold test using a touchstone and a touchstone. We also test the hardness of the stones in the jewelry to determine their type. This way, you can always be sure you're buying a quality product!
Barse jewelry is known for its colorful gemstones and solid materials like silver, bronze, and copper. All Barse jewelry is handmade using metal casting or the lost-wax method.
Vintage & Pre-loved
Our Golden Hour Vintage jewelry is ready for a second life. It's pre-loved and may therefore show signs of wear. Each piece is unique and special; there's no other piece like it! Please keep in mind that your jewelry isn't new and may contain imperfections such as small scratches, chips, and blemishes. Any defects that could affect the use or quality of an item will always be mentioned. All jewelry is always checked and cleaned before being added to the collection.
Please note: (Vintage) jewelry is a functional item that can always be damaged and requires maintenance. When worn daily, a setting may loosen and/or a stone may become dislodged. Outside of the warranty period, we do not offer solutions/compensation/repairs for such defects. Please keep this in mind when making your purchase!
Warranty
We offer a 30-day warranty from the date of purchase. The warranty expires if a piece of jewelry has been altered or repaired by an outside jeweler or goldsmith.
If there's anything wrong with your jewelry within 30 days of purchase, please email us immediately with a detailed description to info@goldenhourvintage.nl. We'll assess your situation as quickly as possible.
Under warranty, the first priority is always repair. If this isn't possible or the costs are disproportionate, we'll look into a replacement product or you'll receive a credit note.
Please note: a (vintage) piece of jewelry is a practical object that can always be damaged and requires maintenance. When a piece of jewelry is worn daily, a setting may become loose and/or a stone may become detached. Outside of the warranty period, we do not offer any service for such defects. solution/compensation/repairs. Please keep this in mind when making your purchase!
Excluded from warranty:
- When the jewelry has been repaired or adjusted by another party after purchase.
- If the (ring) size of the jewelry turns out to be incorrect after 14 days.
- Damage caused by wearing the jewelry (normal, unavoidable wear and tear)
- Wear and tear caused by wearing jewelry in bed.
- Damage due to falling, impact, breakage, getting stuck, bent ring, etc.
- Loss of stone(s). The setting has been checked, but if the ring is bent, an unfortunate bump to the setting, or a bent prong can cause the stone to fall out of the setting.
- Scratches or cracks on the stone occur after sale.
- Theft or loss of the jewelry.
- Loss of pousettes (backs of studs)
- Discoloration of the jewelry due to chemical products, silver dip, makeup, perfume, hairspray, cleaning agents, skin acid, salt water, chlorine, etc.
Read our care guide for extending the lifespan.
Shipping & Returns
If you place your order Monday through Friday before 3:00 PM, your order will be shipped the same day. Shipping costs are calculated at checkout and are free within the Netherlands for orders over €175.
For all orders under €175, shipping costs will be charged:
Netherlands: €7.95
EU (European Union): €12.95
International: €19.95
Is your purchase not quite to your liking? You always have a 14-day cooling-off period after receiving the jewelry. The jewelry must be in the same condition as when you received it. If you wish to return the jewelry, please contact us by email (info@goldenhourvintage.nl). It's also important to keep a shipping confirmation when returning your jewelry. This will prevent any issues with lost shipments. You are responsible for the return shipping costs.
99% of our orders are delivered to PostNL within our "ordered before 3:00 PM, shipped the same day" guarantee. If this is not possible, we will contact you and offer you the opportunity to cancel the purchase. Within the Netherlands, the package will generally be delivered the next day. For Belgium and Luxembourg, delivery takes 1-2 business days with UPS, FedEx, or DHL (but the package will, of course, be shipped the same day if you order before 3:00 PM).
Once we've registered the package with PostNL, you'll receive the track & trace code. It may take some time for the code to become active (on the PostNL website).