Timothy Statler has been a master jeweler in the Lehigh Valley for 30-plus years, and he knew Harsh Zaveri for more than 10 years as his main supplier for diamonds and fine jewelry. They joined forces in 2019 to form Timothy Zaveri Fine Jewelry. Between Zaveri's manufacturing expertise—including his Graduate Diamonds degree from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA)—and Statler's jewelry making and repair skills, the options are endless at Timothy Zaveri Fine Jewelry.
Harsh Zaveri & Timothy Statler
Owners
Tell us about how the Timothy Statler and Harsh Zaveri collaboration came to be! What's it been like working together?
We would always talk about how competitive we would be in the Lehigh Valley if we partnered up. As time went by, we spent more hours discussing how we could work together, and then the opportunity presented itself. Soon we learned that we were going to get very busy, as both of us had the knowledge and capability to accommodate anything our customers desired with excellence in quality and craftsmanship.
Describe the range of jewelry offerings available at Timothy Zaveri Fine Jewelry.
Our selection of jewelry is large. This was one of the advantages in becoming partners in trade. We have over a thousand designs in rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets. We have the ability to take an image from the customer—or just their vision—and create a computer model of the item. Recently, we have been redesigning items for customers using their existing diamonds and gemstones to make new and more fashion-forward jewelry that is now more the trend.
What trends are you seeing in fine jewelry?
The jewelry trend in the Lehigh Valley has remained very traditional. Our core customers generally like jewelry that is generational and traditional and can be passed on in the family.
We believe that simple yet elegant pieces are always a classic; therefore, never going out of style. Harsh is able to travel the world and see unique designs and bring new jewelry to our store and customers. This is a major advantage to the store as we have new merchandise every other week.
Tell us about the customization process. How exciting is it to work on customized engagement rings?
Working with customers for customized engagement rings gives us a chance to get to know them better, as well as the opportunity to exceed their expectations. Most brides already know exactly what they want, which makes our life easier. We love it when they show us a picture of something that they have seen online and we have it in stock. This is a great advantage of being the manufacturer as well as a wholesaler. We have the ability to size and set an engagement ring the very same day.
We love your “Yes!” mural outside of the building. How did you come up with that idea? Are shoppers having fun with it?
The mural idea was something we came up with three years ago. We had always envisioned a place in or around the store where customers could take pictures and call us their jeweler. When we were offered to take over the Counter Culture location, we were thrilled. As we walked around the building, we both looked at the wall and said, “That's where the mural is going.” Now, customers just love the wall. We have customers that come back after the wedding in their wedding dresses to take pictures. And it's not just the younger clientele that loves the wall—our older clientele loves it too. We have many people just walking up and down the street that stop and take photos.
Tell us about your jewelry repair offerings.
We are very different when it comes to jewelry repair. We wanted to make sure that customers are comfortable leaving their valuables. Timothy sits where people can see him do the repairs. It's not always possible for us to do same-day repairs; however, we try to accommodate our customers.
How do the two shop locations differ from one another?
Between our two locations we have similar merchandise. We have been secretly working on a project that's going to be new and exciting at the Cedar Crest location. We are hoping to get things going sometime in 2020.
1403 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown | 484.661.1869 | 532 N. 19th St., Allentown | 610.435.2470 | zaveridesigns.com
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