Lifetime exchange

Most gold jewellery sits in a locker or a bank vault unworn, outliving its design but never the metal underneath. Lifetime exchange lets you bring those pieces in — old bangles, gifted pendants you don't wear, hallmarked or not, our pieces or any other jeweller's — and trade them toward something you'll actually use.

How the exchange works

1. Bring the piece in, or send photos. WhatsApp us photos and any documents you have (original bill, hallmark card). For pieces over ₹1,00,000, we'll ask you to bring them in to the showroom for a hands-on valuation.
2. Live valuation. We weigh the piece on a BIS-calibrated scale, test purity (XRF for non-hallmarked gold, loupe + lab tools for stones), and compute the value at that day's gold rate. The deduction we make for refining is fixed and transparent.
3. Apply against a new purchase. The valuation becomes a credit you can use against any piece — full or partial payment, online or in-store.

What we accept

• 22K, 18K, and 24K gold jewellery — hallmarked or not.
• Diamond solitaires and certified diamond jewellery (we re-grade in-house).
• Coins and bars.
• Old broken or damaged pieces — value comes from the metal, not the design.

What we don't accept

• Costume / imitation jewellery (no real gold content).
• Stolen goods — we verify ownership documentation for high-value pieces.
• Pieces with non-removable filler material that prevents accurate weighing.

Refining deduction explained

Old jewellery has to be melted and re-refined before it becomes new jewellery. The refining process loses a small percentage of the metal — about 1.5% to 3% depending on the alloy. We charge only the actual refining cost, not a profit margin on top.

For 22K hallmarked gold from us: we charge a flat 1% refining deduction. For 22K hallmarked gold from another jeweller: 2%. For non-hallmarked gold (purity must be tested first): 2.5%. These are well below the industry average of 5% – 10% deductions.

Why "lifetime"

It really is lifetime. A piece you bought from us in 2008 is exchangeable today. A piece you inherited from a great-aunt and haven't touched is exchangeable. The value just follows the gold rate of the day you bring it in.

We see this as the way jewellery should work — pieces that flow through generations, sometimes melted down, sometimes re-set, sometimes simply traded for something more useful right now. The gold itself never disappears.