Five things you don’t know about plating the Apple Watch Series 2
Five things you don’t know about plating the Apple Watch Getting an Apple Watch gold-plated is an inexpensive way to have the look of the pricey Apple Edition watches—but there are several factors that, if not considered, can end up costing you more. The Apple Watch is now finally yours. You’ve waited a long time—you’ve […]
First images of a gold plated Apple Watch
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Apple Watch Plating: Five Questions You Need To Ask It’s been eight months since Apple revealed their intent to market a smart watch to the world. During that time, our team at Metal Arts Specialties (owners of Artisan Plating) formed a joint venture with The Time Preserve team to research the proposed Apple design. […]
Restoring Vintage Charm Bracelets
Before twitter, there was glitter In the age of instant gratification, people have become careless with their memories. With the help of a camera phone, every mundane detail is preserved to the point where one can no longer distinguish the banal from the memorable. The pictures are there, but the feelings are not. There was […]
Token and Medal Society 50 Year Pins
The Token and Medal Society: Having fun and preserving history Founded in 1960, The token and medal society (TAMS) is more than just collecting coins. Known as “exonumia”, TAMS is an organization that is dedicated to the collection, discussion and preservation of an eclectic assortment of tokens, medals, badges and medallions representing all aspects of […]
Treasures from the dongtai road antique market
Dongtai road antique market: Where dragons go to bargain Whether you are a bargain hunter or not, those who visit Shanghai will definitely enjoy the dongtai road antique market in Shanghai. Located in the LuWan district, you’ll find an endless array of bronze statues, jade miniatures, vintage Mao era propaganda posters, old shanghai memorabilia, all […]
Stainless Steel Apple Watch
Interested in changing your stainless steel Apple Watch® into gold? You love the look, but you don’t want to spend 10k-20k on the new Apple Watch? The good news is that Apple is offering many of their models in finely crafted stainless steel. We are very excited to announce that beginning May 1st 2015, the […]
Gold Apple Watch
IMPORTANT MESSAGE – Apple Watch Plating: Five Questions You Need To Ask Interested in owning a gold Apple Watch? Not all Apples are golden but yours can be! We are very excited to announce that beginning May 1st 2015, the Artisan plating team will be providing gold plating services for selected stainless steel models from […]
From the archives: Michelle Kwan Medal Project
Opening the plating archives Over the last 40 years, we have accumulated thousands of pictures of objects that we have plated. After the project is finished, the pictures are filed away and not looked at again. It wasn’t until recently that we began to digitize our archives that we’ve had a chance to look back […]
