The Steven Kretchmer story starts with a curious boy and his profound love of metal. Young Steven liked to walk around his neighborhood collecting pieces of metal to meld into playthings and miniature sculptures. These unique creations reflected his limitless imagination, and although the Kretchmer bloodline can be traced back several generations to jewelers of Romanian royalty, Steven’s interest in precious metals and fine jewelry was self-initiated. While Steven didn’t know it at the time, this early captivation with the malleable nature and magnetic power of metal was the beginning of a journey into metallurgy and jewelry design that would earn him 14 patents and leave an enduring legacy in the world of jewelry design. Now under the leadership of Steven’s stepdaughter Claudia in our new home in Scottsdale, Arizona, Steven Kretchmer carries the torch of Steven’s insatiable passion for precious metals and fine jewelry design. Like Steven himself, we embody that unusual and captivating mix of old and new. We playfully and proudly blend science with whimsy, metal with magic to conceive wearable works of art that are distinctive, timeless and deeply meaningful to their owners. All of our pieces are designed and custom-made in-house, and we hold fervently to the belief that it is not our job to “sell” jewelry; a piece of jewelry and its wearer choose each other. Our responsibility to our clients is to educate and inspire them to discover and own their uniquely personal style. Steven himself once said, “I design future classics that become heirlooms… I do not redo what has been done.” These are words we continue to live and work by.