Levendi
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An engagement ring held in tweezers at the Levendi bench

Engagement rings · 139 Elizabeth Street, Sydney

An hour at the bench, before the ring is made.

A private appointment with the family that has made engagement rings under its own name since 1967.

  • How longAn hour. It ends when it ends.
  • What it costsNothing. Complimentary, by appointment.
  • Where139 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
  • WhoMike or Panos Levendi, at the table.
Request an appointment A minute of notes first, so the bench has something ready.
Request an appointment or call (02) 9231 1088

The appointment

What the hour actually is.

No counter. No queue. A table, a tray of loose stones, and the people who will make the piece.

  1. 01

    The table

    You sit down. Nothing is on display that is not for you, and nobody is standing behind you.

  2. 02

    The stones

    Loose stones come out on the tray — under the loupe, in daylight, with their certificates beside them. You handle them.

  3. 03

    The drawing

    The setting is drawn while you watch. Proportions, height, how it will sit against a wedding band in ten years.

  4. 04

    The number

    Before you leave, you know what the piece costs to make and why. Nothing follows you out of the room.

Most people come once to look and once to decide. Both hours are complimentary.

Consultation in progress
139 Elizabeth StreetA Levendi consultation in progress at the showroom table

The room, on a Tuesday

Loose stones, loupe
Levendi trayLoose diamonds and a loupe on a Levendi leather tray

Who is at the table

Mike and Panos Levendi.

Sophia and Nicholas Levendi opened the bench in 1967. The family has not left it since. One of the brothers is in the building most days, and one of them will be sitting across from you.

You will not be handed to a salesperson, because there isn't one.

The houseA Greek family house since 1967. In Sydney since 1985.
The benchDrawn, cut and set at 139 Elizabeth Street.
Mike and Panos Levendi
in the showroomMike and Panos Levendi in the Levendi showroom

Before the hour

A few notes, so the bench has something ready.

It takes about a minute, and none of it commits you to anything. We use it to decide what comes out of the safe before you arrive.

Appointments recommended. If a calendar is not for you, the number below reaches the room.

Call (02) 9231 1088

One of two — about the ring About a minute
One answer is still missing. It is marked below.

When is the ring needed?

Nothing here is a commitment, and no answer is wrong.

For An engagement ring

When it is needed

A rough answer is enough.

Where the stone sits in the making

It decides what we bring to the table. It does not decide how you are received.

Optional. One line is plenty.

Your answers go to the bench, not to a mailing list.

Your details are still needed. They are marked below.

Where we reach you.

Mornings are quietest. Saturdays are by request. The hour is chosen on the next screen.

We need a name for the appointment book.

A house cannot hold an hour for someone it cannot reach.

Confirmation and the address, nothing else.

Check this one — the confirmation goes here.

Your details are used to arrange the hour and nothing else.

We confirm by phone within one business day. Nothing is charged, and no card is taken.

That did not reach us. Nothing you typed is lost — try once more, or call the number at the top of the page and the room will take it down directly.

The brief is with the bench. Now the hour.

Your notes are already with us, so nothing below asks for them again. Choose a time that suits and the room is yours.

If nothing here suits, the number at the foot of this page reaches the room directly. Open the calendar in a new window

Where
139 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Entry details come with the confirmation.
For
An engagement ring
Bring
Nothing at all — or a photograph, a drawing, or a piece already in the family.
Call (02) 9231 1088

A confirmation is on its way. Nothing else will be sent.

Made once

Drawn, cut and set at 139 Elizabeth Street.

What follows the hour, in four steps. Every frame below was photographed on this bench.

CAD screen · calipers on a stoneA Levendi jeweller modelling a ring on screen and measuring a stone
01

Drawn

The setting is modelled and measured against your stone, not against a size chart.

Resin prototype · beside a loose stoneA resin ring prototype beside a loose princess-cut diamond
02

Proved

A prototype comes off the printer so the ring can be tried on a hand before any metal is cut.

Hands setting · at the bench pegHands setting diamonds at the Levendi bench peg
03

Set

Stones go in by hand, at the peg, one at a time. This is the part nobody can hurry.

Finished ring · in tweezersA finished Levendi engagement ring held in tweezers
04

Finished

It leaves the bench once, for one person, and is never made a second time.

The Levendi bench
pendant motor · rolling mill · mandrelsThe Levendi workshop bench with its tools

The house

A Greek family house since 1967. In Sydney since 1985.

Fifty-nine years of the same work — and a short list of people outside the family who have said so in writing.

De Beers · 1995Recognised by the house that sets the standard for the stone.
Fabergé · 2000Commissioned to make the Sydney Egg.
Diamond Guild Australia · 2018Awarded by the trade, judged by jewellers.
House of ExcellenceConflict-free, fully traceable stones. Papers with every one.

The address

139 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

One room, one bench, one door. The pieces are made in the same building they are sold in — rarer now than it should be, and the whole reason the hour is worth having in person.

Address
139 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Hours
By appointment
Request an appointment Call the room

Appointments recommended

The hour is yours before the ring is.

A minute of notes, then a time. Complimentary, at 139 Elizabeth Street.

Request an appointment or call (02) 9231 1088

Levendi

A Greek family house since 1967. In Sydney since 1985.

139 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000

(02) 9231 1088
By appointment

This page exists to arrange an hour at the bench. Nothing is sold on it.