Expertise in precious metals for jewellery, watches and other decorative products

Your ideas deserve materials and solutions that combine precision, design freedom, and reliable quality. Heimerle + Meule supports this industry with precious metal products, specialized manufacturing processes, and comprehensive expertise.

  • Precious Metal Semi-Finished Products for Creative Manufacturing

  • Ring blanks and the Ring-O ring configurator for custom designs

  • Surface finishing for jewellery, watch components, and other decorative products

  • Recycling and recovery of valuable precious metals

Precious metal products and services for the industry

The industry combines creative design with precision craftsmanship, select materials, and reliable manufacturing processes. Heimerle + Meule offers a comprehensive portfolio of precious metal products and specialized services. This portfolio supports jewelry designers, goldsmiths, jewellers, wedding ring manufacturers, watchmakers, and studios specializing in unique decorative products in a wide range of applications and production requirements.

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium alloys provide material options for different jewellery designs and production methods.

Material and alloy choice

Sheets, strips, wires, rods, tubes, ring blanks, cast products, solders, anodes, and machined parts support production.

Forms for manufacturing

Turned and milled precious metal parts support individual pieces, series production, and components for luxury products.

Precision and processing

Electroplating, PVD coating, electroplating chemicals, equipment, and COLORIT® enable decorative surface design.

Surfaces and appearance

Integrated support for jewellery production

The Heimerle + Meule portfolio covers materials, configured ring blanks, precision components, surface finishing, workshop processes, recycling, analysis, and precious metal trading. Each service addresses a distinct stage in jewellery or watch production while connecting material supply, processing, and recovered precious metals.

Semi-finished precious metals

Choose from sheets, strips, wires, profile wires, rods, profile rods, tubes, profile tubes, ring blanks, bangle blanks, cast products, solders, anodes, coin blanks, and turned or milled parts. Available precious metal options include gold, silver, platinum, and palladium alloys.

Configured ring blanks online

Ring-O enables users to configure profile ring blanks through a three-dimensional interface. The configurator displays the selected ring during configuration and supports choices relating to shape, alloy, and dimensions. Weight and price calculations are provided during the configuration process.

Turned and milled components

Heimerle + Meule manufactures turned and milled parts from common precious metal alloys. The portfolio includes precision parts, individual items and series production for the jewellery and watch industry, as well as precious metal components for applications in the luxury sector.

Surface finishing services

Rack electroplating supports individual items and different batch sizes, including sensitive jewellery and watch components. PVD coating complements galvanic surface finishing and can be combined with electroplating processes. The available coating must be selected for the specific component.

Applications across jewellery and watchmaking

The portfolio supports specialist workshops and industrial manufacturers at different production stages. Relevant applications range from raw material preparation and ring configuration to precision machining, surface design, workshop electroplating, and the recovery of precious metals from production residues.

Jewellery manufacturing

Semi-finished precious metals provide sheets, wires, tubes, rods, solders, cast products, and other forms for creating jewellery pieces.

Wedding ring production

Ring blanks and profile ring blanks support wedding ring concepts, while Ring-O provides a digital route for individual configuration.

Watch components

Precision-turned and milled precious metal parts support individual and series production for jewellery and watch applications.

Decorative surfaces

Rack electroplating and PVD coating provide routes for finishing jewellery, watch parts, and other sensitive decorative components.

Atelier and workshop use

Stock materials, electroplating chemicals, compact equipment, and COLORIT® support day-to-day work in goldsmith and watchmaker workshops.

Specialist products and processes

Different production tasks require different materials, technologies, and specialist services. Heimerle + Meule provides defined routes for ring configuration, precision components, colored design, workshop electroplating, external surface finishing, and the recovery and settlement of precious metals.

Ring blanks and Ring-O

Profile ring blanks can be selected for specific designs, while Ring-O supports digital configuration, visualization, and ordering.

Precision components

Turned and milled parts made from precious metal alloys are produced for individual pieces and series applications.

Electroplating services

Rack electroplating supports decorative surface finishing for individual pieces, different batch sizes, and sensitive parts.

PVD coating services

PVD coating complements electroplating and provides an additional route for finishing jewellery and watch components.

COLORIT® design material

COLORIT® is a ceramic-reinforced composite material for colored jewellery design that can be ground and polished.

Recycling and refining

Precious metal residues are analyzed, refined, and settled through available metal return, account, or payment routes.

Products and digital access points

Continue with the product or service route that matches the next task in the jewellery or watchmaking process. Explore the semi-finished product range, configure profile ring blanks through Ring-O, or access stock materials and workshop products through the digital Das Halbzeug platform.

Semi-finished products

Explore precious metal sheets, wires, rods, tubes, blanks, cast products, solders, anodes, and machined components.

Ring-O configurator

Configure profile ring blanks digitally with choices relating to the ring shape, precious metal alloy, and dimensions.

Das Halbzeug platform

Access stock materials and selected products for goldsmiths, silversmiths, ateliers, and jewellery workshops online.

Closing the precious metal cycle

Jewellery and watch production can generate precious metal residues that retain recoverable value. Heimerle + Meule combines consultation, laboratory analysis, in-house refining, shipping support, and different settlement routes, including metal accounts, precious metal products, or payment.

Why jewellery professionals choose us

Founded in 1845, Heimerle + Meule combines 180+ years of expertise with precious metal semi-finished products, ring blanks, machining, surface finishing, electroplating products, recycling, laboratory analysis, and trading. This connected portfolio supports material decisions and onward processing within one specialist network.

180+ years of expertise

Heimerle + Meule has worked with precious metals since 1845 and continues to develop its products and services.

Connected specialist services

Materials, components, surfaces, recycling, analysis, and trading connect different stages of precious metal use.

Materials and product forms

The portfolio covers precious metal alloys and multiple forms for creative, workshop, and series manufacturing.

Digital product access

Ring-O and Das Halbzeug provide digital routes for configured ring blanks and selected workshop materials.

Precious metal recovery

Laboratory analysis, refining, and settlement options support the return of recoverable precious metals to use.

Frequently asked questions about jewellery and watchmaking solutions

The following answers provide an overview of precious metal semi-finished products, ring blanks, precision components, decorative surfaces, electroplating products, recycling, and digital access points. Product selection, material suitability, dimensions, and process requirements must be evaluated for each individual application.

The portfolio includes sheets, strips, wires, profile wires, rods, profile rods, tubes, profile tubes, ring blanks, profile ring blanks, bangle blanks, turned and milled parts, coin blanks, cast products, solders, and anodes.

The jewelry portfolio includes gold, silver, platinum, and palladium alloys. The appropriate alloy depends on the selected product form, manufacturing method, design, and application requirements.

Yes. Ring-O supports the digital configuration of profile ring blanks. The configurator provides a three-dimensional visualization and supports choices relating to shape, alloy, and dimensions.

Heimerle + Meule manufactures turned and milled parts from common precious metal alloys. The service covers individual items and series production for jewelry, watch, and luxury-sector applications.

Heimerle + Meule provides rack electroplating for individual items and different batch sizes. PVD coating is available as a complementary surface finishing process and can be combined with galvanic processes.

COLORIT® is a ceramic-reinforced composite material for colored jewellery design. The material is applied to prepared workpieces, cured under blue light, and can subsequently be ground and polished.

Yes. Heimerle + Meule analyzes and refines precious metal-bearing materials. Recovered metals can be credited to a precious metal account, returned as precious metal products, or settled through payment.

Selected stock materials and workshop products are available through Das Halbzeug. Profile ring blanks can be configured separately through the Ring-O platform.

Discuss your jewellery or watchmaking requirements with our specialists

Contact Heimerle + Meule to discuss precious metal forms, alloys, configured ring blanks, precision components, surface finishing, recycling, workshop equipment or chemical products for your specific application.

Industry & Technology

Explore precious metals, technical components, material analysis, recycling, and related services for demanding industrial applications worldwide.

Surface Technology & Electroplating

Discover electroplating chemicals, equipment, coating services, PVD processes, and technical support for functional and decorative surfaces.

Recycling & Circular Economy

Learn how precious metal-bearing materials are analyzed, refined, recovered, and returned to use through transparent recycling processes worldwide.

Dental & Medical Technology

Explore materials, products, analytical services, and recycling routes developed for applications in dental and medical technology worldwide.

Precious Metal Trading & Investment

Discover precious metal trading, physical metal provision, investment products, metal accounts, and related services for professional needs.

About Heimerle + Meule

Learn about Heimerle + Meule, its 180+ years of precious metal expertise, company development, values, and position within HM Precious Metals.