Description

Specialties

• Handcrafted, signed and numbered jewelry pieces.
• Unique and esoteric gemstones and phenomenal gems, cut and polished in their own workshop.

1901

• Oscar and Nathan apprenticed with their great-uncle in Kharkiv, a believed workmaster for Faberge..

1906

• Oscar & Nathan moved to New York.
• Skilled in platinum work, they were uniquely trained and highly desirable and became known as “The Jewelers’ Jeweler.”

1909

• Oscar went to work for the newly opened Cartier, New York.

1911

• The rest of the Heyman family arrives in New York City.

1912

• Oscar Heyman & Brothers (Oscar, Nathan & Harry) opened at 47 Maiden Lane.
• Supplied high-quality platinum jewelry to the trade.

Jeweler’s Jeweler for:

• Cartier
• Van Cleef & Arpels
• Marcus & Co.
• Tiffany & Co.

1916-1942

• Secured 7 patents including:
  • Secure invisible bracelet clasp.
  • Security pin for double-clip brooches.
  • Nearly exclusive US supplier of invisibly set jewels to Van Cleef & Arpels.
  • Die stamping machine

1920

• The firm moves to 71 Nassau St and Louis and William join the family business.

1922

• To increase proximity to their jeweler clients they move to 48 W. 40th St.

1933

• The firm begins to buy Columbian emeralds directly from the mine.

1936

• The firm makes a move to 642 Fifth Ave. and Oscar joins a consortium to purchase the Crown of the Andes.

1939

• Oscar Heyman & Bros. begins an affiliation with Van Cleef & Arpels.

1942

• Bombsights and jeweled bearings for the war effort are produced in their workshop.

1964

• In affiliation with the Linde Star Company, they designed the commemorative necklace for the New York World’s Fair.

1969

• Created the necklace for Cartier to highlight the Taylor-Burton Diamond.
• Relocation to 501 Madison Ave.

1970

• Death of Oscar Heyman.

Today:

• Oscar Heyman & Bros. remains a family-run operation employing many relatives of the original team.

JCK:

• c.1934: 58 W. 40th St. New York NY
• c.1943 – c. 1950: 642 Fifth Ave. New York NY