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[blue92]

Is there a Defunct Jewelry stores thread here?

[blue92]

Is there a Defunct Jewelry stores thread here?

Well 32 views so I guess that answers my question. Well in that case I'll start.

Micheal's Jewelers on Memorial Dr. and out of their home office location.
Gordon's in several mall locations.
Sweeney E Co. Jewelers owned by Gorden's also several mall locations.
United Jewelers on Voss
Sterling's Jewelers Westheimer & Gessner.
Houston Watch Co. downtown Houston.
Battelstein's on Shepherd and in Memorial mall
Joske's Town and Company Village
Klor's Jewelers in the Rice strip center on Greenbrier and Holcombe
Tenenbaum Jewelers in West Chase Shopping Center.
Wolf's dept. Store in the 5th ward.

Just a few to start with. I did watch repair for all of these stores during the 70s. There's more stores I did work for that I'll try to find. I specialized in Bulova Accutron repairs. At one time I had 28 stores I did work for.

Everyone feel free to add names of your favorite Jewelry store that is no longer around.

[Subdude]

Wasn't there a United Jewelers on Fannin in the 1980s?

[blue92]

Wasn't there a United Jewelers on Fannin in the 1980s?

There was several United Jewelers stores, they were a chain owned by Gordon's Jewelers, who's home office was there in Houston. Gordon's owned a 9 story building in downtown Houston on Fannin St. In the mid 90s Gordon's was bought out by Zales. Gordon's back in the 70s/80s owned Gordon's, United Jewelers, Sweeney E & Co. Jewelers, Linz Brothers Jewelers. I'm thinking there were a couple other chains they owned but the names don't come to mind at the moment.

[KimmerTX]

Corrigans.

[Ross]

Maurice Levit. Had 8 stores at one time., I bought my wife's wedding ring at the Westheimer store, near Fountainview. Beautiful design work.

[blue92]

Corrigans.

Corrigan's was owned by a Houston family that started in 1922. Corrigan's was bought out by Zale's in the mid 50s. Regardless to what Wiki says, I know this because I worked for Houston Watch Co. that the original owners of Corrigan's started to stay in the jewelry business because of an agreement with Zale's not to use the Corrigan name to compete with them.

Edited by blue92, Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 6:25 PM.

[Hunter]

Isaacson's in Pasadena, TX. I think it use to be on Southmore and then moved to a store front some where on Fairmont next to a Randall's grocery store.