About Us
R&M Jewelry Collections
R&M Jewelry Collections is a family-owned business that began with my grandparents in the 1920s. Simeon was a farmer and blacksmith, and Teofila was a jewelry maker living in Bulacan, Philippines, who sought to combine their talents and passion for jewelry into a business.
What was created, though, was more than a business. Located in Central Market, Simeon and Theofila became “Jurado Jewellery,” thus starting a family legacy of craft jewelry.
It was important to my grandparents that family was the basis of this business. They shared their passion for jewelry with all those around them through free jewelry lessons they offered to the community.
Eventually, Simeon and Theofila passed the business down to my uncles, Pamfilo, Eladio, Celso, and my father, Lucio.
My mom, Cirila, besides her shoe stores, also helped on the retail side of the business, and my dad worked more on sales and repairs.
My journey with jewelry began when I was a kid, cleaning and polishing jewelry for my father.
Soon after, around 1987, when Michelle and I were in college, our love for collecting beautiful, exquisite jewelry started. We began to offer our collections to our families, friends, and schoolmates.
In 2018, we began to make our jewelry more public, and in 2022, we opened our online store making jewelry an official part of our lives.
With R&M Jewelry Collections, our goal is to strive and continue the legacy my grandparents started in the Philippines and give the same family-oriented experience here in the states.