The sparkle machine behind the counter
Every jeweller knows the moment: the customer's ring goes in dull and comes back five minutes later looking like the day it sold. That moment closes repairs, upsells services and sells the machine a hundred times over.
Front of house and back of bench
Customer cleans while they wait: rings, chains and bracelets — polish residue, hand cream and skin oils out of settings in 3–5 minutes. The before/after is the best sales tool in the shop.
Post-polish rouge and tripoli stripped from claws, galleries and undercuts before rhodium or delivery — no cotton-bud archaeology.
Cases, bracelets and (movement out) parts cleaned in the small basket; degas mode for fresh solutions keeps results consistent.
Quick rinse, blow dry, present on the pad. Total counter time: under ten minutes.
What goes in — and what stays out
Why the trade standardised on ultrasonics
It sells while it cleans
A free five-minute clean turns a browse into a sitting customer, a repair drop-off into an upsell, and a dull ring into a referral.
Finish quality
Rouge out of every claw and gallery before plating — rejects and re-polishes fall away when the prep is cavitation instead of cotton buds.
Bench economics
A $1,622.50 machine doing five counter cleans a day pays for itself in goodwill alone before you count the repair prep it does at the back.
The machines the trade buys
PS 603
The counter classic — compact, quiet, five-minute customer cleans and daily bench prep.
View or buy →
PS 605
Deeper tank for watch bracelets, long chains hung on the rack and standing parts.
View or buy →Add the jewellery/parts rack and mesh clasp basket — small items stay suspended, separated and findable.
Typical starting cycle — refined in your first week
| Chemistry | AquaVantage 1696 GD — near-neutral at pH 7.9–8.3, the gentle one we run for jewellery and watch work. No caustics or acids, ever, in these tanks |
| Temperature | 40–50 °C |
| Power | Low (set pieces) · Med (unset metal) |
| Time | 3–5 min counter · 5–10 min bench |
| Then | Rinse · blow dry · present |
Starting points only — part condition, chemistry and load set the final card. We help you dial it in.
Asked every week
Is it safe for diamond rings?
Which stones must stay out?
Will it remove tarnish from silver?
Can I clean watches in it?
What does the counter setup cost?
What are you cleaning?
Tell us what the part is, what comes off it, and what it has to pass. Technical sales will tell you whether ultrasonics is the right answer for that part and what it takes to run it on your own floor.