The Crescent Band, a gold ring photographed on dark stone

Montreal · Est. 1984

Atelier Lune

Fine jewellery, made to order

The House

A bench, a window, and very few pieces.

Atelier Lune started in 1984 as a repair bench at the back of a watch shop on Rue Saint Paul. Marguerite Lune fixed clasps by day and cast her own rings at night, and after two winters the rings were paying the rent.

Not much has changed. We still work from one room in Old Montreal, still melt our own gold, and still say no more often than yes. Every piece is made to order for the person who will wear it, which takes about eight weeks and cannot really be rushed.

If you want a ring by Friday, we are the wrong house. If you want a ring your granddaughter argues over, come and see us.

0 Years at the bench
0 Pieces made in a year, never more
0 Atelier, on Rue Saint Paul
The Collection

Five pieces. That is the whole line.

Each one exists because a client asked for it and we could not stop thinking about it. Hover a piece to see it worn. Prices are starting points, in Canadian dollars, before stones.

Worn The Crescent Band, a slim yellow gold ring on dark velvet The Crescent Band worn on a hand

Crescent Band

From $2,400

18k yellow gold

Worn The Lune Signet, an engraved signet ring on stone The Lune Signet worn on a little finger

Lune Signet

From $1,850

18k gold, hand engraved

Worn The Porcelain Drops, a pair of pale drop earrings The Porcelain Drops worn with hair pulled back

Porcelain Drops

From $2,950

Gold and cold enamel

Worn The Oxblood Garnet, a deep red stone in a gold setting The Oxblood Garnet ring worn on an index finger

Oxblood Garnet

From $3,600

Garnet, closed back setting

Worn The Full Moon Pendant, a round pendant on a fine chain The Full Moon Pendant worn over a dark sweater

Full Moon Pendant

From $2,150

18k gold, brushed finish

Crescent Band · From $2,400

Drag the ring or use the arrows

The Craft

Eight weeks, three chapters.

Nothing here is outsourced. The same hands that draw your piece will pour it, file it, and set it.

Pencil drawings of rings on tracing paper beside a scale rule

The drawing

It starts with a conversation and a pencil. We sketch with you at the bench, in your scale, on your hand. You leave with nothing and we redraw it until the line sits still. Most pieces take three drawings. Some take eleven.

Weeks one and two

A carved wax ring model held over a workbench flame

The wax and the pour

The drawing becomes a carved wax, and the wax becomes gold in a single pour. We cast in small crucibles, one piece at a time, using metal we refine ourselves. If the pour is not clean we melt it and start again. Nobody is told. It just happens.

Weeks three to five

A stone being set into a gold ring under a bench lamp

The stone and the setting

Setting is the slow part. A stone is cut once and set forever, so the seat is filed in passes you would need a loupe to see. Then the piece is finished by hand, signed inside, and photographed once for our records before it leaves.

Weeks six to eight

Private Appointments

Come and sit at the bench.

Visits are private and unhurried. Bring the person the piece is for, or keep it a secret. Either way the kettle is on, the stones come out of the safe, and nobody will ask you to decide anything on the day.

  • Thursday to Saturday
  • 404 Rue Saint Paul E
  • By appointment only
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