Kainz Goldschmied

Wedding rings at Kainz Goldschmied are forged in a Basel family business that also repairs jewelry, services watches and runs a second-hand jewelry shop, and couples reach it through the goldsmith side. Each wedding pair is designed as two unique rings that belong together while keeping the personality of each partner. For a couple who want that balance, and who may have a grandparent's gold to bring along, Kainz is a natural fit, because the offer is built around reworking what you already own.

Two generations of the Kainz family, now on Güterstrasse

The business dates to 1986, founded by Lorena and Christian Kainz. Today Lorena runs it with one of her sons, David Kainz. David is owner and goldsmith, Lorena is owner and trained in the watch and jewelry trade, Theo Wyss is a second goldsmith, and Sibylle Nyfeler is watchmaker. Since 2025 the business has been in a central Basel quarter, at Güterstrasse 82. Two generations of one family in the business is a good sign for rings you hope to wear for decades, and the same workshop can resize or repair them later.

The commercial register agrees on the people and the move, though its dates differ. Moneyhouse, quoting the official gazette, lists Kainz Goldschmied Uhren Schmuckbörse GmbH as active, with its register entry dated 14 September 1994, and shows the seat moving from Binningen to Basel in a notice of 16 July 2025. Lorena Kainz-Pedrini is named as managing director, and David Kainz holds signing authority. The register also records earlier company names, Uhren & Bijouterie Kainz GmbH and Uhren & Bijouterie Götschmann GmbH. The 1986 start and the 1994 entry for this legal entity are two different facts, and no source links them, so both are given here.

Rings forged in gold, silver, carbon or palladium

The goldsmiths work in gold, silver, carbon and palladium, and they accompany customers through the planning phase, explaining which designs are feasible and what makes a piece comfortable to wear for a long time. Reworking and flexible execution are part of the offer, along with transparency about what a design involves.

An engagement ring is made to the customer's own specifications. Carbon and palladium sit in the list of materials, which matters for a couple who want something other than yellow gold. Customers can bring their own gemstones to be set or ask for help choosing one, and the shop works with long-standing partners such as gemologists to widen what it can offer. Prices, a minimum order and a lead time for wedding rings are not published.

Heirloom gold turned into new rings

Sustainability here is about material: valuable, scarce raw materials are reprocessed, and unworn jewelry is redesigned together with the customer so that memories stay while the piece adapts. For a couple, that's the route to wedding rings made from a grandparent's ring or an inherited chain. The shop also values jewelry for inheritances and will buy it, passing the metal to partners for recycling. It offers ring resizing, engraving of names or personal marks, pearl restringing and repairs, so the same address can cover a later resize or an engraving after the wedding.

The Schmuckbörse for wedding-day pieces

The Schmuckbörse is a shop of checked second-hand and pre-owned jewelry, with prices in November 2026 running from CHF 400 for the least expensive piece to CHF 8'000 for a Bucherer gold chain. It's general jewelry rather than wedding rings, so it's a place to look for a necklace or earrings for the day, or a pre-owned one-off, rather than for the rings themselves.

Heirloom reworking next to recycled gold in Basel

Goldschmiede-Basel.ch, another Basel studio, makes every wedding ring a one-off designed with the couple, in 100% recycled Oekogold or Fairtrade gold on request. Kainz frames its sustainability differently, around reusing customers' own jewelry and recycling bought-in metal through partners. It also has goldsmiths and watchmakers working together in its own atelier, so a watch and the rings can be looked after at one address.

Opening hours and contact in Basel

Opening hours in November 2026 are Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 18:00 and Saturday 09:00 to 14:00. The shop is at Güterstrasse 82, 4053 Basel, with a telephone number and an info email address on every page. The pages are in German, so first contact from abroad goes by phone or email, and online booking is not offered.