Patrick Stalder Schmuck

Patrick Stalder works as a goldsmith and gem setter at Neumarkt 15 in Zurich's Niederdorf, and his wedding rings sit in a collection called Love Poems. Wedding and partner rings are made individually, to your wishes, in precious, durable materials. Three techniques define them: every ring is a one-off, forged by hand, welded without a visible seam and hand-engraved. All three happen in the atelier where every piece is made, which puts Stalder on our Zurich shortlist. Other collections in the atelier include Nautilus Ring, World Jewelry, Lightness, Steinkreis, Pearl Dreams, Magic Diamonds and Confidence.

A career built at the bench

Stalder was born in 1973 in Vitznau and started a four-year goldsmith apprenticeship in 1990 at Gübelin Ateliers in Lucerne, where he learned classical jewelry techniques and was free to develop his own style. A further three-year training as a gem setter followed, then work at established jewelers in Zurich. From 2005 to 2007 he worked at African Art Jewellers in Namibia, where he met natural materials he later used as jewelry elements. He founded his own business in August 2010, spent six years at Schaffhauserplatz and moved to Neumarkt on 1 March 2017.

The gem-setting training is what matters most for a ring that will carry stones. The workshop builds a custom setting for each stone, and it uses a microscope and a laser alongside traditional tools. Stones are chosen for origin, quality, uniqueness, cut, color and radiance, and a Swiss gem cutter reworks them or cuts Swiss gemstones to order. He brings back tourmalines, aquamarines, emeralds and alexandrites from his own trips to Brazil and Namibia, so a colored stone in your band can come with a story of where it was found.

Recycled gold as the default, Fairtrade on request

Sustainability is taken as a matter of course. The atelier has used recycled gold for years, and the workshop works exclusively with it. Fairtrade gold is available on request against a surcharge. Heirlooms are repaired or worked into new pieces, which is a welcome route if you would like family gold in your rings.

How the consultation runs

Consultation is free and comprehensive, and takes place in the atelier, where all pieces are made. Opening hours are Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00, and Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00 or by arrangement. An English version of the site is offered alongside the German one. Talking your ring through in the atelier where it will be made is a pleasure of this route.

Vintage pieces and everything else the shop does

Beyond new commissions, the range runs from 19th-century antiques to 21st-century pieces. Vintage pieces are restored in the atelier, with settings checked and reworked where needed and missing stones replaced by stones from the same era to keep the pieces authentic. The shop also buys jewelry and values it verbally for free. An offer can sit well above the old-gold value, since it weighs condition, workmanship, stones, design and resale potential. The vintage range keeps growing, which is useful if one of you prefers an antique ring to a new one.

On the commercial register, and rated 4.9 on zuri.net

The Swiss commercial register data on Moneyhouse lists Patrick Stalder Schmuck as an active sole proprietorship in Zurich at Neumarkt 15, filed under jewelry manufacturing with the owner personally liable, and with the purpose "Goldschmiede Atelier mit Verkaufsladen." Its entry dates from 22 January 2025, was published in the commercial gazette on 27 January 2025 and is labeled a new registration, while the business dates to August 2010; the sources don't explain the difference. In November 2026 the Zurich city guide zuri.net showed a 4.9 rating from 13 ratings, drawn from 2 sources.

Hand-forged, welded without a seam, and beside other ethical goldsmiths

Several workshops share similar ideals. Goldschmiede-Basel.ch designs every wedding ring as a one-off with the couple in recycled Oekogold or Fairtrade gold on request, and Eggimann Goldschmied forges wedding rings in Max Havelaar Fairtrade gold. Stalder's version is a Zurich studio where recycled gold is the baseline and the technique emphasis is hand-forging, a weld with no visible seam and hand engraving. Add a gem setter's training and stones he brings back from Brazil and Namibia himself, and you have the reasons this atelier earns our recommendation in Zurich.