Jewelry Scales

Having a jewelry scale is a good idea whether you are planning to sell, buy or make jewelry. Each scale should have at least 0.1 gram readability for an accurate weight of your precious metal, gemstones, semi-precious stones and much more. When buying a jewelry scale, knowing which weighing units you’ll be using is advisable. Weight units include grams, troy ounces, grains, pennyweight dwt and ounces oz. Consider the weight units and the items you will weigh more often, then buy the jewelry scale you need the most. At All Scale shop we’ve been a provider of jewelry scales for over thirty years. Before purchasing a jewelry scale we’d like you to consider the following factors that will ultimately help find the right scale for you.

Jewelry Scales

Ounces and grams are the most common weight units used in jewelry shops and industries. There are preferred because of their precision scales, but some of these precision scales offer the weight units of carats (CT). They are commonly used to weigh stones and gems. They Troy Ounces or dwt are used in weighing precious metal and Grains are used for gunpowder.

If you want to weigh your jewelry stones, gem or metal in milligrams, it’s not easy because most of the jewelry scales only display in grams. This means that a scale that displays 0.0001g = 1mg or 0.01g = 10mg. Others have the term TCW meaning Total Carat Weight. The term refers to the total weight of all the stones that are in one piece of jewelry such as a ring or a pair of earrings.

Know the size and portability.

Knowing the size of the jewelry scale is good depending on where you will use it. If you need to carry it to various locations, then you should consider a compact and portable one. However, if you are placing it in your store, then you may select a different size that will meet your needs. If you need with high accuracy, then you need to get a digital one with high capacity and accuracy.

Another thing you need to know before you buy a jewelry scale is the federal or local government requirements. Depending on the requirements of your local government, you may need to buy a jewelry scale that has been approved for retail trade use. You need a scale that is legal for trade. This means you should check with your local authority to determine what requirements you need for your scale to be approved for legal trade. Most of these requirements are considered when you intend to 

use the scale for commercial applications where products are commonly sold by weight.

To learn more about our jewelry scales at All Scale Shop or if you have any questions about our products, please call us today at 201-475-9184. Our specialists will be happy to assist you. sac