E. L. Menk Jeweler

Welcome to E. L. Menk Jewelers, located in historic downtown Brainerd. We are happy to present you with a wide selection of high-quality jewelry and accessories at prices that you will love. Our selection includes beautiful bracelets, necklaces, and rings that are as classic and unique as you are.

If you have a specific jewelry item that you would like, we can create unique jewelry items for you in our in workshop using diamonds and colored gems from your collection or our large selection of individual loose diamonds and colored gem stones.

In our jewelry workshop we not only create fine jewelry, we perform quality repairs and maintenance to keep your items looking like new.

E. L. Menk Jewelers origins date back to my childhood someplace between when my grandfather gave me his old dollar pocket watch and when I broke open a pretty rock with my dad’s hammer, followed by an emergency visit to the doctor on a Sunday afternoon to have a splinter of that rock removed from my eye.

In the fall of 1968 I entered the St. Paul Technical watch making course. After graduating from the course I entered into a two year apprenticeship at Morgan’s jewelry in Winona. I proceeded to win the Harold Donkersgoed Award for achieving the top score in the Minnesota licensing exam. During this time I met and married Susan.

Several years and moves later we found ourselves in Brainerd and I was working for Bud’s Jewelry. After five years in Brainerd, opportunity came knocking and I purchased Ron’s Jewelry on our 9th wedding anniversary. (She still wonders if that was a good anniversary gift or not.) I called the store The Watchmakers Jewelry but as the watch industry was changing rapidly I soon renamed the store E. L. Menk Jewelers.

After one more move in 1984, we found a home in the Parker building on the corner of 7th and Laurel. Our building was built in 1909 and is on the National Historic Registry. The part of the building that is home to E. L. Menk Jewelers was originally built for Citizen’s State bank and then became home to the Johnson’s drugstore and the Gallery.

The store has evolved into a full service jeweler with the ability to sell jewelry and diamonds and offer the finest in jewelry repair and custom manufacturing of fine jewelry.

Services

E. L. Menk Jewelers offers the comfort of our in-house services because we know how important and precious your jewelry is to you. All of our production and repair work is done right here in our store's modern shop by our trustworthy experts that specialize in repairs, custom jewelry production and appraisals. We pride ourselves as a full-service jewelry store and are happy to work for you.

Our services include:
Ring Sizing and break repair
Prong repair
Diamond and gemstone resetting with new crowns
Replacement of missing and chipped diamonds and gemstones
Chain repair Engraving
Refinishing of jewelry to look like new
Rhodium plating to make your white gold white again
Watch battery replacement Repair of hinges on bracelets
Laser welding of eye glasses (usually in several hours)
Minor watch repair Finger Fit and Finger Mate ring shanks
Pearl and bead restringing
Jewelry appraisals
Custom remodeling of existing jewelry
Laser welding of items that are heat sensitive
Buying Gold
All of the above plus other repairs that may arise