
You’re absentmindedly fiddling with your favourite necklace, the one you’ve worn without taking off for the last few years, and you hear that gasp-inducing, fateful snapping sound. That once intact chain is now in two sad pieces, taking the worn lobster clasp with it as your favourite pendant tumbles unceremoniously into desperate, clambering hands.
Whether it be a snapped chain, bent fish-hook earring, lost butterfly back, or a broken jump hook – we’ve all suffered jewellery disasters ranging from valuable family heirlooms to more inexpensive costume jewellery which nevertheless carries immense sentimental value.