July Birthstone - Ruby

As the gem of passion and of the heart’s desire, Ruby has long been the symbol of love. Ancient Greek women thought that having Ruby would bring them physical beauty and love, while the gemstone was also widely used as the wedding stone throughout the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Rubies were used to keep passion alive and help bring enduring love and happiness in marriage, which stems from the durability of the gem. Ruby is also said to represent success, integrity and promise. Roman nobles often wore ring ornamentations carved out of ruby in order to protect their wealth.

Nowadays, ruby is the gem of Cancer and the fifteenth and fortieth anniversary. Most notably, ruby is the birthstone for the month of July. Its vibrant red color makes it a popular choice and is said to bring the wearer good luck and fortune. We offer a wide range of ruby gemstones, including bracelets, rings and necklaces. Come visit our store for a closer look!

Introducing our ELLE Jewelry line

As a product extension of ELLE magazine, the largest fashion and beauty publication in the world, ELLE Jewelry becomes the latest line to enhance our stylish selection of jewelry. ELLE Jewelry is recognized for its beautiful high polished jewelry collection, which includes a genuine signature ruby logo on each piece - representing a woman's inner strength and beauty. Offering a very distinguished look, ELLE Jewelry is modern and bold and personifies individuality and the celebration of a woman's love of style.

Feel free to visit our store and view our wonderful new selection of ELLE Jewelry. If you're looking for up-to-date and ready-to-wear trends, then ELLE Jewelry is for you. View our photo album for a glimpse of this stylish new line of ours.

July PANDORA Promotion

Looking to add new pieces of PANDORA to your collection? Well now’s as good of a time as any. When you spend $50 on any piece of PANDORA jewelry, you'll receive a gift with purchase lariat. Lariats can be worn as a necklace or a bracelet piece and give PANDORA lovers the freedom to experiment with different charms, rings, and pendants. PANDORA’s lariat has a retail value of $25 and features colored leather with sterling silver on its ends. This promotion is available for the entire month of July.

If you need more information, visit us on Facebook or call us at 219-462-5931.

Featured Item of the Week: 18k White Gold Ruby and Diamond Ring

Every week here at Martin Binder we will post our 'Featured Item of the Week' promoting great pieces of jewelry often marked down from their original price. As this week's featured piece of jewelry, allow us to introduce this beautiful 18k white gold ruby and diamond ring. The ring features 10 channel set square cut ruby gemstones (0.31 carats) and thirty round brilliant cut diamonds (0.15 carats), giving the ring a very tasteful look. The ring has a fancy crossover design on a polished shank.

What's the best part about this ring? It could be that we're now offering it at 30% off its original price, making now the perfect time to come in and take a look at this ring and numerous others like it. When you visit our store, simply ask us to see the 'Featured Item of the Week!'

Introducing our newest design partner: Raymond Weil

When you look for a new watch, you want the utmost in quality and style. With Raymond Weil, our newest design partner to arrive in our store, you get just that, and more. A family-run business for more than 30 years, Raymond Weil has established itself as one of the finest Swiss watch makers in the industry.

With numerous magnificently designed collections, each possessing the utmost excellence and beauty, Raymond Weil has gained a reputation for producing some of the finest luxury timepieces for men and women.Raymond Weil’s timepieces have a contemporary look to them and use stylish materials, such as 18 carat gold and the highest quality diamonds.

The Geneva-based watch makers have a range of watches that varies from 18 carat pink gold, carbon, and titanium fiber mechanical watches to stainless steel quartz models, all of which stand out for their dynamism. We have several outstanding men and women’s collections of Raymond Weil in our store, including Tango, Noemia, Tradition, Freelancer, Maestro, and finally, Parsifal, the flagship collection of Raymond Weil. The elegance and beauty of Raymond Weil timepieces is reflected in each collection.

The company’s motto is “Independence is a state of mind”. And in correspondence with the company’s motto, every watch is unique and provides a distinct, stylish look at an attractive price. Come see for yourself this fabulous new line of men and women’s watches in our store.

Behind the Scenes at Wedding Day Magazine's Photo Shoot

Wedding Day magazine’s Summer 2011 issue is out and guess what appears on the cover of this new issue? If you guessed that one of our very own beautiful pearl necklaces graces the cover, you were spot on. In fact, it’s just one of several Martin Binder pieces worn by Wedding Day’s models in this issue.

We provided some of our best wedding jewelry for this highly anticipated issue and even went behind the scenes at Wedding Day’s photo shoot at the Gary Aquatorium in early May and snapped some special behind-the-scenes photos. It was cold and windy that day, but the models looked absolutely stunning in our jewelry!

The Martin Binder jewelry featured on the cover includes a gorgeous natural pink freshwater pearl necklace with a sterling silver clasp and a pink pearl dangle, a jaw-droppingly beautiful kunzite and diamond ring, and a dazzling diamond tennis bracelet.

The bride also wore a cascading freshwater and briolette crystal cluster on a silver cable chain for behind-the-scene photos taken for the magazine. Two bridesmaids wore cultured pearl and crystal cluster necklaces in sterling silver, with matching earrings.

The Summer 2011 issue was released today and is on its way to our store now! The magazine is also available at JC Penney, Macy’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Carson Pirie Scott and several other stores. Visit our store to view the stunning jewelry selected for Wedding Day magazine, as well as the rest of our wonderful selection of wedding jewelry.

Wedding Day magazine’s Summer 2011 issue can also be viewed online at their website.

Introducing PANDORA Liquid Silver

Our latest collection of PANDORA, the Liquid Silver collection, adds a unique new look to our already fascinating selection of PANDORA jewelry. This collection includes bangle bracelets, earrings, pendants, and rings that personify traits of water: flow, waves, ripples, streams, fluid, bubbles, and, of course, liquid.

Liquid Silver jewelry is designed as reflections of simplicity and purity, finding their inspiration from nature. And like most PANDORA jewelry, Liquid Silver is stackable and allows women to combine their pieces in order to create a beautiful and personalized combination of jewelry. This feminine collection of elegant design and beautiful silver enhances the beauty of our extremely popular PANDORA jewelry selection.

To view more Liquid Silver, visit our photo album on our Facebook page.