About us

Introduction

Slaets is Antwerp’s finest watch and jewellery retailer. Being among the leading jewellery houses in the Benelux, Slaets has the priviledge to celebrates its 110th birthday very soon. Since 1904 the Slaets family, together with 20 employees and its own workshop with professional watchmakers, is serving her clients with much passion and expertise. Their experience and professionalism shows through an unique service and personal buying advice and guidance with confidence to the customers.  

Through all these years Slaets has composed a well-grounded range of 40-plus  prominent luxury watch and jewellery brands.  

Slaets always chooses for the long term approach, so you can enjoy your purchase for many years thanks to our outstanding service and expertise. After all it’s not by coincidence that many generations of families choose for Slaets.

Quality, trust, passion and expertise are therefor our priorities since our establishment in 1904.


Recognition

That Slaets is one of the most prominent, renowed and thrustworthy players in jewellery and watchindustry shows through recognition by leading organisations in the industry.


AMBASSADEUR VAN DE 'FONDATION DE LA HAUTE HORLOGERIE'


Slaets is member of the circle of Fine Watch Ambassadors and is proud to be appointed as Belgian Amabassador of FHH.
The FONDATION DE LA HAUTE HORLOGERIE, through the Steering Committee, has established the first international circle of Fine Watch Ambassadors. Its members are personalities, appointed ad personam and recognised for their respectability, contribution and personal commitment to promoting the values and ethics of Fine Watchmaking. The FHH currently has some one hundred Fine Watch Ambassadors worldwide, from retailers and collectors to experts in the watch industry. Owner of Slaets Jewellers, Jan Slaets, is appointed ad personam as only Ambassador in Belgium of the Circle of Fine Watch Ambassadors.


BEST JEWELLERS 2012 - ARS NOBILIS - HIGH COUNCIL FOR JEWELLERY AND WATCHES


SLAETS is proud to be labelled as BEST JEWELLERS 2012 by Ars Nobilis, the Belgian High Council of Jewellery and Watches.

The label Best Jewellers 2012 is appointed by the Belgian High Council of Jewellery and Watches -Ars Nobilis- to jewellers, creators and watchmakers who are to be trusted when purchasing or repearing a jewel or watch. Bearing the 'Best Jewellers 2012' label means the jeweller is member of its professional federation and enjoys the trust of its colleagues, suppliers and customers.

Ars Nobilis promotes the highest demands in quality for the Belgian jewellery and watch industry and enforces compliance with an ethical code.

The label offers you, being the customer, warrants for your purchase and gives certainty that you are getting helped in a right manner. 'Best Jewellers 2012' stands for: Quality, Integrity, Service, Detailed product information, Know-how, Value for money, After-sales and professional employment.


THE MAASTRICHT GROUP - EUROPEAN JEWELLERS CONFERENCE

SLAETS is a proud founding member of THE MAASTRICHT GROUP.

The Maastricht Group - European Jewellers Conference Leading European jewellers and watch specialists from six different countries have joined forces to provide a counterweight to international chains in a time of rapidly changing market conditions, and to set international quality standards for the benefit of their customers.

The membership list of the Maastricht Group reads like a "who is who" of prominent European specialists in jewellery and timepieces. It comprises twelve top retailers based in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Sweden or Switzerland. All of them are leading family-run businesses.