Your jewellery just had its best four years ever. Did anyone tell you?
Precious metal prices have had their strongest run in decades, and the jewellery in UK homes repriced itself while sitting still. Sixty seconds tells you what yours is worth now. Free, private, and nothing to decide today.
The quiet repricing of Britain's drawers.
Since 2022, the metals your jewellery is made of have surged. Most people's sense of what they own is years out of date, which means most people are underestimating it.
Spot price change, 2022 average to July 2026. Figures refresh with the live feed. At their recent peaks the moves were larger still.
The UK's largest silent asset is at home.
An estimated 160 billion pounds of jewellery sits in UK homes: inherited, outgrown, unworn. It is the biggest store of personal value in the country with no working market, because until now there was no trusted way to know what any of it was worth.
Knowing is free.
Three photos and sixty seconds give you a live figure, every line of the maths shown. The number is yours to keep, and your portfolio tracks it against live prices from then on. Most people find it is higher than they guessed.
Selling is optional.
If you ever choose to, you sell at live London spot minus one flat 20% fee, with insured post both ways and payment within 14 days. Among the strongest payouts anywhere on the market, and the only one that shows you every figure.
Every other route was built for the buyer.
Pawn counters, postal gold envelopes, auction fees. They all work the same way: the less you know, the more they make. Unlocket is built the other way round.
The old ways
- Payout of 30–70%, if you're lucky
- No price before you commit
- A number in days to weeks
- Returns rarely free
- No way to track value without selling
- Feels like a negotiation or a gamble
The Unlocket way
- 80% payout, every figure shown
- Priced before you commit
- A number in 60 seconds
- Free insured returns
- Track value without selling, anytime
- Feels like a bank statement
| Attribute | Pawnbroker | Postal gold buyer | Local jeweller | Online marketplace | Unlocket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payout vs live metal value | 30–50% | 40–60% | 50–70% | Varies, minus fees | 80%, every figure shown |
| Price before you commit | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Time to a number | In person | Days, after they have it | Appointment | Weeks, if it sells | 60 seconds |
| Free insured returns | No | Sometimes | No | No | Yes |
| Track value without selling | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Feels like | A negotiation | A gamble | An imposition | A part-time job | A bank statement |
Four signals, one verdict. Sealed and insured.
Every quote is confirmed by a person, backed by three data signals.
A gemmologist, in person. Confirms every quote, assessing stones and brand value.
Live London spot. Metal prices, refreshed continuously.
Computer vision. Reads your photos for wear, hallmarks and craftsmanship.
Your documents. Cross-checked by a synthesis model.
Four years of rising prices. Sixty seconds to see yours.
Free, private, every figure shown. Sell only if you ever want to.