About Miller's Jewelry

We do seriously good work, but we don't take ourselves too seriously.

Miller’s Jewelry has been exuberantly providing excellent, accessible jewelry and jewelry services to Montana for 140+ years! How incredible is that? The longevity of our Bozeman jewelry business alone should tell you everything you need to know about the trust our customers place on us.

We sincerely hope that you and yours join that number!

Your Bozeman Jewelry Store

Miller’s is committed to ethical business practices, fair prices, senses of humor & outstanding jewelry services

The Miller’s Jewelry retail showroom and Bozeman jewelry laboratory are located at 35 W main St. Look for our blue sign between Tracy and Wilson Avenues on the North side of Main Street—right beside the cannery.

Miller’s Bozeman jewelry showroom contains an extensive selection of loose gemstones, finished Montana custom jewelry, Yogo sapphire items, custom sapphire jewelry and gifts of all kind.

We build, repair, and appraise fine Bozeman jewelry, in addition to selling it. We also boast a friendly and helpful staff that will assist you with your Bozeman jewelry and watch needs. Miller's is a full-service operation with master goldsmiths and graduate gemologists on staff.

We are very proud to be a family-owned and operated jewelry store that is firmly entrenched within the Bozeman community.

Your life is full of beautifully inspiring moments and romantic occasions. The Miller’s Bozeman jewelry store is here for you during births, major birthdays, engagements, important anniversaries, graduations, promotions, and innumerable successes. These are your moments, some of the most precious of your time on this planet. They deserve to be cherished. Treasured. We are inspired by those moments. And we’re excited to help you commemorate them.

The Miller’s Jewelry Bozeman team maintains a tradition of excellence and accessible luxury. We work hard to bring the best our industry can offer to Bozeman.

Our success and growth could not have occurred without the tremendous support of our many clients. We are fortunate to make a living doing something that we truly enjoy, and we realize that family business like ours are now few and far between. It is our sincere honor to be your trusted Bozeman jeweler.

You guys are awesome. You make is so easy.

PETER B.

Coming Up In Virginia City. (1864-1882)

Miller’s Jewelry didn’t start in Bozeman. Instead, Miller’s was first established in Virginia City by Henry Pease during the 1864 gold rush. Henry made his living turning the raw minerals and yogo sapphires miners unearthed into gleaming treasures admired by all. Henry Pease would continue to create stunning jewelry—like our signature Montana yogo sapphire rings—until 1882 when he moved to Bozeman.

Incredibly enough, Miller’s Jewelry continues to use the original, handmade cabinets Henry Pease purchased and shipped up the Missouri to Fort Peck and up to Virginia City and then Bozeman via horse drawn carriage and train.

Moving to Bozeman (1882-1900)

Henry moved to Bozeman in 1882—that’s a full year before it’s incorporation! Henry Pease would go on to have a major influence on Bozeman’s development. He served as mayor in 1890, brought commerce to the town, and develop his jewelry store on Main & Tracy into a focal point of the downtown.

We certainly can’t claim to be the reason why Bozeman became a bustling center of commerce in the late 1800’s, but we do like to believe that Henry Pease helped!

Growing With the Town (1900-1952)

Miller’s Jewelry, then called “Pease’s,” moved to 2E Main from their old location when it was sold. Henry Pease later began working with Claude Steffans, either his grandson or son-in-law (the jury is still out on that one). After several years of working together, Pease and Steffans went into business making Montana yogo sapphire rings, necklaces, and other jewelry until Pease fully transferred ownership of the store sometime between 1900 and 1940.

Jitter Bugging Through the 50s (1945-1988)

In 1945, Claude Steffans sold his Bozeman jewelry store to Harry Miller—our store’s namesake. Shortly afterward, in 1952, Harry Miller entered into a business partnership with Harold Mueller before stepping down.

Harold and Hellen (Morrow) Mueller kept the Miller’s Jewelry name because it so closely resembled their own—starting a long and proud tradition of associating professionalism with the name Miller’s Jewelry inside the Bozeman community.

Harold and Hellen would continue to run Miller’s Jewelry for 36 more years.

Growing With the Town (1900-1952)

Miller’s Jewelry, then called “Pease’s,” moved to 2E Main from their old location when it was sold. Henry Pease later began working with Claude Steffans, either his grandson or son-in-law (the jury is still out on that one). After several years of working together, Pease and Steffans went into business making Montana yogo sapphire rings, necklaces, and other jewelry until Pease fully transferred ownership of the store sometime between 1900 and 1940.

Jitter Bugging Through the 50s (1945-1988)

In 1945, Claude Steffans sold his Bozeman jewelry store to Harry Miller—our store’s namesake. Shortly afterward, in 1952, Harry Miller entered into a business partnership with Harold Mueller before stepping down.

Harold and Hellen (Morrow) Mueller kept the Miller’s Jewelry name because it so closely resembled their own—starting a long and proud tradition of associating professionalism with the name Miller’s Jewelry inside the Bozeman community.

Harold and Hellen would continue to run Miller’s Jewelry for 36 more years.

Keeping It Funky Into the 2000s (1988-2018)

Under Harold and Hellen’s stewardship, Miller’s grew in renown through Bozeman and the surrounding communities—drawing in customers from all around the state. After three decades of hard work providing jewelry services, Harold and Hellen could happily step away from the wonderful legacy they had built. In 1988, they sold the jewelry store to Mark & Kay (Sandquist/Johnson).

Again, Mark & Kay decided to retain the Miller’s Jewelry name—continuing the grand tradition Harold and Hellen had so kindly championed.

Passing The Torch (2018 - Present)

Jennifer & Cec (Mark & Kay’s son) became the official owners of Miller’s Jewelry unofficially in 2018 and officially in 2019. Cec grew up careening through Bozeman and Jennifer through Miami where her family owns JAE—a single family owner jewelry story in operation since 1945. That’s three generations of Horniks working with all manner of yogo sapphires, rubies and other precious gems. Jennifer and Cec met during their graduate studies in Gemology at the Gemological Institute of America. We like to call the union of Jennifer and Cec both a marriage and a merger!

The change in ownership also came with a move to 35W Main—a move that included installing a new jewelry showroom and moving our old cabinets (no simple task). The first cabinet took two people two hours to break down, even more time to cart through main street, and even more to put them together again! We’ll spare you the details, we'll just say that each pane of glass weighed 100lbs and the front panels required pulleys and crude steel counterweights to raise. It was an event! In 2019, Miller’s Jewelry had its grand re opening and we’ve been up and running since!

Keeping It Funky Into the 2000s (1988-2018)

Under Harold and Hellen’s stewardship, Miller’s grew in renown through Bozeman and the surrounding communities—drawing in customers from all around the state. After three decades of hard work providing jewelry services, Harold and Hellen could happily step away from the wonderful legacy they had built. In 1988, they sold the jewelry store to Mark & Kay (Sandquist/Johnson).

Again, Mark & Kay decided to retain the Miller’s Jewelry name—continuing the grand tradition Harold and Hellen had so kindly championed.

Passing The Torch (2018 - Present)

Jennifer & Cec (Mark & Kay’s son) became the official owners of Miller’s Jewelry unofficially in 2018 and officially in 2019. Cec grew up careening through Bozeman and Jennifer through Miami where her family owns JAE—a single family owner jewelry story in operation since 1945. That’s three generations of Horniks working with all manner of yogo sapphires, rubies and other precious gems. Jennifer and Cec met during their graduate studies in Gemology at the Gemological Institute of America. We like to call the union of Jennifer and Cec both a marriage and a merger!

The change in ownership also came with a move to 35W Main—a move that included installing a new jewelry showroom and moving our old cabinets (no simple task). The first cabinet took two people two hours to break down, even more time to cart through main street, and even more to put them together again! We’ll spare you the details, we'll just say that each pane of glass weighed 100lbs and the front panels required pulleys and crude steel counterweights to raise. It was an event! In 2019, Miller’s Jewelry had its grand re opening and we’ve been up and running since!

YOUR BOZEMAN COMMUNITY JEWELER

We’re proud to participate in the fun with our fellow downtown Bozeman businesses — and to sponsor other members of our community!

HERE FOR YOUR SPECIAL MOMENTS

Your life is full of beautiful and inspiring moments — meaningful occasions, such as births & major birthdays, marriage & important anniversaries, graduations, promotions, and innumerable successes. These sare your moments, some of the most precious of your time on this planet.

We invite you to come in to our showroom when you’re looking to celebrate so we can help you find something to make the occasion last.

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