Our Story

Providing beautiful jewelry and elegant timepieces to Louisville families since 1832.

Merkley Kendrick Jewelers, an AGS Certified Jeweler, has been providing beautiful jewelry and elegant timepieces to Louisville families since 1832. Brian Merkley, the third generation in the Merkley family business, is the current president. Here at Merkley Kendrick Jewelers, we strive to enrich our client’s lives, by encouraging a pause from life’s frantic pace to celebrate and enjoy life with those we love the most. Our core means of doing so is by assisting clients in expressing emotions and memorializing events with high-end watches, gems, and jewelry.

Since 1832

Joseph C. Merkley, a native of Jasper, Indiana, moved to St. Louis in 1928 to study the watchmaking trade. He came to Louisville in the 1930s working as a watchmaker for a local jeweler, Elmer L. Gray. Joseph Merkley went on to become co-owner, and their store was renamed Gray and Merkley Jewelers. Gray died in 1957 and passed full ownership over to the Merkley family.