ROBERT HILTON

W.W. Hilton began his apprenticeship the day before the San Francisco Earthquake at Shreeve & Co. He moved to Redwood City and opened Hilton Jewelers in 1925. In August of 1929, Grandpa moved to Broadway from Main Street into a new building. Why not? The economy was so strong! Somehow the business survived and shortly after World War II, my father Walter A. Hilton joined the store. I began apprenticing at age 14 along with two brothers...Jim, a clockmaker, Ed, a watchmaker and me, a jeweler. I think we pretty much drove our elder family crazy.

Also known as: Hilton Jewelers

Primary location: Woodside United States