About Us

For many years, we, Clarissa Semprich & Christian Dietes, have been fascinated by jewelry and gemstones, and not just for professional reasons. We would like to offer many of these gems from old and new times a second chance. A large part of these pieces of jewelry was made with considerable effort and often bought or given away with a lot of love. Precious stones were processed in many objects, for which the earth took millions of years to form in order to form a wonderful jewel.

Not only in the sense of sustainability, respect for nature, but also in the sense of appreciation for the pieces of jewelry themselves, we were happy to found our small specialty shop. We have endeavored to create an appropriate environment for lovers of such second-hand pieces of jewellery.

True to the idea: special things can be found in special places

Clarissa Semprich

I have been working as an auctioneer in the 2nd generation for more than 35 years. From an early age I was allowed to attend my mother's auctions. So I was able to conduct auctions at a young age and gain a lot of experience. Even if at the beginning of my commercial career it didn't look as if I would actually do this job one day, my path led me back there. So in 1999 I took over my mother's classic auction house when she went into well-deserved retirement. In 2005 I decided to react to the negatively changing market with antiques and dissolved the auction house. A small shop with antiques and jewelry has now sprung up on my idyllic resting yard. As an auctioneer, I now only worked as a freelancer and, among other things, conducted the auctions for a large pawnshop in Hamburg for over 16 years. In 2014 I met my partner and business partner Christian Dietes. Through this encounter, the idea was born to unite the common passion and to specialize in jewelry with the company much too much.

Christian Dietes

The beginning of my professional career took me in a completely different direction. Although I was interested in gemstones as a child, it was initially to become a very classic and technical craft. But the fascination for precious stones continued to slumber in me for many years. So, halfway through my professional life, I decided to take a new path. Now the fascination should become a profession and a vocation. So the way led me to Idar-Oberstein, the center of gemstones in Germany, to receive a well-founded education. Today I can say that it was the right decision because it has really become my calling. The subject of gemstones is so complex and exciting that learning never stops. There are always new secrets to be discovered and no stone is like the other. When I met my partner and business partner Clarissa Semprich in 2014, it went without saying for me after a while to combine our knowledge and experience in the company much too much and to enrich each other.

Our dream has come true

Together we are now with our bitch Ganja,
who keeps watch over our beautiful favorite pieces,
the company much too much - specialist shop for jewelry
2nd hand or second love jewelry.