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        <issuerName>MAYORS JEWELERS INC/DE</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MYR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>ANDRUSKEVICH THOMAS A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>14051 N.W. 14TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SUNRISE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33323</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle>President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As of November 14, 2005, Mayor's Jewelers, Inc. (&quot;Mayor's&quot;) merged with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Henry Birks &amp; Sons Inc. (&quot;Birks&quot;), and the Reporting Person received shares in Birks in exchange for his Mayor's shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">All options are currently exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options expire ten (10) years after October 1, 2002 or two (2) years after termination of employment (with some exclusions).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option was assumed by Birks in the merger and replaced with an option to purchase 130,425 shares of Birks Class A Voting Stock for $3.22 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This warrant was originally granted at a price of $0.30 and in the amount of 1,500,000.  The price and amount stated herein is a result of an anti-dilution provision in the warrant agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">All warrants are currently exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">This warrant was assumed by Birks in the merger and replaced with a warrant to purchase 131,209 shares of Birks Class A Voting Stock for $3.34 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The stock appreciation right is exercisable in the following amounts on the following exercise dates: 333,333 1/3 on March 31, 2006; 333,333 1/3 on March 31, 2007; 333,333 1/3 on March 31, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">This stock appreciation right was assumed by Birks in the merger and replaced with a stock appreciation right to purchase 86,950 shares of Birks Class A Voting Stock for $6.21 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Marc Weinstein on behalf of Thomas A. Andruskevich by power of attorney.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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