All posts by Mark Johnson

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Diamonds without Certification

Diamonds certification

Are all diamonds certified? Most buyers are blissfully unaware of the complexities of diamond certification. For those who start researching diamonds, there can be an information overload. This is often due to an internet saturated with guides, forums and blogs. For those of you who think all diamonds are certified, this simply is not true. Conflict free does Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Fingerprint Cufflinks – Gifting the Groom

Fingerprint cufflinks engraved

Fingerprint cufflinks – the perfect gift for a groom This last week saw the introduction of a series of personalised fingerprint cufflinks to the SD website. Nothing completes the look of a double cuff better than a finely crafted cufflink. Double cuffs (or French Cuffs as they are sometimes known) folded back, are best secured Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Introducing the Jobbing Parcel of Diamonds

Jobbing parcel of diamonds

What is a Jobbing Parcel? Members of the UK jewellery industry, will probably be familiar with the diamond term “Jobbing Parcel”. To explain, a jobbing parcel refers to a collection or parcel of small polished diamonds, used for replacement work by jewellery setters. When diamonds are lost from engagement rings and diamond rings, replacement diamonds need to be matched and Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk