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

800 Gold Stamp – A Guide for Antique Gold Jewellery Buyers

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800 Gold stamp on a jewellery link showing the hound with 800 digits below.

What does it mean and where to find it. The 800 Gold stamp indicates a gold item has a fineness of 80% gold or 800 grams of gold per 1000 grams of weight. It can be described as 19.2-carat Gold. The stamp originates from one of the three Portuguese Assay Offices—Porto, Lisbon and Gondomar. The 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

The Significance of the 1000 Gram Gold Price

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Gold price per 1000 grams

The 1000-gram gold price represents the price of 1 kg of gold. Traditionally, gold weight is represented by Troy ounces, with 1 Troy ounce equal to 31.10 grams. Today, the 1000-gram gold price is around £60,000. How many Troy ounces in 1kg of gold There are 32.15 Troy ounces in 1kg of gold. At the 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

Shaped Wedding Bands for Three Stone Engagement Rings

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Addison 3 stone cluster ring with fitted wedding band

Shaped wedding rings created for 3-stone engagement rings curve around a trilogy (3-stone) arrangement of diamonds. Their shape ensures a seamless, fitted appearance during wear. As part of our bespoke work, we create various rings specially shaped to fit three-stone diamond rings. How do you know if your trilogy ring requires a shaped band? Firstly, 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