Category Archives: Jewellery Advice

Read our expert jewellery advice articles from Serendipity Diamonds. With a broad range of topics, we give guidance on how to get the best value, avoiding unnecessary high street prices.

We reveal expert insider knowledge about diamonds, engagement rings and jewellery and give you hints and tips best read before buying any jewellery. Enjoy our jewellery care and cleaning guidance. From articles on how to clean a diamond ring to restore the shine of your Platinum, we have techniques and cleaning products to bring back the shine to any item of jewellery.

All of our jewellery advice articles include detailed information and high-resolution photography and come to you directly from the Serendipity Diamonds team. We care deeply about giving great advice and passing on helpful guidance to ensure you get the very best out of your jewellery purchase whether buying online or at your local jeweller. All of our posts welcome comments and questions to get more from our guidance.

DANGER! – 8 Reasons Why Diamonds Fall Out of Ring Settings

Engagement Rings, Jewellery Advice
REASONS DIAMONDS ARE LOST FROM RING SETTINGS

8 Reasons why diamonds are lost from engagement rings Some of our work involves replacing lost diamonds from ring settings, which unfortunately happens despite best efforts to safeguard against such occurrences. Despite great care, it might well be something that happens to your own ring. Our first piece of advice is to arrange adequate insurance for 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

Avoid the Cost of a Replacement GIA Certificate with a GIA Report Check

Diamonds, Jewellery Advice,
GIA certificate

Replacing a lost GIA diamond certificate Your GIA certificate is an important document. Furthermore, it gives important information about your diamond . Unfortunately, buyers lose their original GIA certificate. In other situations, some second hand buyers lack the original report supplied to the first buyer. Why is the GIA report check important? The GIA report 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

What Does Tarnish Mean? Do Gold, Platinum and Palladium Tarnish?

Jewellery Advice

The meaning of the word ‘Tarnish’ Tarnish is a thin layer of corrosion that forms on the outermost layer of a metal as it undergoes a chemical reaction. It does not always result from the effect of oxygen in the air.  It often appears as a dull, grey surface over the metal. Only the top few layers of 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