policy that required all employees to study
toward becoming a gemologist.
John C. became the first AGS Certified
Gemologist and established London’s first
and only AGS Gem Lab. In the 1990s, John
C. was elected to the AGS Board of Direc-
tors and he was invited to join DeBeers
Carat Club. In 1999, he served as the Chair-
man of the Board of Trustees for the AGS.
Colin is a certified gemologist and he also
studied goldsmithing at the New Approach
School for Jewelers in Virginia Beach, Vir-
ginia.
THREE-TIME CONSUMER
CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
Their commitment to their customers has
been recognized with numerous awards
and accolades. They have won the Con-
sumer Choice Award for Business Excel-
lence in the jewellery category every year
since it was introduced in London three
years ago.
“A lot of awards are popularity contests
— how many of your friends and family
can vote for you in that limited window
that they give you . . . But, the Consumer
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