The Diamond Centre Piece - Chelsea Flower Show's Most Expensive Garden
The £20 million ‘Ace of Diamonds’ garden to be exhibited at this month’s Chelsea flower show is attracting global interest in the gardening and diamond industries. Leading U.K. online fine diamond jeweller DiamondGeezer.com has designed and made a centre piece for the most expensive garden design to be created in the 97 year history of the Chelsea Flower Show which starts on May the 25th.
Chelsea Flower Show's Most Expensive Garden Design
In the centre of the garden, designed and created by celebrity gardener David Domoney stands a hand-made 3 foot high replica of DiamondGeezer.com’s ‘Signature’ diamond solitaire ring in platinum. The over-sized version of this popular DiamondGeezer.com platinum diamond ring works perfectly as an elegant court-yard table at the centre of this remarkable diamond garden and quotes a famous line from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The ‘Ace of Diamonds’ garden celebrates the links between plants and precious stones and will be littered with fine jewels supplied by Bond Street jeweller Leviev. The garden will be worth more than all Chelsea’s other collections put together when the Royal Horticulture Society’s annual showpiece begins on May 25.
DiamondGeezer.com Signature Diamond Solitaire in Hallmarked Palladium
Leading UK online diamond jeweller & jewellery manufacturer DiamondGeezer.com welcomes the new compulsory hallmarking of palladium jewellery which became law in the U.K on the 1st January 2010. There has been a voluntary hallmark for Palladium since July 2009 and over 40,000 pieces have been voluntarily hallmarked in the last six months. DiamondGeezer.com believes that this demonstrates the potential popularity of this newly recognised precious metal.
Hallmarked Palladium & 18ct Yellow gold Celtic wedding ring design by DiamondGeezer.com
DiamondGeezer.com has been successfully manufacturing diamond rings & wedding rings in Palladium for the past 5 years. Much of the jewellery industry see this pure, noble white metal as a threat to more expensive platinum sales, whereas DiamondGeezer.com offer it as an alternative to 18ct white gold. Being naturally white, unlike white gold, Palladium is a hard, low maintenance metal that meets current trends and opens up huge opportunities to create affordable, practical, innovative pieces of fine diamond rings, wedding rings & diamond jewellery using the metal.
From January 1, 2010 hallmarking became a compulsory legal requirement for all palladium articles weighing over 1 gram. The recognised fineness standards are 500, 950 or 999 parts per thousand, the 950 standard is the recognised quality for fine jewellery. Palladium has much in common with Platinum - it is very white, does not require plating and does not tarnish. It is less dense and less expensive and the consequences of mistakenly identifying Platinum as Palladium are eradicated by the new hallmarking shape which was introduced on the 1st January 2010 and replaces the initial trapezium shape.
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Palladium Fineness Marks 2010 onwards
Hallmarked Palladium & diamond dragon pin designed & manufactured by DiamondGeezer.com especially for James Caan of BBC Dragons’ Den fame.
Hallmarking has protected the U.K consumer and ensured the U.K. jewellery industry operates exacting, high standards for over 700 years. No piece of fine jewellery can be sold as silver, platinum or gold in the UK unless it has been hallmarked (subject to certain exemptions). The palladium mark is made up of three compulsory symbols, the sponsors mark, identifying who submitted the item for hallmarking, the town mark, indicating which Assay Office tested and hallmarked the item and the fineness mark which denotes the purity of the metal alloy.
For more information about Palladium hallmarks go to DiamondGeezer.com/palladium or anyone of the four UK Assay Offices.
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At last Palladium has now been officially acknowledged as the latest precious metal trend for the fine jewellery industry with the advent of a hallmark to guarantee its fineness. From today, 22nd July 2009, the four UK Assay Offices can mark Palladium articles with a legally recognised Hallmark, applied under an amendment to the Hallmarking Act 1973.
The interest in Palladium both within the jewellery trade and among consumers and especially DiamondGeezer.com clients has grown steadily in recent years, driven by an increased demand for quality jewellery in white precious metal. Palladium, part of the platinum group metals is tarnish resistant, white and durable. It also has low density, and is less expensive than Platinum, enabling DiamondGeezer.com designers to produce stunning pieces which are durable, beautiful and affordable.
ABOUT PALLADIUM Palladium is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal that was discovered in 1803 by William Hyde Wollaston, who named it palladium after the asteroid Pallas. Palladium has been used as a precious metal in jewellery since 1939, as an alternative to white gold. Its naturally white properties mean no need for rhodium plating. It is slightly whiter, lighter and about 12% harder than platinum. 950 Palladium is more durable than white gold. Wear testing has shown a 15% longer wear ratio. Like platinum, it will develop a milky patina over time which many like. Over time palladium will show the signs of everyday wear, but the surface is easily restored to the original lustre by cleaning and polishing, a service we are happy to provide.
Given its precious, noble metal status and our complete enthusiasm for the material DiamondGeezer.com are champions of palladium and support the current move to make it a legal requirement, as with platinum, gold and silver to have it hallmarked. This legislation is currently on the long route through the House of Commons and a Revised Impact Assessment is about to go back to the Ministry. If approved, the Ministry will consult with the rest of government and the trade (again).
Hallmarking has protected the consumer and ensured the U.K. jewellery industry operates exacting, high standards for over 700 years. No piece of fine jewellery can be sold as silver, platinum or gold in the UK unless it has been hallmarked (subject to certain exemptions). The palladium mark is made up of three compulsory symbols, the sponsors mark, identifying who submitted the item for hallmarking, the town mark, indicating which Assay Office tested and hallmarked the item and the fineness mark which denotes the purity of the metal alloy.
DiamondGeezer.com were delighted to welcome James Caan, famous for Dragon’s Den but also a very well respected business financier, to their offices in Bourton-on-the-Water on the 1st. July (2009). James was there to film the ‘where-are-they-now’ version of Dragons’ Den for series 7 of the hit BBC show which will be aired by the BBC in the Autumn. Clive Billing, DiamondGeezer.com founder and owner famously turned down the highest ever offer made by the Dragons, Peter, Theo and James, because ‘they wanted too much of his established family business’.
During the course of the day’s filming Clive and co-director, son Luke presented James with a stunning diamond set palladiumDragon lapel pin. Michael-John, DiamondGeezer.com’s resident cad-cam designer used the company’s cutting-edge computer-aided-design technogly to take Diamond Geezer Clive’s dragon concept to new heights . Then the inimitable traditional skill-set of DiamondGeezer.com’s jewellery craftsmen bought this stunning piece to life . James a self confessed lover of bling was delighted with his diamond-set Dragon pin and seemed sure that it would attract the envy of the other Dragons, which seemed to hit the spot.
Kirstie Allsop, the TV property presenter has sadly lost her engagement ring somewhere in Hackney. We all hope that Kirstie finds her ring because the huge sentiment can not be replaced.
Here are the details that Kirstie has provided and she is offering a reward. ……….
The large stone in the centre looks like a ruby, although very similar, it isn’t. It is big and chunky, so could be mistaken for costume jewellery, the ring has a central stone that is a 33 Carat Spinel (looks like a ruby) surrounded by diamonds. If you are in Hackney, keep an eye on the pavement or on the floor in Marks & Spencers in Mare street, Hackney, London E8. By now it could be anywhere, quite possibly someone has picked it up thinking it is of no great intrinsic value.
Of course if a replacement is needed, DiamondGeezer.com is ready to help, click the image and see our interpretation of Kirstie’s ring. Our source material & inspiration was the small ‘birds-eye’ image of Kirstie’s lost ring at http://www.kirstieslostring.co.uk/
AND NOW PLATINUM, 18ct GOLD & HALLMARKED PALLADIUM (from June 2009)
The global jewellery phenomenon that is the modern twist on the classic charm bracelet, where owners’ of the jewellery simply thread, or slide-on, slide-off the charms and beads was originally developed in Denmark in the late 1976 by young silversmith, Soren Nielsen when he created the brand Troll. The idea was moved to a whole new level in 1999 by another Danish brand now the internationally known, Pandora.
The bracelets quickly became popular across Europe and then conquered the world. The principle is a simple threading system that allows charms to be placed, added and rearranged by the wearer to design and instantly build original bracelets of their own. Other brands have also caught on notably Chamilia, Love Links and the extremely popular Lovingthebead.com
None of the brands have, to our knowledge produced platinum and diamond versions of this fashion happening and it falls to a real Diamond Geezer to be the first. Previews of the new diamond beads are available at Diamondgeezer.com/beads and interested parties, whether trade or consumer are invited to register interest and leave comment.
In celebration of Rowe’s 60th anniversary DiamondGeezer.com have teamed up with the Pirate FM radio station to offer one lucky winner the chance to win a beautiful 1/2 carat diamond worth over £1,500
Weekdays between May 4th and 15th Pirate FM will be visiting Rowe’s Bakery’s in and around Cornwall, Plymouth and West Devon giving listeners the opportunity to get in with a chance to win this fabulous prize. The Pirate FM Love Crew will be in each Rowe’s Bakery (click here or scroll down) between 11am and 2pm.
In addition to this great prize diamondgeezer.com will give the winner, if they want, the opportunity to design an exclusive ring setting for the diamond, whats more the lucky winner will receive a £100 voucher towards the making of the ring.
For your chance to be in with a chance of winning simply visit your local Rowe’s Bakery, fill in your details and have a go at guessing the pin to our safe. Each lucky person who opens the safe will be entered into a draw to win this fabulous 1/2 carat diamond.
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