Birmingham Community Safety Partnership are undertaking a business related survey and Assay Office Birmingham is helping to make local Birmingham businesses aware of the survey. Please follow the link below to complete the survey; https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=142625143105 This survey will take a maximum of ten minutes to complete and your responses will be treated in the strictest of confidence in accordance with the Market Research Society code of conduct. Most questions will re…

Members of staff from  the Company of  Master Jewellers - CMJ - recently attended the Understanding Watches training course at Assay Office Birmingham. The course, was carried out by Peter Tales a respected Horology Consultant and a Senior Examiner at the British Horological Institute.  The course allowed the attendees to gain more knowledge about the technical aspects and benefits of of differnt tyes of wathces and their functionality as well as some rules on spotting the diff…

There are only a small handful of places remaining on THE VERY LAST General Public Silver Visit which is taking place at Assay Office Birmingham on Monday 23rd March at 11am and 2pm. With the launch of our brand new website, you can now book AND PAY ONLINE for the FINAL Silver Visit of 2015. Please follow the link below to BOOK NOW! http://www.theassayoffice.co.uk/heritage-hub/book-a-silver-collection-visit The talk and guided silver collection tour was given by Craig O'Donnell, Curat…

Estimating the carat weight of gemstones which are already mounted is something which experienced jewellers, pawnbrokers and valuers need to do everyday. In a couple of clicks, the AnchorCert Gemstone Weight Estimator can easily calculate the estimated carat weight of diamonds and gemstones from their measurements. The calculation will use the measurement of the length, width and depth of the gemstone (and the minimum and maximum diameter of round brilliant diamonds). To downloa…