AnchorCert Gem Lab News

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…

Carla Goodfellow, Operations Director and Marie Brennan, Business Development Manager were delighted to take part in Red Nose Day on Friday 13th March as they volunteered to help man the telephone lines at one of Comic Relief’s  Call Centres throughout the televised programme which started at 7pm on Friday evening. The Call Centre was based at the Offices of SBS Insurance in Cannock, a business which has played a significant part in the success of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day …