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UPDATE 19/11/2021: Biagio the Jewellers are delighted to announce that our new Thame store will be opening at 9am on Saturday 20th November.Our new location is 105 High Street, Thame, OX9 3DZ. We look forward to welcoming all our customers old and new. Many of you may have seen the posters in Thame in the windows of the unit that was Clarkes shoes, well the time has finally arrived! Over the next few weeks, we will commence the move from 2 Greyhound walk to the new unit, 105 High Street,... Read More

What is a Lab Grown Diamond? Firstly, a lab grown diamond (sometimes also referred to as man-made) is a diamond in every sense. Chemically, physically and optically they are identical to their mined counterparts. Naturally occurring diamonds are created in the intense pressure and immense heat of the Earth’s mantle around 100 miles underground. Most were formed 1-3 billion years ago at a time when our planet was far hotter than it is today. A lab grown diamond re-creates the conditions in nature that result in carbon crystallizing into a... Read More

First let’s tackle a commonly asked question. Opals, Lucky or Unlucky? The Unlucky superstition comes purely from a novel written in the 1800s (Anne of Geierstein by Walter Scott, you need to read it to find out why!) and not from any ancient belief or experience. In fact, throughout most of history and almost all cultures, Opal has been regarded as the luckiest and most magical of all gems. In Roman times the gem was carried as a good luck charm or talisman, as it was believed that the gem,... Read More

We now live in a World where Green is the new colour! We are constantly being asked to consider renewing and recycling and why not use this Ethos when looking at your personal Jewellery collection. When did I last wear that piece, how long have those inherited items been in the drawer, too sentimental to discard? Well, bring all those pieces into us and we can talk you through your options. Start the Journey to transforming these forlorn and forgotten items into creating a fresh, contemporary piece (or pieces) which... Read More

So, who doesn’t LOVE a Sapphire! Dark inky Blue, through shades of Summer Seas to a Cerulean Blue sky. “What is the best colour”. The answer to this, is what pleases your eye and sings to your heart. For me, the ‘Truer’ the Blue the better. Where you can see into the stone, where you get a sense of Summer, the most valuable is considered to be, a clear deep Blue or Cornflower Blue. Sapphire is from the Corundum family of gemstones which includes Ruby and the colour differences are... Read More

This Season’s hot look in Fashion are all the sharp Citrus colours, from warm, deep orange to crisp buttery yellow and all shades in between! HRH Kate, Duchess of Cambridge is on point with her fabulous, opulent Citrine gemstone ring. So, I want to bring you, ‘on point’, talking to you about an array of amazing and unusual Gemstones that range through this colour palette. Let’s start with the already mentioned Citrine from the Quartz family. Natural Citrine in a pale yellow is the rarest, mostly found in Brazil. Although,... Read More

Biagio the Jewellers are pleased to announce that they have just taken delivery of an amazing new state of the art Laser soldering machine. This means that Stephen our specialist craftsman, who is working at our on-site workshop in the Bicester branch can continue to expand and enhance his range of work and skills. This will include the ability to repair and restore much finer items of jewellery giving the purest, invisible finish possible. We shall also be able to offer a Priority Service on size alterations when purchasing one... Read More