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This Week's Office Hours + Deadlines for Next Day Delivery

New Products
(including links to guides and reviews)

Items Out of Stock

Summary of Delivery Times and Postage Costs
(so that you don't have to go through the ordering process to find out)

2011 - 2012 mail order catalogue download (flip book for Windows computers)
(You cannot order goods from the download of the mail order catalogue!)

OFFICE HOURS AND NEXT DAY DELIVERY DEADLINES

Summary

Office hours this week, Monday to Thursday 8am-6pm, Friday 7am-2pm.

Callers to office. This week Monday 10am-5pm; Tuesday to Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 10am-midday. Feel free to collect your order and save the postage fee, but this IS only a collection point, we have no shop, no showroom, so please phone 01923 220206 to place your order and tell us when (to the nearest hour) you would like to collect it. Click here for map and directions.

Detail (when you check out you will be given a choice of three services):
For specific details of each posting service and guaranteed delivery times, click here

Monday 30 January:
- 3 to 6 day delivery, dispatch tomorrow or Wednesday, delivery might be Thursday but more likely Friday or Saturday
- 1 to 2 day delivery, pay by 4pm today, 75% chance of delivery by 6pm tomorrow
- Next day delivery, pay by 4pm today for delivery by 1pm tomorrow

Tuesday 31 January:
- 3 to 6 day delivery, dispatch tomorrow or Thursday, delivery might be Friday but more likely Saturday or Monday
- 1 to 2 day delivery, pay by 4pm today, 75% chance of delivery by 6pm tomorrow
- Next day delivery, pay by 4pm today for delivery by 1pm tomorrow

Wednesday 1 February:
- 3 to 6 day delivery, dispatch tomorrow, delivery might be Saturday but more likely early next week
- 1 to 2 working day delivery, pay by 4pm today, 75% chance of delivery by 6pm tomorrow
- Next day delivery, pay by 4pm today for delivery by 1pm tomorrow

Thursday 2 February:
- 3 to 6 day delivery, dispatch today or tomorrow, delivery most likely early next week
- 1 to 2 day delivery, pay by 4pm today, 75% chance of delivery by 6pm tomorrow, otherwise Monday (no Saturday delivery on this service)
- Next day delivery, pay by 4pm today for delivery by 1pm tomorrow

Friday 3 February:
- 3 to 6 day delivery, dispatch Monday or Tuesday, delivery later next week
- 1 to 2 day delivery, pay by 1pm today, 75% chance of delivery by 6pm on Monday (no Saturday delivery on this service)
Next day delivery, pay by 1pm today for delivery by 1pm the next working day (includes Saturday if you usually receive post on a Saturday - residential addresses and most shops receive post on a Saturday; many offices and industrial areas are closed on a Saturday so the postman doesn't deliver the mail).

Saturday 4 February:: closed (always closed on Saturday)

Sunday 5 February:: open 9am - 3pm

Not enough information? You want to know exactly how long your goods will take to arrive? Click here.

We exhibit at the antiques fair at Kempton Park, Sunbury, on the last Tuesday of the month (excluding December) and also each Shepton Mallet fair at the Bath & West Showground (excluding January); we visit Newark in the Spring and Summer, weather permitting. Please telephone at least two working days beforehand if there is anything you wish to buy or anything you have for sale.

See Quicktest at the Fairs

See also:  How to Buy

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INFORMATION

There are over 40 information articles. There are guides on nearly everything, from how to polish gold, to styles of jewellers tools, to military binoculars, to conversion charts, to reviews of electronic testers .

UPDATED ARTICLES:

Review of AGT1 electronic gold tester (updated 13.12.11), click here

Diamond testing (updated 12.12.11), click here

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NEW PRODUCTS
Prices are inclusive of VAT (unless the delivery address is outside the European Union = you will not be charged VAT) (and except for books and secondhand goods = no VAT applicable).

Bulk discounts: there many items (e.g. clock keys) which are greatly discounted if you buy in bulk. Up to now you had to order separately for bulk orders. Now, simply place your order from this website in the normal way, if you order a few you will be charged the normal price, if you order a lot you will automatically be charged a special 'bulk' price (details are by each item).

Traders' Accessories:
Special one-off "job lot" of jewellery boxes, click here
and
Special one-off "job lot" of display stands, click here
and
Special one-off "job lot" of picture-hanging accessories, click here
and
Regular lines, traders' accessories (two categories), click here

FREE! - download our latest mail order catalogue (released November 2011), click here (pdf)

AGT1 GemOro AuRACLE electronic gold tester £399.00, click here

The Gold & Silver Buyer's Handbook is now available as a download from Amazon, click here
(or click here to order a physical copy, £12.50)

LED battery spotlight, ideal for fairs/markets, showcases, security, click here

Full page (A4) flat magnifier (Fresnel) £3.50, click here

Professional USB microscope (eyepiece attachment), £139.00, click here

Sets of tubs for sorting watch parts (usually during repair), now in two sizes
- for wrist watches £15.00, click here - or for pocket watches £19.50, click here

6X30 new military (as used by NATO) binocular £295.00, click here

8X30 stand magnifier with 3 LED lights £12.50, click here

Watchmakers tweezers, set of 8, £15.00, click here

Latest electronic gold tester £399.50, click here

Multi tester for diamond and Moissanite, best one, by Presidium, £249.00, click here

Watch back opener on long arm, for difficultto-open screw-backs click here

Packet of brass and steel pins for riveting, £5.50, click here

7X50 binocular with built-in compass (new, not secondhand), £119.50, click here
and
6X30 binocular with built-in compass (new, not secondhand), £85.00, click here

We now have two sizes of case holder, £9.50 and £12.50, click here

We now have two sizes of 2-pronged watch back opener for screw-backs, £5.00 and £6.50, click here

Selection of sample diamond testers from £35.00 to £249.00, click here

Cubic zirconia, £60.00, click here

Polariscope, mains-powered, £90.00, click here

Computerised gemstone gauge (Presidium model PGCG), £298.81, click here

Digital micrometer, 26mm / 0.01mm, £19.50, click here

Presidium Multi Tester III, diamond and Moissanite tester, £220.00, click here

Presidium Diamond Fact III diamond tester, £99.00, click here

Polishing mops, £3.00 to £5.00, click here

Adaptor to fit a polishing mop to a handheld electric drill, £12.50, click here

Wide finger sizers (for simulating wedding rings), £17.50, click here

Safety glasses, £5.00, click here

Face protector (visor), £19.50, click here

Weighing machine that calculates the value of the gold, £59.00, click here

Electronic calculator with conversions (g, oz, dwt and gn to Troy ounces), £4.50 click here

Cheapy folding illuminated reading magnifier, £5.40, click here

Strap £4.20 click here

Three magnifiers on stands, £2.50 to £4.40, click here - top three items [June 2011]

Mandrel for round shapes 25-30mm dia.£13.50, click here

Bracelet mandrel, £17.50, click here

Sticky labels for rings now available in rolls of 100, choice of three colours, £7.50 and £9.50, click here

Rechargeable battery packs for approved balances, £149.00, click here to see the balances
(page 37 of our Summer-Autumn 2011 mail order catalogue)
Note, there is a mistake in the catalogue (though not on this website), these are only available for the EW and EK models.

Set of ten diamond-impregnated files, £19.50, click here

Book: Handheld Zeiss Binoculars 1894-1919, £120.00, click here

UV bank note checker, £15.00, click here

Golden Touch electronic gold tester, £57.58, click here

G-24 electronic gold tester, £299.00, click here

Radiator keys, £2.00, click here

Utility key £3.00, click here

Many product categories have a section for "Discontinued Lines". These sections are scattered all over the website, but you can see all of them by clicking here (then click on the product you wish to see).

OUT OF STOCK as of 24.01.12
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There are no major products out of stock today.

POSTAGE AND DELIVERY TIMES (U.K.)
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The following applies to orders placed from this website and paid online:

STANDARD DELIVERY 3 to 6 DAYS:
We use Royal Mail Packetpost. Orders are dispatched in 1 to 3 days, then they take 2 to 3 days to arrive. If an item is out of stock, it will follow a few days later. Typical postage charge (including VAT) is £4.50, though a lightweight order can cost as little as £2.50, a heavy order as much as £7.50.

DELIVERY 1 to 2 WORKING DAYS:
We can usually dispatch the same day providing payment is received by 4pm Monday to Thursday, or midday on a Friday. Most (about 75%) are delivered by 6pm the next working day (excluding Highlands & Islands). We use the courier UK MAIL, postage charge is £10.00.

NEXT DAY (by 1pm, incl. Saturday)
We can usually dispatch the same day (delivery by 1pm the next working day, including Saturday if you usually receive post on a Saturday) providing payment is received by 4pm Monday to Thursday, or midday on a Friday. If any item is out of stock we will telephone you; if we don’t have your telephone number we will email instead. Highlands & Islands may take longer. We use Royal Mail Special Delivery. Postage charge depends on weight: up to 2Kg, £12.50; or 2Kg-10Kg, £30.00.

POSTAGE AND DELIVERY TIMES (OVERSEAS)

The computer is programmed with dozens of zones and dozens of weight bands. The only way to find the cost of postage is to add the items to the Shopping Basket (Cart) and see what the computer suggests (you will be given a choice of posting methods). You don't have to complete the order, you do not have to pay, we will not ask you for money.