Jeweller of the Quarter:
Gemima, Hatton Garden

Partnered Feature · Q3 2026

Why We're Featuring Gemima This Quarter

There are jewellers in London who are well-known because they have spent heavily on making themselves well-known. And then there are jewellers who are well-known among people who actually know about jewellery. Gemima belongs firmly in the second category.

Operating from a workshop in Hatton Garden, the centre of London's diamond trade, Gemima has built a devoted following through something refreshingly old-fashioned: exceptional work, genuine expertise, and a client experience that makes the whole process feel less like a transaction and more like a collaboration between people who care about the same thing.

We started hearing Gemima's name from multiple independent sources, from clients who'd bought rings there, from other jewellers who respected the work, and from people in the jewellery trade who know the difference between a studio that markets well and one that makes well. The consistency of that reputation is what brought us here.

The Work

Gemima specialises in bespoke and semi-bespoke engagement rings, pieces that are either designed entirely from scratch for a specific client, or adapted from existing designs to make them personal. The breadth of work is notable: from the most classic round-brilliant solitaires to more unusual designs featuring coloured stones, vintage-inspired settings, and geometric band profiles that feel entirely contemporary.

What distinguishes the work is a combination of technical precision and real aesthetic sensitivity. The rings don't look like they were designed by committee or produced to a template. They look like they were made by someone who thinks carefully about what a ring should be, not just how it should be made.

Diamonds are sourced with care, and clients are taken through the stone selection process with genuine transparency, shown several options at equivalent price points, explained the trade-offs between them, and given time to make their own decision. This approach to the buying process reflects a confidence in the quality of the work that the high-pressure environments of some more prominent jewellers do not always share.

The Experience

A consultation at Gemima's studio begins with a proper conversation, about the person who will wear the ring, their style, their personality, what they already wear and what they've always said they'd want. This isn't small talk before getting to the business of selling. It's the foundation of a ring that will be right rather than merely acceptable.

The studio is relaxed and unpretentious. There are no commission-driven sales consultants, no time pressure, and no sense that you are expected to make a decision before you're ready. Clients regularly describe the process of buying from Gemima as something they genuinely enjoyed, which is, in our experience, a rarer thing than it should be.

Bespoke commissions are typically completed within 8–10 weeks. Semi-bespoke pieces from the existing design portfolio can often be turned around more quickly. The team are also skilled at working with inherited stones, resetting a family diamond or sapphire into a new setting designed around it, and at the kind of personalisation details that make a ring genuinely unique: coordinate engravings, hidden stones set inside the band, meaningful date inscriptions.

Hatton Garden: The Right Base

Hatton Garden is where the London diamond trade actually operates. The street and its immediate surrounds have been the centre of the UK jewellery industry since the 16th century. Wholesale dealers, cutters, setters, and polishers all work here, which is precisely why a gemologist with off-market sourcing capability is well placed to be here too. Gemima's access to stones that never reach the retail market is a direct function of working in this environment.

Chancery Lane (Central line) and Farringdon (Circle, Metropolitan, and Elizabeth lines) both put you five minutes' walk from Hatton Garden. Clients come from all over London, and further afield. The location is not a reason to hesitate.

How to Get in Touch

Gemima works primarily by appointment. We recommend reaching out to introduce yourself and explain what you're looking for, the initial conversation is usually by phone or email, followed by an in-studio consultation at a time that suits you. Come with a sense of her style if you have it, a rough budget range, and an open mind. Everything else will follow.