Every piece starts as raw gold, hand-selected before it ever touches a bench. Our own workshop turns it into necklaces, rings, and anklets — cast, set, and finished under one roof.
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From raw nuggets to finished jewellery — each piece is weighed, graded, and sealed before it reaches you.
Unrefined nuggets and alluvial gold, sold by assay weight.
4 LOTS AVAILABLE999.9 fine bars and coins, cast and stamped in-house.
4 LOTS AVAILABLEHand-finished chains and pendants, cast in the workshop.
3 STYLES AVAILABLEEngagement, wedding, and statement bands, made to size.
3 STYLES AVAILABLEFine chain and beaded anklets, sold by the gram.
2 STYLES AVAILABLEGIA-certified, loose and mounted, all clarities.
4 LOTS AVAILABLEEmerald, sapphire, ruby & rarer stones, origin-verified.
4 LOTS AVAILABLEPrices reflect today's assay. Every lot ships with a signed certificate and tamper-evident seal.
This is where raw gold becomes a necklace, a ring, a finished stone setting. Nothing here is outsourced — our own bench, our own tools, our own hands, from the first melt to the final polish.
It's a small room. It's meant to be. A crowded workshop is one where every tool has been reached for that morning.
These aren't marketing terms — they're the same four measures our assayers log into the ledger for every stone that passes through the house.
Exact weight to the hundredth, measured on a certified micro-balance before any stone is listed.
Proportion, symmetry, and polish graded under controlled light against GIA reference standards.
Inclusions mapped under 10x loupe magnification and recorded on the stone's certificate diagram.
Graded on a controlled scale, or by origin and saturation for coloured gemstones.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
David is a UK-certified Gemmologist (GA), and built Golden Vista on a simple premise: a buyer should be able to trace what they own back to the ground it came from. That standard now runs through every bar, stone, and finished piece the house sells.
He still personally examines every lot over five carats under the loupe before it's listed, and signs off on the house's certification standards. Under his direction, Golden Vista brought grading and quality control in-house rather than outsourcing any of it — a decision that shaped the entire business.
"A certificate is a promise. We only sign the ones we'd stake the house on." — D. KIRKHAM, FOUNDER
Small house, short chain of command — most orders pass through one of these two desks.
Collection Manager
Oversees new stock, cataloguing, and certification for every piece that enters the collection.
Bidding & Sales Partner
Handles bidding lots and works directly with buyers from first enquiry through to delivery.
Every order is confirmed by a specialist before it ships.
Every order over the counter is confirmed by hand. Leave your details and a Golden Vista specialist will call to verify stock, arrange insured delivery, and take payment securely.