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Klarna is one of the leading payment providers in Europe and a licensed bank that is fundamentally changing the payment experience for buyers and sellers. The company, founded in Sweden in 2005, enables online shoppers to handle outstanding payments immediately, later or in installments quickly, easily and securely. Klarna works with more than 130,000 retailers such as Asos, Spotify, MediaMarkt and Deutsche Bahn and currently employs more than 2,500 people in 14 countries. In 2014 Klarna took over Sofort GmbH; In 2017, Billpay GmbH was acquired. The company's investors include; Sequoia Capital, Bestseller Group, Atomico, VISA and Permira. More information can be found atwww.klarna.ie
Definitely! Shopping online couldn't be more secure than with Klarna. In a store, you can always touch and check the goods you want to buy before paying for them. We believe that online shopping should be no different. That's why Klarna purchase on account gives you the opportunity to check your goods first and pay later.
Our goal is to make shopping easier and safer - smooth. That is why we take drastic measures to protect you as a buyer against fraud and unreliable online retailers. Whenever you see the Klarna logo in an online store, you can be sure that the store is trustworthy and meets our strict requirements.
Klarna is also certified by TÜV Saarland and Trusted Shops. Certificates give you as a consumer positive indications of the quality of the services and products. The associations registered under "the TÜV" are known worldwide and the certificates promote the highest international reputation. TÜV Saarland has concentrated on customer-oriented services outside the traditional official fields of activity. Every year, TÜV Saarland ensures that our business model is serious and that Klarna offers secure payment methods through a detailed investigation.
Klarna has been a “Trusted Shops Authorized Partner” since 2011 and as an “authorized partner”, Klarna's processes are perfectly adapted to the Trusted Shops quality criteria. The Trusted Shops quality criteria are based on national and European laws that are important for online shopping. They take into account the current judgments and requirements of consumer protection organizations or go even further. Read more about the Trusted Shops seal of approval here.
In addition, Klarna Buyer Protection protects you with every purchase from Klarna. This is an agreement between you and Klarna that allows you to shop online safely. To ensure that the Buyer Protection Directive applies, you as a consumer must make the purchase from an entrepreneur. Please note that the Buyer Protection Directive only applies to payments made with Sofort if it is expressly stated on the payment method selection page in the merchant's online store.
Yes of course! You can chat with us in the app at any time or call us on 0221 669 501 10
Pay directly when placing your order. No credit card number, no extra passwords, no worries.
Only pay for what you like. Review your order first and then decide what you want to keep.
Pay your orders in installments and at your own pace. You decide how much you want to pay monthly.
Klarna is one of the leading payment providers in Europe and a licensed bank that is fundamentally changing the payment experience for buyers and sellers. The company, founded in Sweden in 2005, enables online shoppers to handle outstanding payments immediately, later or in installments quickly, easily and securely. Klarna works with more than 130,000 retailers such as Asos, Spotify, MediaMarkt and Deutsche Bahn and currently employs more than 2,500 people in 14 countries. In 2014 Klarna took over Sofort GmbH; In 2017, Billpay GmbH was acquired. The company's investors include; Sequoia Capital, Bestseller Group, Atomico, VISA and Permira. More information can be found atwww.klarna.ie
Definitely! Shopping online couldn't be more secure than with Klarna. In a store, you can always touch and check the goods you want to buy before paying for them. We believe that online shopping should be no different. That's why Klarna purchase on account gives you the opportunity to check your goods first and pay later.
Our goal is to make shopping easier and safer - smooth. That is why we take drastic measures to protect you as a buyer against fraud and unreliable online retailers. Whenever you see the Klarna logo in an online store, you can be sure that the store is trustworthy and meets our strict requirements.
Klarna is also certified by TÜV Saarland and Trusted Shops. Certificates give you as a consumer positive indications of the quality of the services and products. The associations registered under "the TÜV" are known worldwide and the certificates promote the highest international reputation. TÜV Saarland has concentrated on customer-oriented services outside the traditional official fields of activity. Every year, TÜV Saarland ensures that our business model is serious and that Klarna offers secure payment methods through a detailed investigation.
Klarna has been a “Trusted Shops Authorized Partner” since 2011 and as an “authorized partner”, Klarna's processes are perfectly adapted to the Trusted Shops quality criteria. The Trusted Shops quality criteria are based on national and European laws that are important for online shopping. They take into account the current judgments and requirements of consumer protection organizations or go even further. Read more about the Trusted Shops seal of approval here.
In addition, Klarna Buyer Protection protects you with every purchase from Klarna. This is an agreement between you and Klarna that allows you to shop online safely. To ensure that the Buyer Protection Directive applies, you as a consumer must make the purchase from an entrepreneur. Please note that the Buyer Protection Directive only applies to payments made with Sofort if it is expressly stated on the payment method selection page in the merchant's online store.
Yes of course! You can chat with us in the app at any time or call us on 0221 669 501 10
We’ve partnered with Humm to give you a flexible way to pay. With Humm, you can spread the cost of your purchase over manageable instalments instead of paying everything upfront, helping you budget with confidence. Minimum and maximum spend limits may apply.
Humm is a credit product and subject to approval. Late or missed payments may incur fees. Please ensure you can afford the repayments.
22nd April 2024 | by Admin
It is law within the UK that every item of precious metal sold such as Platinum, Gold, Silver is stamped labelling the item with the type of metal it is. Platinum pieces which weigh less than 0.5 grams, 18ct Gold and Palladium pieces weighing less than 1.0 gram and Silver pieces weighing less than 7.78 grams are except from hallmark.
At Diamonds Factory all our products are hallmarked as per UK hallmarking law from London Assay Office (The GoldSmith Company)
The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office is the oldest assay office in the United Kingdom. It has provided hallmarking services since The Goldsmiths' Company was founded in the 1300s. The company received its royal charter in 1327 and ranks 5th in order of precedence of the 12 Great Livery Companies of the City of London.
Hallmarking dates back to the 1300s when Edward I of England passed a law requiring any item made of silver, which was offered for sale, to be at least of equal quality as that of the coin of the realm (silver currency). The wardens of The Goldsmiths' Company were tasked with visiting workshops in the City of London to assay (test) silver articles. If these articles were found to be below standard they were originally destroyed and the metal forfeited to the King. If they passed, each article received the King's mark of authentication - the mark of a leopard's head. By 1478, there were several hundred workshops and merchants manufacturing silver articles in the City of London. It was not possible for the wardens to visit them all so the merchants were ordered to bring their items to Goldsmiths' Hall for testing and marking and a permanent Assay Office was established in the building. This is the origin of the term hallmark - struck with the King's mark at Goldsmiths' Hall.
In 1544 the Goldsmith's Company adopted the King's mark as their town mark and the mark of the leopard's head is now internationally recognised as the mark of this assay office.
The Goldsmiths's Company Assay Office is still based at Goldsmiths's Hall and remains the oldest company in Britain to be continually trading from the same site. However, it also has two satellite offices; at Greville Street in Hatton Garden in the heart of the London jewellery quarter and within a high security complex near London's Heathrow airport. It now has a new off-site facility within the Dalston-based jewellery manufacturer, Allied Gold. This is the first time in the Assay Office's 700 year history that it has opened permanent hallmarking services on a customer's premises.
In addition to hallmarking, the office has now expanded its range of services to support the jewellery trade and enforcement authorities. It offers a variety of specialist analytical services including nickel, lead & cadmium testing, antique silver dating, non-destructive compositional analysis, plating thickness measurement and a melt and assay service for scrap precious metal carried out in their fully independent on-site laboratory. Other services offered are a jewellery valuation service, laser marking, trading standards assistance, high quality photography and a comprehensive range of training and educational seminars, lectures and specialist events.
If there’s one thing the Royal Family know a thing or two about, its elaborate, standout jewellery, and as a nation there’s nothing we love more than scouting out what historical pieces they’ll showcase next. From diamond-encrusted tiaras to decadent necklaces, statement earrings and the most gorgeous gemstone rings, the royals love to accessorise and as avid jewellery lovers ourselves – we love to talk about it! Worn on the likes of our beloved Queen Elizabeth to Kate Middleton, Princess Beatrice and more, here’s just a few of our favourite pieces of royal jewellery and why we love them.
2 Prong Setting Round Blue Sapphire Drop Earrings
1,321€
2 Prong Setting Round Blue Sapphire Tennis Bracelet
2,491€
3 Prong Setting Pear Halo Blue Sapphire Pendant
206€
4 Prong Blue Sapphire Half Eternity Ring
1,014€
3 Prong Setting Pear Blue Sapphire Halo Earring
261€
4 Prong Setting Gemstone Bangle
3,770€
4 Prong Blue Sapphire Solitaire Pendant
464€
4 Prong Setting Half Eternity Blue Sapphire Ring
253€
2 Prong Setting Emerald Drop Earrings
1,373€
3 Prong Setting Pear Halo Emerald Pendant
206€
4 Prong Emerald Half Eternity Ring
1,014€
4 Prong Setting Gemstone Delicate Bracelet
1,167€
3 Prong Setting Pear Emerald Halo Earring
261€
4 Prong Setting Emerald Halo Pendant
395€
4 Prong Setting Half Eternity Emerald Ring
1,204€
Queen Elizabeth II wearing Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara
We couldn’t write about our favourite pieces of royal jewellery without paying tribute to the iconic and most-treasured piece of headwear, Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara. Worn by her late Queen Elizabeth II in 1947 as her ‘something borrowed’ for her very own wedding from her grandmother, this dazzling diamond tiara was created by E. Wolff and Co. for Garrard. Something that makes this beautiful piece even more special within the royal family is that the Queen Elizabeth II then loaned the Fringe Tiara again to her daughter Princess Anne in 1973, and more recently in 2020 it was also worn by Princess Beatrice too. The diamonds in this piece were originally part of a fringe necklace of Queen Mary’s that she wore in her hair, then changed to create the statement fringe tiara which was also able to be detached and worn as a necklace too. Queen Mary was often known to customise her existing pieces of jewellery to create items more suitable to her taste and style at the time. The tiara features a whopping 47 diamond elongated bars and is said estimated to be worth in the region of around 5 million pounds.
Diana’s Sapphire Pearl Choker
Coming in 2nd place and known best for accompanying the famous ‘revenge dress’ is Princess Diana’s Sapphire Pearl Choker. Originally gifted to her by the Queen Mother as a wedding present, this renowned necklace actually started off as a singular sapphire brooch. She loved it that much that she decided to get it remade into a piece that celebrated her own style, and had it mounted onto a gorgeous seven strand pearl choker necklace. She was first spotted wearing the brooch on its own at a banquet at Downing Street in 1982, and then first seen wearing it in all its glory as a choker at President Ronald Reagan’s ball in 1985. Experts say the sapphire adorned on the custom-made choker could range anywhere from 50 to 70 carats, and ranks pretty high up the list in the most expensive pieces from the royal jewellery collection – impressive, eh? We can see why she chose this statement piece to accompany her jaw-dropping evening gown in 1994.
Princess Eugenie’s Emerald Bridal Jewels
If like us you love the beauty and allure of a gorgeous green emerald, you’ll have loved Princess Eugenie’s wedding look in 2018. Wearing something borrowed from her grandmother Queen Elizabeth, Eugenie sported a double emerald duo of jewels that paired up with her Peter Pilotto wedding gown just perfectly.
The tiara loaned from the Queen is the Greville Emerald Kokoshnik Tiara and was made by French jeweler Boucheron in 1919. With an impressive 93.7 carat emerald taking centre stage, this unique tiara features six more emeralds dotted around the sides amongst a vast array of rose cut diamonds too. Not quite as bold but beautiful all the same, the matching emerald and diamond earrings she wore were said to be a pre-wedding gift from her husband Jack, which looked stunning against her simple and chic hair up-do. So why emeralds? Many lovers of the Royal Family said green complimented Eugenie’s striking green eyes perfectly, and we couldn’t agree more!
Queen Elizabeth II wearing Granny Chips Diamond Brooch
Who is Granny Chips we hear you ask? A question we initially had too when looking at the peculiar brooch nickname. Although it might not necessarily be a name you’d associate with something of extreme high quality, this staggeringly exquisite diamond brooch comprises of a whopping 158 carats in diamonds and is estimated to be the most expensive brooch in the world. Granny Chips is said to be a very sweet tongue-in-cheek reference that Queen Elizabeth II gave to this brooch and gifted to her from her beloved grandmother. The late queen was seen wearing her Granny Chips brooch on various occasions throughout her reign, but one that marks down in history is the addition of it to her look for her monumental Diamond Jubilee celebrations. We like to think she wanted to keep a little piece of her grandmother close with her, as a reminder that our loved ones are always nearby in spirit.