Wink Jones of Winfield's, has been in the jewelry business since early
1970 when he bought his first gemstone, an amethyst, for a girlfriend
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Within days he was buying and selling gems,
and his life long love affair and study of gems was started.Wink
graduated from the Gemological Institute of America in November of
1975, and has been active in the trade ever since. His unique store has
made several transitions over the years and today enjoys a modest
setting with extremely low overhead which translates to clients in the
form of being able to provide wonderful high quality stones and
heirloom quality jewelry at a fraction of a traditional retailer. Over
the years, Wink has become a respected expert nationally in evaluating
the quality of diamond cutting and more importantly, in being able to
explain it in an easy to understand and interesting way. He loves
sharing his knowledge and his first love of extraordinary colored
stones continues to this day. Wink has an incredible collection of
Award Winning gemstones as well as access to exceptional gems of many
hard to find specimens and extraordinarily beautiful cut diamonds.Most
recently Wink has enjoyed assembling a team of expert studio artists
who work with him and some even with each other. For example Richard
Homer, world famous in the gem cutting world and Ocean Pearlman, a
nationally and internationally recognized designer who has worked with
Royalty have also teamed together to bring their expertise to greater
heights by each accenting the strengths of the other to create
incredible wearable art. He also partners with some of America”™s finest
studio artisans to create fabulous custom pieces to make his clients”™
hearts sing. Wink takes great joy in working with people to create
heirloom quality jewelry that will be enjoyed for generations.
