One of our favourite jewelers of Hatton Garden and Britain’s finest, Patrick Wyatt, shared his thoughts on Christmas 2013 and how he is looking forward to celebrating it!

‘'December is of course the very busiest time of the year for us. Right up to

Christmas Eve we have fraught men of all ages ringing us up asking if we

have something suitable for their girlfriend/partner or wife! That is why we

start making individual pieces of all values back in October and November.

My Christmas break normally starts at 9pm on Christmas Eve when I arrive

home and become the fraught man looking for a wedding present for my wife!

It's the one opportunity of the year when everything comes to a halt, the

wonderful madness of London life slows to a stop. The log fire is lit, the

cats think that the Christmas wrapping paper is purely for their enjoyment

and destruction and the Rumptopf that I've been making from the fruit from

my allotment since Spring is poured in to expectant glasses.

Being a country boy, I love growing vegetables and so we will be enjoying

the fruits of that labour throughout the Christmas break. It tastes so much

better and reminds me of my idylic days in the Kentish countryside.

The other great thing about being a jeweller is that no one needs you until

well in to January. That's when I get a few calls and emails from men who

have had a fabulous break and decided that yes, they really can spend their

life with the girl in front of them.....that's when my year starts again and

that's why I love what I do. It's always about love.’’

To learn more about Patrick visit Patrick Wyatt