Awards & Accreditations
An AGS Accredited Gem Lab, recertified every year. An IJO Master Jeweler since 2005. Members of Jewelers of America and the Jewelers Vigilance Committee. This is what stands behind every piece we sell.
Accreditations & Standards
The Bodies That Hold Us to It
These three set standards, apply them to us, and can withdraw membership. One of them has to be re-earned every year.
Recertified Annually
American Gem Society
The AGS has stood for consumer protection since 1934. Accreditation is not purchased. It is earned by examination, renewed every year, and it can be withdrawn. Ours applies to the business, not to one person on staff.
Member Jeweler
Jewelers of America
Founded in 1906, the national association for American fine jewelers. Members commit to its Code of Professional Practices, covering honest representation, full disclosure, and fair dealing. SVS is listed in the JA member directory.
Member
Jewelers Vigilance Committee
The jewelry industry's legal compliance authority, holding the trade to federal advertising and disclosure law. It is the least visible membership on this page and the one that most directly governs how we are allowed to talk to you.
Industry Memberships
How an Independent Store Buys Like a Chain
SVS belongs to three organizations of independent jewelers who buy collectively and share education. It is the reason a single showroom in Oceanside can price against national retailers, and each of them vets who gets in.
Master Jeweler Since 2005
Independent Jewelers Organization
A nationwide organization of independent retail jewelers built around collective buying, continuing education, and a shared code of conduct. SVS has held IJO Master Jeweler standing since 2005 and is the only Master IJO Certified Gem Lab in Nassau County, a designation granted by territory.
Member Since 2013
Continental Buying Group
One of the country's established independent jewelry buying organizations. Membership is not open to anyone who applies. A jeweler has to be well established, in good standing, and vouched for by the group before being considered.
Member Since 2010
Retail Jewelers Organization
Founded in 1966 by a small group of independent jewelers who banded together to command better vendor pricing by buying collectively. SVS has been a member since 2010.
Granted by Territory
Three Things Another Long Island Jeweler Cannot Apply For
Most credentials on this page are open to any jeweler willing to meet the standard. These three are not. Each is awarded to one store in a defined area, and while SVS holds it, nobody else nearby can.
The Only Preferred Jeweler on Long Island
Preferred Jewelers International has six member stores in all of New York State and one on Long Island. That membership is what makes the SVS Lifetime Warranty honorable at 145+ retailers across 33 states.
Nassau County's Only Master IJO Certified Gem Lab
Awarded by the Independent Jewelers Organization in 2016 and held since. It requires gemological equipment on the premises and GIA-credentialed staff to operate it, which is why your appraisal never leaves the building.
Long Island's Only Noam Carver Retailer
Designer bridal lines are placed by territory rather than sold to anyone who orders. If you want to try a Noam Carver setting on your own hand anywhere on Long Island, there is one showroom where you can do it.
Current Certification
Our American Gem Society certification, renewed each year.
Bethpage Best of Long Island · 2016
Both Categories, the Same Year
In 2016, Long Island voted SVS Fine Jewelry the Best Jewelry Store on Long Island and the Best Wedding Jeweler on Long Island. Two separate categories, one public ballot, one store.
Winning both in a single year is the part we are proud of. Doing it twice over in one ballot is not something a store can buy its way into.
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Oceanside Chamber of Commerce · 2019
Business of the Year
Named Business of the Year by the chamber of the village we have traded in since 2003. Recognition from the people who watch how a business behaves on its own street, year in and year out.
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Long Island Press · 2019
Kings of New York
Our founder Sami Saatchi was honored at the annual Kings of New York event, which recognizes men in business who lead by example and make a measurable impact in their community and workplace.
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LI Herald · 2019
Premier Business Women
Morgan Nicki Saatchi, our Vice President and Director of Buying, was honored among Long Island's high-level female business leaders, recognized in part for her fundraising work for Cohen Children's Medical Center.
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SVS has previously earned the Best of Weddings award from The Knot and the Couples' Choice award from WeddingWire, both voted on by couples who bought their rings here. The version you can check today is our 5.0 rating across more than 2,500 Google reviews.
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