About Us

de Goutière Jewellers opened it’s doors May 1960 in Oak Bay, a small suburb of Victoria, B.C. Started by Anthony de Goutière, a master watchmaker, the business prospered and grew quickly to include custom designed jewellery and one of the finest collections of coloured gemstones on the west coast. An early proponent of gemmological education, Anthony received his diploma from the Gemmological Institute of America (G.I.A.) and continued his studies with the American Gem Society (A.G.S.) acquiring the necessary skills and equipment to open Canada’s first A.G.S. approved gem lab in 1979. His work in gemstone photomicrography has garnered many awards and has been published in trade and gemmological journals world wide as well as in his book “Wonders within Gemstones”. More of his work can be viewed on the Collections page under “Inclusions”. Paul de Goutière joined his father in 1981 originally as a watchmaker but quickly pursued his love of creating fine jewellery. Mainly self taught his inspiration comes from nature, structural forms and artists such as Klee, Miro and Kandinsky. His work has won awards and admirers from Canada and beyond. Click on the Collections page to see many of his past and present creations. Paul has also received his Fellow of the Canadian Gemmological Association diploma from the Canadian Gemmological Association (C.G.A.) as well as his Certified Gemmological Appraiser from the A.G.S. continuing the family tradition of knowledge, expertise and integrity as we celebrate our 50th anniversary.