Founded 1831 by Antonio Fattorini, born in Bellagio on the shore of Lake Como and arrived in Yorkshire at eighteen. His first shop, The Oriental Lounge, opened on Regent Parade in the summer the spa town was packed with visitors taking the waters. The business moved to 10 Parliament Street in 1884 and has not left since. Today the shop is run by Wayne Beales, who managed it for the twenty years before he bought it in 2022 to keep the name on the high street.
Brilliants, princess, oval, pear, emerald and our own Phoenix Cut diamond, set in platinum, 18 ct gold or 9 ct gold. The Flawless Fattorinis and Forever Fattorinis lines are made up at the bench from loose stones graded in front of you. Private viewing by appointment, with a side-by-side comparison on your hand before any decision is made.
Plain and diamond-set wedding bands in 9 ct, 18 ct gold and platinum. Profiles in stock include court, flat court, D-shape and bevel. Diamond-set eternities to match your engagement ring, often made up as a pair at the order stage. The newly refurbished wedding area at the back of the shop is by appointment, so we can lay both rings out together.
Our own house line, launched after the 2022 reopening. Every stone carries a documented chain of custody, sourced through Canada-mark or Botswana-origin certificates. The Phoenix Cut is the line's exclusive proprietary cut, named for the rescue. Laboratory-Grown Diamond Rings sit alongside the mined-stone collection so customers can choose on price, ethics or provenance.
A small curated selection of pre-owned Rolex watches in the cabinet at any one time. Every piece sold with its papers where supplied, and a workshop check before it leaves the shop. Sub-ranges in stock vary, ask in person or call ahead. We also stock designer jewellery from Shaun Leane, Chimento and Clogau.
He arrived in the North of England from Lake Como in 1815, eighteen years old, and worked his way across Yorkshire with a donkey-load of trinkets and watches before he could open the door of a shop. The Oriental Lounge took its name from the Eastern-fashioned wares popular with the spa-town visitors taking the waters at the Royal Pump Room.
In 1875, Antonio's son (also Antonio) moved the business to 2 Royal Parade, closer to the Pump Rooms, expanded into watches and jewellery, and renamed it Fattorinis the Jeweller. Nine years later, in 1884, the shop moved to its current address: 10 Parliament Street. It has been there ever since, 142 years and counting at one Harrogate doorway.
Five generations of the Fattorini family kept the shop until 2022, when Anthony Tindall (great-great-grandson of the founder) retired without a willing successor. Rather than lose the name from the high street, Wayne Beales, who had managed the shop for the previous twenty years, bought the business. The unit, the staff, and the address all stayed. The trading name was updated from A. Fattorini to Fattorinis, plural, to mark the change without breaking the line.
“We didn't want to lose the iconic name, but we wanted to show our customers we are prepared to refresh, modernise and move with the times.” Wayne Beales · The Jeweller, NAJ · Summer 2022
A diamond is a diamond on the four Cs, but two stones of identical grade can have very different histories. The Provenance Collection only carries stones with a documented chain of custody, so the journey from mine to shop is on record before the ring is ordered. The two routes we use most are Canada-mark stones (mined and tracked through the Canadian system) and Botswana-origin stones with the country's sovereign-certified paperwork.
Every Provenance Collection stone above 0.30 ct is accompanied by either a Canada-mark serial (laser-etched on the girdle) or a Botswana origin certificate. We will show you the certificate next to the stone before the order is signed off.
Our proprietary cut, developed for the 2022 reopening. A modified brilliant with extra crown-pavilion facets that throw a softer, more pronounced light play. Only set on Provenance Collection stones, only sold on Parliament Street.
The Laboratory-Grown range sits in the same cabinet so a customer can compare a mined and a grown stone of the same cut, side by side, before deciding what matters most. The choice is theirs, not ours.
The brands we stock are chosen to do work the in-house collection cannot: London sculptural silver from Shaun Leane, Italian designer pieces from Chimento (a nod to the founder's home country), and Welsh gold from Clogau, mined in Snowdonia. Each one is a different register of jewellery, and each one earns the floor space it sits in. We do not chain-stock.
A short form to book a private viewing at the shop. We'll pull the cuts, settings and brands you mention out of the cabinet and have them on the tray ready, so the appointment is spent looking at the pieces in your hand instead of waiting for them.
10 Parliament Street
Harrogate HG1 2QZ
Phone · 01423 502440
Email · info@fattorinis.co.uk
Find us · on the Parliament Street pedestrian crescent, a five-minute walk from Harrogate railway station and three from the Royal Pump Room Museum.
Closed Sunday, Monday, and Bank Holiday Mondays. Two days off keeps the shop owner-led six days a week and the bench tidy for the work that cannot be done with the counter open.
Every Provenance Collection stone above 0.30 ct comes with either a Canada-mark serial (laser-etched on the girdle) or a Botswana origin certificate. We will show you the paperwork in front of the stone before the order is signed off. Outside the Provenance Collection, paperwork varies by stone; ask and we will tell you.
The Phoenix Cut is our own proprietary diamond cut, developed for the 2022 reopening of the shop. A modified brilliant with extra crown-pavilion facets that throw a softer light play. It is only ever set on Provenance Collection stones, and only sold from 10 Parliament Street.
Same unit on Parliament Street, same staff, same name. The owner changed in March 2022. Wayne Beales, who managed the shop for the twenty years before he bought it, took it on from Anthony Tindall (great-great-grandson of the founder) on his retirement. The trading name was adjusted from A. Fattorini to Fattorinis to mark the moment, but everything else continued.
Yes. The Laboratory-Grown Diamond Rings sit in the same cabinet as the Provenance Collection so a customer can compare a mined and a grown stone of the same cut and grade side by side. The choice between them is yours; we will explain how each affects price, sentiment and resale, but we will not push one over the other.
The Fattorini family kept that pattern from the beginning and we have kept it since. Two days off makes the shop owner-led the other six days, gives the bench time for the work that needs a quiet room, and stops the cabinet ever being staffed by a Sunday team that does not know the stock. If you cannot make a Tuesday to Saturday, call ahead and we will see what we can do.