Profile of the Amsterdam Diamond Group
Gassan Diamonds
Gassan Diamonds, a family-owned company, is housed in a former steam-driven diamond factory in the centre of Amsterdam. The company still focuses primarily on the cutting of diamonds and the wholesale and retail of set diamonds, loose polished diamonds, gold jewellery and watches. Gassan Diamonds has a leading position within the diamond industry through its introduction of a new cut, the Gassan 121. More than 350,000 tourists visit the historical diamond factory every year. During a free guided tour, our multilingual staff explain the various stages of the diamond polishing process. You can see skilled craftsmen at work as they transform the most precious crystal known to man into dazzling ready-to-wear brilliants. Gassan Diamonds offers various custom arrangements for international visitors on business trips as well as for groups from 150 persons.
Amsterdam Diamond Group
Gassan Diamonds is well aware of the importance of the tourist aspect of the diamond industry. International attention for Amsterdam, the City of Diamonds, will attract more people to our factory and shops. For this reason, the company established the Amsterdam Diamond Group. All the subsidiary companies of Gassan Diamonds are joined in this group: Amsterdam Diamond Center, Gassan Schiphol, and Van Pampus Jewels & Watches.
Amsterdam Diamond Center
The Amsterdam Diamond Center can be found in the very heart of Amsterdam. It is the biggest jewellery store in the Netherlands, selling brand watches and an elaborate selection of polished diamonds and jewellery. The highly trained staff of the Amsterdam Diamond Center provides customers with personal and expert advice on their extensive international collection of diamond jewels and watches. Brands sold at the Amsterdam Diamond Center include Rolex, Cartier, Chopard, Brequet, Audemars Piquet and many others.
Gassan Schiphol / Gassan Plaza
In 1967, Gassan Schiphol B.V. established the first Diamond desk at Schiphol Airport. Nowadays the company has 16 selling points at the Airside section of the airport and two at Landside. Gassan is one of the largest concessionaires of the Schiphol Group.
Within the See, Buy & Fly concept, the Gassan Schiphol Jewellery & Watches shops present a collection ranging from silver jewellery to watches and diamonds. Gassan Schiphol represents many prestigious brands at the airport. This year, Gassan opened the first Rolex Boutique at any airport outside of Switzerland. The other brands sold in the Gassan Schiphol shops are Omega, Jaeger leCoultre, Audemars Piquet, Breitling, Longines, Raymond Weil, Bvlgari, Gucci, CK, Armani, Swatch, Mont Blanc, Chopard, Tamara Comolli, Ti Sento, Dyrberg/Kern and Otazu.
The Airside shop, Gassan Plaza, offers the perfect combination of luxury, quality and excellent service within the dynamic atmosphere of Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. Gassan Plaza carries an international collection of renowned brands.
International
Gassan Diamonds can be found at airports around the world. In the autumn of 1992, Gassan opened its first Duty Free Diamond Shop on foreign soil, in London Heathrow's Terminal 3. In October 1999, Gassan Diamonds B.V. opened a Duty Free Watch Shop there as well. In 1997, Gassan Diamonds opened two after-sales offices in Beijing, China and Jakarta, Indonesia*. In addition, the company opened after-sales offices in Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong in 1999. In 2008, Gassan opened 3 new stores at Changi Airport in Singapore.
Van Pampus Jewels & Watches
As the name suggests, this jeweller offers its customers a very large collection of jewels in 14 and 18 carat gold with or without diamonds, Ti Sento jewellery and of course an impressive collection of watches by top brands such as Breitling, IWC, Armani and many others.
