PURVIS JEWELERS - Key Persons
John W. Purvis III is an award winning designer with almost 50 years of experience.
I started making jewelry in March of 1971 at Golden High school. I got my first job in the jewelry business in April at a store called The Village Smith Gallery in Heritage Square. I worked there from April through August of 1971. I started working for El Rey Goldsmiths, also in Heritage Square, during Xmas break of my freshman year at CU, and continued to work there on weekends until the summer of 1972. I decided that this was my calling and I started to work there full time. I continued to work at El Rey until November 1974 when I opened Purvis Jewelers, at 9797 West Colfax in the Colfax Kipling Shopping Center. I stayed there for 27 years and relocated to 9190 West Colfax at Garrison in November 2001 until 2019.