Industry: Jewelry

Headquarters: Des Moines, IA

Founder: Solomon Joseph

Founded: 1871

Number of Employees: 19

Markets: Des Moines Area, Iowa

Interviewed: John Joseph, Vice President

Joseph’s Jewelers consists of three family-owned and operated jewelry stores in the Des Moines, Iowa area. The family has owned the company for 136 years, since Solomon Joseph started S. Joseph and Sons in the Kirkwood Hotel in Des Moines in 1871. From calibrating the watches of railroad men to selling license plates and eyeglasses, the firm has always focused on the needs of its customers. Today, Toby and John Joseph, as well as the dedicated employees, continue to ensure the satisfaction of every Joseph’s patron by providing quality merchandise at competitive prices and unmatched personal service. A full service jeweler, Josephs has 19 registered jewelers and certified gemologists, the most Certified Gemologists on staff in the Midwest and offers expert jewelry and watch repair, as well as a unique design center. Voted “Best Jeweler in Des Moines” each of the last five years by the readers of the Business Record, Josephs Jewelers takes pride in offering unsurpassed quality in service.

At Joseph’s Jewelers, they believe that it is the firm and the owners’ corporate and personal responsibility to be involved in the community that has supported the business and helped it to be successful. The firm does not have an overriding philosophy about the types of causes with which it gets involved; instead, whenever firm management sees an opportunity they think is worthwhile, they do what they can to help support it.

Joseph’s Jewelers

320 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309

www.josephsjewelers.com