Founded 1 August 1966 by Michael Guest MBE and his wife Anne in one half of the former White Swan on Saturday Market. Today the four-knock-through shop is run by their children, Philip and Karen Guest. Four branches across East Yorkshire. The largest regional stockist for antique jewellery and vintage watches. Cartier shop-in-shop on Saturday Market.
Fine diamond cut on-bench. Antique and vintage from across East Yorkshire, Karen’s 35-year specialism. Brand watches with on-site repair. Valuation for insurance and probate. Drop in to any of the four shops.
Engagement rings, eternity bands, pendants and earrings cut and set in platinum, white and yellow gold. The Beverley counter holds GIA-certified stones from 0.25ct to over three carats, with Karen Guest, the family’s diamond specialist, sizing on-bench. Resizes commonly done within hours rather than days.
The largest regional stockist for antique jewellery and vintage watches. Rings, brooches, pendants, bracelets and cufflinks across Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco periods. Antique watches include Rolex, Cartier, Omega, Longines, Marvin and Mappin. Every piece comes with a full Guest and Philips description, not a loose vintage tag.
Authorised dealer for Cartier (shop-in-shop, Beverley), Bremont, Omega, Longines, Tissot, Hamilton, Gucci and Seiko. The Beverley watch department occupies one of the four knocked-through properties, with on-site repair routed through Cartier, Omega, Rolex and other brand service centres.
On-site jeweller’s workshop in Beverley: resizing, re-tipping claws, restringing pearls, watch batteries, bracelets, jewellery valuation for insurance and probate. Karen handles antiques and diamonds. Brand watches route to the manufacturer service centre. Most simple repairs completed while you wait or within the day.
Every antique piece is catalogued under the house Antique Guest and Philips line with period, gemstones, mount metal and reference number stated. Pearls restrung in silk knotted between each. Old claws re-tipped individually rather than replaced wholesale.
The space had been a public house. Before that (per Karen Guest, in the Just Beverley anniversary feature) the site held the Bishop’s Palace of a Franciscan Friary. In 1966 Beverley was still a rural market town; the Wednesday livestock market brought farmers and their wives into town, and Michael Philips, as the shop was first named, opened into that rhythm.
Over the next 34 years three more properties were knocked through. Anne added the gift shop Design next door in 1975; the dry cleaner between them was acquired; in 2000 the former kebab shop at 25 Saturday Market completed the four-knock-through. Watches, gifts, jewellery and repairs each took a department.
Today the business is run by Michael and Anne’s children, Philip and Karen Guest. Philip leads the watch side and the brand relationships; Karen is the family’s diamond and antique specialist. Michael Guest holds an MBE for services to the community in Beverley, and an Honorary Freemanship of the town. He, Philip and Karen have all served as presidents of the Beverley and District Chamber of Trade.
“The objects we sell are usually given for special occasions or reasons, and so are invested with a great deal of sentiment.” , Karen Guest, hu17.net, 2011
Sixty years of buying across East Yorkshire and beyond has given the Beverley antique room a depth of stock no other regional shop matches. Karen Guest, who joined the bench in the late 1980s, catalogues every piece personally.
The collection runs from Edwardian sapphire-and-pearl pendants and Victorian gold cluster rings through to 1970s Cartier Santos Galbée watches, stainless-steel Rolex Datejust II, antique Omega Constellation and pre-war Mappin chronographs. Periods covered: Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco, mid-century modernist. Every piece comes catalogued under the house Antique Guest and Philips line with period, gemstones, mount metal and reference number stated, not a generic vintage tag.
For commissioning a new piece, valuing an inherited collection, or asking about a specific antique we might have in the room. Karen handles diamonds and antiques, Philip handles brand watches and the modern collection. Reply within 2 working days; appointment usually within the week at the Beverley counter.
Beverley Saturday Market is the flagship with the antique room, the watch repair workshop and the Cartier shop-in-shop. The other three are the local market-town shops for the everyday lines.
23-25 Saturday Market
HU17 8BB
Cartier shop-in-shop. Watch repair on-site. Karen Guest by appointment for antique consultations.
Mon, Sat 09:15, 17:00 · Sun closed
22 Finkle Street
HU16 4AZ
Engagement rings, gifts, brand watches. Five-minute walk from Cottingham railway station.
Mon, Sat 09:15, 17:00 · Sun closed
80A Middle Street South
YO25 6QE
On the historic Wolds market town high street. Fine jewellery, brand watches, gifts.
Mon, Sat 09:15, 17:00 · Sun closed
33 Market Place
YO42 2AP
On Pocklington Market Place. Gift jewellery, repair drop-off, watch batteries.
Mon, Sat 09:15, 17:00 · Sun closed
23-25 Saturday Market
Beverley, East Yorkshire
HU17 8BB
Phone · 01482 882599
Email · mail@guestandphilips.co.uk
Nearest · Five doors from the Grade I listed Market Cross (1711-14); two minutes from St Mary’s Church; ten from Beverley Minster.
Park · Saturday Market parking on the square outside market days; Lurk Lane multi-storey two minutes’ walk.
Karen’s antique consultations are by appointment at the Beverley counter, away from the till. Best done quietly. Book through the form above or call 01482 882599.
For most simple resizes (one or two sizes up or down, plain bands or claw settings), yes. A customer dropped in a vintage Cartier in October 2025 at 11am and walked out at 1pm. Complex resizes (full eternity bands, antique settings, anything where the stones need re-tipping) take longer, usually 2 to 5 working days. Bring the ring in to Saturday Market and Karen or the bench team will tell you on the spot.
Yes for all three, plus Longines, Tissot, Hamilton, Gucci and Seiko. The Cartier shop-in-shop is at the Beverley Saturday Market store. Bremont is confirmed on Bremont’s own store locator at bremont.com. All brand watches come with the manufacturer’s warranty, set up in our workshop, with battery-and-bracelet service handled in-house and full mechanical service routed to the right brand service centre.
Yes. Karen Guest handles antique and diamond valuations directly; she is the family’s diamond and antique specialist with 35 years at the bench. Insurance valuations are typically £75 per piece (fixed); probate valuations are £150 for the first piece and £50 each thereafter. We provide a written report with photographs, gemstone weights, and current replacement value. Appointment recommended for collections of more than a handful of pieces.
Yes to both. Karen and Philip see customers most days about part-exchange against new pieces and outright sale of inherited collections. Sixty years of trading means most pieces that come through our doors have either come from us originally or are pieces we know how to value. Bring the piece in to any of the four branches; if it is the kind of thing best valued by Karen, we arrange a quiet half-hour at the Beverley counter rather than over the till.
Beverley Saturday Market is the flagship, the antique room, the watch repair workshop and the Cartier shop-in-shop. Cottingham, Driffield and Pocklington are local market-town shops with the everyday lines (engagement rings, gifts, brand watches, battery service). If you are commissioning a piece, having a valuation done, or buying an antique, Beverley is the one to visit. For a watch battery or a gift, your nearest branch is fine.