Windsor Jewelers - Charlotte — in Charlotte, NC

Robert Simon moved to Winston-Salem in 1981 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in music education and conducting. Although his life's passion and focus was originally music and the thrill of conducting, Rob took a job with a local Winston-Salem jewelry store in order to pay down his student loans and to save up some money while continuing to focus on growing his music career. What quickly started out as a potential short-term retail position quickly brought out the inner-businessman in Rob, and before he knew it he was on the road nationally as a sales representative at the wholesale jewelry level, traveling state to state and store to store, working shows across the country at various retailers of all shapes and sizes. He then went on to start his own wholesale jewelry company, while continuing to travel nationally, prior to realizing that he wanted to grow his roots and his family by settling down in one place: Winston-Salem. In September of 1986 Rob took a break from life on the road and founded his own store, Windsor Jewelers, right in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem at the corner of Fourth Street and Cherry Street. He used his many experiences and the knowledge he garnered on the road to bring the very best of the current 1980's jewelry industry fashion trends to the North Carolina Triad community...