


| 1883 JOE KOEN OPENED IN HOTEL DRUG STORE, CONGRESS AVENUE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, OFFERING QUALITY JEWELRY AND REPAIRS. 1888 JOE KOEN MOVED TO 105 EAST 6TH STREET. 1918 WILLIAM J. KOEN SR. JOINED BUSINESS, SECOND GENERATION. 1920 JOE KOEN AND WILLIAM KOEN SR. FORMED PARTNERSHIP, THUS JOE KOEN & SON. 1945 JOE KOEN, DECEASED. 1958 WILLIAM KOEN JR. JOINED BUSINESS, THIRD GENERATION. 1972 MOVED FROM 105 E. 6TH TO 611 CONGRESS AVE. 1975 OPENED FIRST SUBURBAN STORE, NORTHCROSS MALL. 1976 FORMED PARTNERSHIP, WILLIAM KOEN SR. & WILLIAM KOEN JR. 1981 OPENED SECOND SUBURBAN STORE, BARTON CREEK MALL. 1987 WILLIAM J. KOEN III JOINED BUSINESS, FOURTH GENERATION. 1989 CLOSED JOE KOEN & SON JEWELERS NORTHCROSS MALL STORE, OPENED NEW SUBURBAN STORE, 5517 BALCONES DRIVE. 1989 WILLIAM J. KOEN SR., DECEASED. 1990 BRAD KOEN JOINED BUSINESS, FOURTH GENERATION. 1992 CLOSED BARTON CREEK MALL LOCATION. OPENED NEW SUBURBAN STORE, 9828 GREAT HILLS TRAIL, GREAT HILLS MARKET. 2002 CLOSED GREAT HILLS TRAIL STORE. BILL KOEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF TEXAS JEWELERS ASSOCIATION. 2006 BILL KOEN BECOMES A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER FOR JEWELERS OF AMERICA. 2008 BRAD KOEN BECOMES A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER FOR TEXAS JEWELERS ASSOCIATION. 2009 CLOSED BALCONES DRIVE STORE. MOVED EVERYTHING INTO ONE LOCATION ON CONGRESS AVE. THE KOEN FAMILY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CHURCH, CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, DATING BACK TO 1883. LOOKING BACK UPON THE PAST WITH PLEASURE, WE LOOK UPON THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE, RENEWING OUR PLEDGE OF "SERVICE AND TRUTHFULNESS" TO OUR CUSTOMERS. WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FAMILY ENTERPRISE INTO THE HANDS OF THE FOURTH GENERATION, WE FEEL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS AND ATTENTIVE SERVICE THAT HAS BEEN A TRADITION OF JOE KOEN & SON JEWELERS SINCE 1883. |

