THE #1 GRADUATION GIFT: A WRIST WATCH
It’s the best seller! The best selling item for any graduate; a wrist watch. This way, they’ll always be on time for interviews, college, or work. “Heigh-ho, heigh-ho…” And it used to be that the [Read More…]
Watches
A GREAT WATCH REPAIR KIT
Watch bands… Gotta love them. Until it breaks, needs fixing, adjusting, repairing, replacing, shortening… There’s always something to be done (I have to add a link in my watch band every Summer because of the [Read More…]
THE STEAM POWERED ENTROPY WRIST WATCH
Love steampunk? So do I. All those antique wires, cables, gears, hoses and futuristic gizmos make the coolest trinkets and timepieces. Something right out of a sci-fi novel. Like this brand new steam powered entropy [Read More…]
“AHHHHH, JUST A WATCH!”
Some customers are nice. Wayyyy too nice. Especially when they allow a salesperson to ramble on and on before they finally say they are not interested. This only becomes a waste of time for everyone. [Read More…]
WATCH TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM
I LOVE watches. I own tons of them. And it never fails that when I grab one of them, the battery is dead… Or the time is off (thanks Daylight Savings), or the band is [Read More…]
SATURDAY IS WATCH BATTERY DAY
Rant/ I’ll never understand this. Saturday is watch battery day! Saturday is the day that every person in the city decides to come into the jewelry store and get their watch battery changed. It never [Read More…]
HOW LONG TO CHANGE A WATCH BATTERY?
It’s the question of the day: “How long does it take to change a battery in a watch?” You’d be surprised at the amount of people that constantly ask this question. So here’s the answer: [Read More…]
CHANGE DATE, DAY AND TIME ON WATCHES
Everyday someone brings in their watch because their watch is set wrong. People get frustrated and don’t know how to change it. “It’s always off!” Either the date changes at noon instead of midnight, or [Read More…]
THE TOP 12 BEST SELLING SMARTWATCHES FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Smartwatches… Everybody wants one. Whether it’s for simple functions like texting, phone, music, micro apps, microphone, and whatnot, they are both complex and fun at the same time. They do just about everything. With notifications, [Read More…]
CHECK THE WATCH BATTERY FIRST
A women comes into our jewelry store yesterday with a couple of brand new wrist watches she bought elsewhere. She got them at a department store dirt cheap (like $9.99 each). The problem was… They [Read More…]
DO GOLD PLATED WATCHES FADE?
I’m always intrigued by this question, because it makes me believe that people don’t really understand what gold plating is. Do watches that are gold plated lose their gold coloring? Do they lose their gold [Read More…]
THE MODERN MEN’S POCKET WATCH
When people think of pocket watches, they think of an old time watch on a chain that your grandpa would carry around in his vest pocket. Pocket watches like that still sell today, but normally [Read More…]