Watchmaker recommendation needed

[sheilarose]

My Tag Heuer watch needs its strap fixed, the bezel reattached, and a new battery. Through official Tag Heuer channels I have been quoted the ludicrous price of nearly ?2,000 to have these repairs done. Can anyone recommend a good local watchmaker/ jeweller who may be able to carry out this work?

[McDuck]

I don't know about locally to East Dulwich, but there's a watch repairer in the concourse of Piccadilly Circus tube station who I've used for minor repairs, and is good. If your problems with the bezel and strap are straightforward then he should be able to sort it all out for you. The battery change is a very simple thing. Though, depending on the age of your watch, he may want to change the seals on it at the same time (again, not complicated).

If your watch is at all valuable, then I would recommend you contact Duncan at Genesis Watchmaking and send it to him. He will do a first class job and should be a lot more reasonable that going through Tag Heuer:

http://www.genesiswatchmaking.co.uk/

[Ladygooner]

Try Timpsons at Sainsburys - they send away to their watch repair centre - should only take a couple of weeks

[tracymcdavis]

There's a small watch stall in the covered market on Rye Lane in Peckham that's really good (sorry I don't know the name). I took my Rado there which I have had been having trouble with for years (has been sent back to the manufacturers three times - each time for 3 months!). I was so fed up with Rado I decided to get it done else where. The next time it stopped I took it around to the market (about three years ago) - they fixed it and I've not had a problem with it since.