This is my third review. I wish I could give 10 stars to Raymond at Clockworld. This true artist and master of clock repair needs to get a national award. Raymond fixed my exquisite 160-year-old tiny carriage French clock (no taller than an index finger inside a leather embossed display case and has a tiny key to wind it) and Raymond thanked ME for giving HIM the chance to work on something "truly beautiful" in his words. Then he fixed my 1980 Rolex watch that had not worked in years. Raymond is kind, humble, and SOOOO expert at fixing any kind of watch or clock. You are in good hands when you leave your treasured timepiece with him. Thanks, Raymond!!!! read more

friendly small business and the man is very nice. he went above and beyond to help repair my grandfathers old watches and he made my grandpa so happy. will definitely come back to support this man and his family's business read more

Raymond is the best... I have a fairly extensive collection of high end vintage watches and Raymond does all my cleaning and repairs. He's always fair in price and reasonable in timing. He recently did a phenomenal repair on my 18k solid rose gold Universal Geneve Three Register Chronograph when I lost one of the pushers. He made a special pusher for me in rose gold from scratch.. Can't say anymore what an awesome and terrific guy Raymond is!! read more

After a hellish visit to the Post Office next door (honestly, that place sucks) I noticed Clock World and stopped in to get a new band for my Swiss Army watch. They didn't have exactly the band I was looking for, but close enough, and they have an excellent selection of Seiko clocks. If you are looking for a non-digital super quiet alarm, from teensy and wafer thin to fairly beefy and attractive, Clock World has 'em. They are hard to find.....trust me on this.... Go Clock World! read more

One of these days, I'm going to break down and finally buy a clock here. Enough window shopping; enough teasing. Clock World has a great selection, including more than a few antique clocks which fit in with my general aesthetic: well-made, classic, timeless. For whatever reason, I have a bit of a hang up about time. At the moment, none of the vast array of electronic gadgets populating my living room actually displays the time. And, frankly.....it makes me a bit itchy. Same reason I wear a watch everywhere but the shower. [Yes, I wear it to bed. Yes, even then. Yes, I have had complaints.] And I am fully cognizant that it is a bit stereotypical for a lawyer to be obsessed with time. Not only is time how we all measure our lives, in drops of minutes, globs of hours or chunks of days, but time is the measure of the way I sell bits of myself on a daily basis. And it is a non-renewable resource, yet I don't appear to be doing much to conserve it. Unlike my many other faults, THAT is fixing to change. read more

A friend of mine recommended this place to me. I was tired of going to Nordies or Macy's. Raymond is awesome. He's an honest guy making an honest living. I'm quick to support the small mom and pop shops. No longer will I take my watch into the big department stores for watch repairs or replacements. Raymond was able to replace the battery of my beloved rose gold Michael Kors watch for $8. Not just that, but he was FAST. I came back from picking up my Reuben at Miller's and he was already waiting for me with my watch done and ready. Such a sweet guy! read more

I highly recommend Clock World. I dropped my Michael Kors watch and the crystal face was ruined. I took it to Macys (where I had bought the watch) and they quoted me $120 to send it in to be fixed! They said it was the most expensive part of the watch to fix. Luckily I called their bluff and phoned around. Clock World was much more reasonably priced and fixed it quickly. I highly recommend them for all your clock needs. They also sell very nice wall and desk clocks from antique to modern. read more

I love watches. They're the only acceptable non-clothing item a man should ever put on. (Except for a wedding band or a ring from a damn good college.) Because of my miminalist approach to accessorizing, I own more than a few watches. This also means that I have a lot of watches in need of batteries and repairs. I had let a few timepieces go the way of the dodo bird and decided that they needed to be revived. So, I jumped on Yelp and looked for a place to get two of my favorite but long dormant watches repaired. Everyone loved Clockworld, so I decided to give it a try. I was not disappointed. I brought in a watch from my prep school that was not responding to a new battery. I love this watch and being 3,000 miles away from the hallowed halls of the Prep makes it difficult to get a new one, so I needed a miracle worker. Well Raynond is the Ann Sullivan of the time piece world. The Swiss can kiss my butt. I'll take Raymond any day. He had my favorite piece of snob wear fixed in an hour. I left another watch with him that needed a new crown. Child's play for our intrepid hero. For both repairs he charged me a total of $33. Thanks Raymond! read more

Raymond did an amazing Job on my vintage Omega constellation 18k gold watch.. I had dropped the watch and the calendar wheel got damage. he completely service my watch and replace the part. what's most amazing is how accurate he was able to dial the time on a 40yr old watch... it runs flawless. read more

This dude is precious, honest& does a phenomenal job. A rare gem in SF. I brought him my mother's Geneve gold watch from 1970 that had stopped working. It had super obscure rare battery parts that he had to research and find. He not only replaced and it works flawlessly, but he also cleaned the piece as a surprise for me. It is stunning. read more

My Cartier watch suddenly stopped and I first went to Cartier to see how much it'll cost to fix. They quoted me $485 because there's water inside. Then I went to Geneva Watch and they quoted $300 because the watch needs the overhaul (they didn't say anything about water). And finally I went to Clock World and Raymond fixed it for $15. He said it's just a battery. Now my watch is working perfectly. Not to be judgemental to two places I mentioned earlier, but I recommend you to get quotes from multiple places if you need watch repair and add this place one of those options. I'm lucky to find this place. I will stick to this place whenever my watch needs to be fixed. read more

This place is great. The proprietor Raymond is super polite and fast. I went in with my fossil watch to get the metal band resized. This was after going through a whole ordeal with Fossil when they couldn't fix my older watch band that snapped. So they gave me credit towards this watch which was shipped to me with a band that was way too big. Every other time I've taken a fossil watch to be fixed or battery replaced, it's always met with an attitude from fix-it guys or watch shops who either don't want to deal with Fossil's "proprietary" parts, or are generally snobbish towards my sub-$100 watch. Anyway, Raymond met my problem with a smile and had it resized in under 10 minutes. Oh yeah, and only cost 7 bucks. I gave him $10. And 5 stars. read more

Raymond is very friendly and does an amazing job. I brought in my newly acquired Junghans Meister Driver handwinder because it was running 15 seconds slow per hour (6 minutes slow a day). It's now running fine at +12 sec/day, and he only charged a fraction of what other watch repair shops quoted me. I inspected the watch when I picked it up and it looked just as new as when I brought it in. I'm extremely happy to have found a watchsmith that I can come back to whenever I have a problem with any of my timepieces. read more

Like Disney World, but for timepieces! I went here because of all the glowing reviews, and was not disappointed. I took in four watches, for a variety of issues. A 40-y-o gold Omega wind-up that was running slow, a Pion for a new battery, a brand new Victorinox I wanted to change from a metal to a leather strap (metal straps are too howyousay... "blingy blingy") and my sister's water-damaged bracelet watch. I did not expect every need to be met. They all were. Raymond even bought my metal strap off me. He's a bloody legend. As I write this I sit in front of my new watch collection. I didn't even know I had a watch collection. read more

Cute store and repair shop. Raymond was working on another job when I walked in, so there was a little bit of a wait. But I enjoyed perusing the large collection of wall clocks filling the store. The price range was definitely higher (i.e., average seemed to be hundreds of dollars) than what I'm willing to spend on one, but to each their own. There were a few Seiko wall clocks that were under $100 though. After he finished up his last job, I asked if he could take a link out of a wristwatch for me. He worked pretty quickly and handed it back to me within 30 minutes. I put it on to confirm the fit, and he charged me $6. Cool. I wore the new watch for the day and realized it was much too heavy for my princess wrist. I called the company from which I ordered it (MVMT Watches), and they said I'd have to have the link put back in if I wanted a full refund. Their argument was that it was like tailoring a dress and trying to return it. However, unlike a dress, a watch link is easily restored. They weren't convinced by my logical point of view. So I went back to Raymond the next day, and he put the link back in for free. Wow! I was initially pretty mad with the watch company that they were basically saying that I'd have to pay 10% of the watch just to try it on. But Raymond made things a bit better by not charging me twice. I'll be coming back to him when I find a watch that suits my tiny wrists better. read more

My watch battery died and was in need of a quick replacement. This shop, which I found on Yelp, was sort of on my way to work. I was luckily able to find a parking spot close by. I walked in and was greeted and helped right away. He stopped what he was doing just so he could replace my battery in a timely manor. It took maybe all of 5 minutes? He set it all back to the correct time etc and it's working great. It cost $8 to have my battery replaced. I forgot my cash so luckily they take credit cards. And I didn't get any flack for using my card either. He was just happy to have my business. I'm very happy with the service I received, the cost, and the expediency. I would recommend this guy. read more

Helpful, knows his stuffs, and a nice guy. He repaired my automatic Steinhart watch and charged $75 as it took him many hours to fix. read more

I've gone to this place for about 3 years now and it's the only place I'll go to get my watches fixed or battery replaced. They are very, very reasonably priced and they have a very quick turnaround time. The one concern I have when I take my watches to get the batteries replaced (I have 3 designer watches) is that they don't keep the backing of the watch and replace it with something else. Not here. They keep everything intact and the batteries last a long time. I have 3 designer watches and completely trust this place to fix them every single time. I won't go anywhere else. read more

After reading Yelp's glowing reviews of Clock World, I decided to take my bf's watch in to get a new battery and crystal. FYI, Raymond also provides watch cleaning and polishing services! He had my bf's watch looking almost like new! Considering my bf's had the watch for maybe 10 years, and he's treated it pretty roughly (hence the need for a new crystal), that's pretty good! Oh and Raymond expedited the work by a day because I told him it was urgent. What a nice guy!! He is soooo adorably bashful, and he actually wears those magnifying goggles on his head all the time (it's not just a prop for pictures)! He reminds of the old-fashioned clockmakers of yore. Once you meet him, you can't help but want to give him your business! So I went back and had him fix the clasp on my watch too. Only $7! But Raymond's not just a super nice guy who charges pennies compared to other watch repairmen. His knowledge of clocks is top-notch, and his work is very professional. If you have any clock or watch issues, you HAVE to go see Raymond at Clock World. You won't regret it!! read more

It is the first time I take the time to write a review, but ClockWorld is worth it, definitely. I had an old collection of Swatch, all with dead batteries. Every store I went to was asking for over $ 20 per watch, pretexting all sort crap like batteries for European models were more expensive, etc. Clockworld changed them all for less than $ 10 each, and gave me a little discount since I brought over 10 watches, all that while I was having a coffee at the coffee shop next door. 2 thumbs up!! read more

Nice man, this watch repairman, and never an over-charger. Does timely work, too. Very reasonably priced. He locks his door sometimes, however, when the sign clearly says "Open" and you are stuck there within the clear and appropriate hours of business, and he doesn't answer when you knock. Bathroom break? Best to have his telephone handy and call before arriving if you don't want to retrace your steps. read more

Although the proprietor was very friendly, and I felt positive about my visit there, the battery lasted fewer than 6 months.

Did my research on Yelp and chose this place due to the stellar reviews. Took my $5000 Tag Heuer Carerra caliber 16 watch to be repaired. The auto wind function was sticking and making odd noises due to it being dropped. Was nervous at first because I wasn't sure if he could fix a watch with this complexity. He took a good look at it and called me back the next day and said it was repairable and could keep all original parts. I was stoked. 3 days later my watch was repaired and running better than new. Price was more than fair and I am very happy to get my watch back. I give my highest recommendation to Raymond. No job is too hard for this guy. Truly the best of a skilled breed of watchmakers. read more

Clock World - Tag Heuer Carrerra - Watch Repair Near Me - San Francisco, California

This is why I love Yelp. Without it, I would have gone to some jeweler in Union Sq and paid $50 or something to replace my watch battery. Instead, I can trundle down the road to Clock World and get my watch battery replaced for $8 :) It's one of those small random places that you would just never know about. Raymond is a super nice guy and very efficient. He's obviously popular too given that there were already 3 people outside at 1pm last Saturday waiting for him to open store. I do have to drop one star because he arrived 20 minutes after he supposed to open. Although this was for a site visit which overran and for which he was very apologetic for. read more

So I'm not kidding, I walk in the door and the dude is looking like something out of a sci-fi movie. He's got the multi-monocle, and he's talking all fast, not to mention there's like 700 clocks on the wall. Once you get past the quirkiness of the place you realize the guy really knows his stuff. Bless him, he's a strange lil' guy but super friendly. When I dropped my watch off I thought he was gonna tell me a week or so before I could pick it up, WRONG! He fixed it right there on the spot. I couldn't have took him more than six minutes. Also, the man must be charging a 1/3 of what Macy's is. I love watches and I consider myself a collector. From now on whenever I have a problem I'm heading straight here cause there no better value for my money, also he's a cool dude. I take pleasure lending my support to his small business. read more

Excellent, professional service. Cleaned and repaired my gold Omega De Ville Seamaster, and even managed to source extra links to lengthen the bracelet. Can't recommend this place enough. read more

Raymond is the best. SO fast, SO cheap, SO good! I have never experienced such friendly, efficient and inexpensive service. Can't recommend him more. read more

A Yelp Success Story! My brand new watch looked great on my wrist until one of the pins fell out. I couldn't return it to the store because let's just say the whole transaction wasn't on the up and up. No grizzly looking man with a trenchcoat full of watches, just your typical Bangkok knock-off. As the final fog of jet lag started to evaporate, my nimble fingers did a search for "watch repair". Clockworld was suggested and I ended up dropping off the watch that morning, getting it fixed in under 15 minutes, and paid a mere $8. read more

Highly recommend Clock World for Rado watch battery replacement. It is a small local repair place filled with clocks of all kinds ticking away quietly. This is clearly a man who knows timepieces and is surrounded and immersed in them. The proprietor had a new battery in place in four minutes flat, no wait time. The cost was extremely reasonable and it is clear he knows what he is doing. I have been charged some crazy prices at other places in the city for battery replacement on the same watch. Not every place can do the slim Rado watches. It requires a special tool and some experience to get the back off without damaging the crystal on front. He deserves your business! Such a cute and nice man, and highly competent. Other stores will bring him things to fix if they mess up. He is my new go to guy. read more

Tally-ho! Has your timepiece suffered the predations of a certain Richmond jeweler with an upturned nose and oddly positive reviews that for example constantly make note that the store is still open! Fellow awristocrat I suggest Clockworld. They will never call when your watch is ready. The proprietor will mumble at you. Your parking will strain against the Polk collegiate vomit alley. But your Audemar, your tiny Chinese travel alarm, your Swiss Army. Perfect. Fixed. Epilogue. read more

Dropped in yesterday for a last minute watch battery replacement. I called to check hours since I knew my eta would be past closing. The owner was super nice and waited for me. Courteous service, efficient and reasonably priced. I appreciated the owner going above and beyond by offering a tip and he simply refused to accept it. I'd recommend this place for all your watch/clock needs! read more

I have gotten batteries, bands here before and agree with all the positive reviews. I also brought in a 200 year old French mantle clock that hadn't worked in who knows how long. He fixed it using as many of the original workings as possible, cleaned, repaired and replaced what was needed- some folks just pull out the internal works and replace it with a new one- and it now keeps perfect time, chimes beautifully and will remain a working family heirloom. Was it fast? No. Was it inexpensive? No. Was it worth it? YES. I would recommend him to anyone who needed a clock restored as well as someone who just needed their wristwatch repaired. read more

Did a fantastic job at a reasonable cost replacing the insides of wall clock. Had he charged too much I would have had to go out and find a new one, I really liked the one I had and the cost was reasonable. read more

The owner is super-duper nice. Quality service. Went in to replace a battery in my old watch and adjusted my band on my new watch....$15 out the door. He frickin' remembered working on my watch in the past when he saw it, plus he remembered that I use to work up the street at the hospital. That conversation was 5 years ago!!! read more

Need a new battery for your watch, check! Need to swap straps, check! This little place hidden off Pine is a real gem and the people are extremely helpful. Sometimes there's only one person working so you need to be patient. They've got a ton of cool clocks, but unless you're looking for a basic cheap watch this isn't where you go to shop--just get your stuff fixed :) read more

This place rules, and the guy restored my faith in humankind. I walked in off the street on a day where I was running around chaotically and had sooo many things to do and I needed to make sure I had my watch fixed for my business trip. He was very welcoming and fixed my watch band in less than 5 minutes, and was very friendly and kind. He only charged me $7.00, but I gave him $10 and told him to have a nice weekend. A true gem, support this place! read more

Very helpful service, quick, and cheap! Go to this place for battery replacements instead of a shop downtown that will be 2-3 times as expensive. read more

Fantastic experience! Raymond took a look at our clock and said to leave it. If he could fix it, it would be $20; if not, there would be no charge. Three days later, the phone rang, and it was Raymond saying he'd fixed the clock and we could come pick it up anytime. 1 star for being reliable and honest 1 star for being knowledgeable 1 star for being prompt 1 star for being nice 1 star for being convenient = five stars for Clock World THANK YOU!!! We have lots of clocks -- we'll be back!! read more

What I thought would be an expensive repair on a 15 year old watch with sentimental value, cost me nothing. Even though there were people behind me he opened my watch right there and then. He bent something slightly and wow, it was running again. He charged me nothing. I bought a new battery from him and was on my way. I will be back if the need for watch repairs happens again. read more

I highly recommend - I got three watch batteries and the glass on one of the watch faces replaced on Monday. He was able to finish the work in an hour and the cost was extremely affordable. He also noticed that one of the jewels on my watch had fallen off and he fixed that at no charge. read more