Finally, I was able to find and go to Rafael. He has been repairing my watches for the past couple of years and I was so sad when I couldn't find him at his usual Totem Lake - Fred Meyer location. He repairs watches efficiently and with reasonable price. Highly recommend his service, thank you! read more

Kirkland Time - Watch Repair Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

Excellent watchmaker. Have used this gentleman for several years when he was at Fred Meyers in Totem Lake and now on Central Ave in Kirkland. He just repaired a Seth Thomas shelf clock for me that is over 60 years old and it now runs like new. I would rate him 10 stars, but yelp only allows 5. read more

Super fast and great service! I needed watch links removed as my watch was way too big and I came here at 5:30 and was out by 5:45 with my fixed watch! He was nice and quick! Thank you for your help Kirkland Time! read more

Kirkland Time - Watch - Watch Repair Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

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Best repair shop in town. Been taking my watches for years. He was in Fred Meyer now in downtown Kirkland. Much better location. read more

Kirkland Time - Watch Repair Near Me - Kirkland, Washington

Raphael is knowledgeable, friendly and fast. He not only replaced my battery while I waited, but he also cleaned my watch and tested it for water resistance. All for the same price I usually pay for just a battery. Highly recommend. read more

I inherited my grandmother's Seiko watch when she died many years ago. I loved wearing her watch, and was so disappointed when it stopped working. Changing the battery made no difference. I took it to a different jeweler and was told the watch could not be fixed, but he would happily get rid of it for me. I took the watch home and took it to Raphael. He said he could replace the circuit for a fair price. I was thrilled, and happy to spend the money. When I picked it up, it was working perfectly. Raphael also cleaned it. I am so happy. I feel like I am taking my beloved grandmother with me when I wear her watch. Raphael has replaced batteries on my other watches for years. He is honest, hardworking, and excellent at his trade. read more

Rafael is the best. Old-school service in a welcoming environment. I brought him my new Seiko "king turtle" for bracelet sizing. Seiko bracelets can be a challenge, but Rafael made it look easy. When it wasn't quite 100% for my wrist, Rafael did not hesitate to add another link back on. Worth the drive from Seattle for excellent service and value. Call ahead to make sure he'll be there. read more

Always bring my watches here. Workmanship is superb and prices are reasonable. Well worth it!

I have trusted Rafael with beautiful timepieces for over 20 years now. His new location on Central Ave. Kirkland is great and his service, as always, is exceptionally great. He is nice to work with, his expertise is superb and his rates are very good. Great quality! read more

Rafael does an amazing job. He is quick, he is honest, and I so appreciate having someone I can trust with my watch repairs. My husband and I have been going to him for years, highly recommend! read more

Great service! Rafael fixed multiple issues with my watch quickly and at a very fair price. The new location is also very convenient. I plan to come here again with any watch repair needs. read more

Best watch experience I have had!! I took my Rolex in for service and was fixed and works perfect. Very Very fair and HONEST. l will recommend to all my friends and Family. Thanks Robert S. read more

I needed to change batteries in my two watches, as well as exchange bracelet on my third watch. Went to Kirkland Time (someone recommended me) on 128 Central Way. The service was excellent, beyond any expectations, the watchmaker, Rafael, was beyond and above, patient very friendly. He has done excellent job. Thank you, Rafael. If anybody needs watchmaker, I strongly recommend Rafael at Kirkland Time on 128 Central Way, Kirkland, 98033, Phone # (425)-442-5225 read more

Rafael was quick, responsive and able to resize my bracelet for both my Rolex and Omega for $15. I felt like it was fair pricing and that Rafael knew what he was doing. He was welcoming and nice as well. The location is also within Fred Meyers so you can conveniently do your groceries. read more

This watch repair store is co-located within the Fred Myers jewelry store in Kirkland. I had some slight trepidation walking in simply because of the grocery store connection. But I couldn't have been happier with the results. The staff was friendly and got me directed to the gentleman who runs the watch repair business. The gentleman who resized my watch sized it on me and knew exactly how many links to take off. I only had to wait 10 minutes and results were perfect. Thank you! read more

This guy have terrible attitude and rude. I dropped my watch last Tuesday to this guy because my watch needs new battery and one of the screw was missing on the links metal chains. I picked up my watch today and saw my watch metal link chains where he put the screw was scratches, so I asked him why it has scratches. Omg, his response was I don't know... your watch already had lots of scratches. I am not only mad how he scratches the links of the chains, but scratches where he changed the battery on the back. Plus, the screw that he should be fixing was not even the proper one. He just improvised it and forced it to my watch to fit that's it has too my scratches on the metal of the links chains. Then, I ask him.....Will it hold the link chains of my watch. Dang, his attitude was like I don't know and I can't guarantee w/ his loud rude voice. I am so angry that I did not say a thing and left. Please don't go to this guy. All my watches that he changed batteries have all scratches on the back. read more

UPDATE April 10, 2019 Rafael came to the rescue again as I had to have a battery replaced on another Timex watch. Apparently he is the only watch repair man located inside of a Fred Meyer Jewelers store (aka "Kirkland Time" at Kirkland Fred Meyer) around here who knows how to tear apart a cheap Timex watch, without having it fly all to pieces. One would think that his expertise would only be required on say, some expensive Swiss watch. And no marvel, as he does have a Swiss made watch case opener, which looks a lot like my watch case opener (see photo) that I showed him. But he was not impressed as it was not made in Switzerland. I wanted to find out if my watch case opener was the same kind that professional watch repair people use (apparently not). But perhaps that same pickiness is what allows him to be able to replace my battery in my Timex watches, when the Bellevue store could not,...twice. BTW, I did not try using my watch case opener (which I found in a dumpster) to open up my watch, and try to replace the battery myself, lest I have it fly to pieces on me. Besides, it only cost $16.50 to have Rafael do it. read more

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Great service, walked in with my watch, the battery was replaced in 10 minutes. This will be my go to watch repair from now on!

Fast and Great service, grood prices too.

Been going to Rafael at Kirkland time for years now. He's always fast with battery changes! He's repaired quite a few of my antique watches - always the exact price he quotes! Previous review by Molly L. cracks me up - what does she think someone's time is worth to have a battery in stock, all the tools for watches, and the expense to be there for when she wants her battery changed. read more

I have to say I was very impressed. I walked into the Jewelry Department at the Totem Lake Fred Meyer not sure what I'd find. There in the corner was a real "old school" watch repairman. He has a tiny little booth, but clearly has old-school skills. I have a very nice watch that is now 18 years old with daily use and abuse. The band was falling apart and they don't make them anymore. I hand it to the watch magician - he drops what he is doing - and in 10 minutes he's replaced tiny little parts, made adjustments, and I'm back in business. Total charge?? A very reasonable $6.25. It's a beautiful thing to find a craftsman when you want to repair instead of replace. read more

Great service at very reasonable prices. I have been bringing my elderly parents' watches for battery replacement there for years. Lately I have noticed that mechanical watches are also repaired at the shop. My 100+ yr old Longines needed service for a while. I must say the watch performance is absolutely perfect now! Since that I services my 2 Omegas and have only good things to say about my experience with Kirkland Time! It's the only place I go to now when my watches need TLC! Update: another great experience there! Great service and quality! read more

Worse than worthless! I came for a battery change and now I have no watch. Unfortunately there are limited options for those living in the areas, but I will be buying and sizing my next watch from Warren Jewelers in the area. I'm open to other recommendations as well please, but never coming back here. That's the gist, I'm out 300+ dollars on this watch. I just wanted a battery change, he noted a scratch on the face that was minor. He decided to investigate further and when I picked up the watch mentioned that he could order a similar face to replace mine for $60. I wasn't interested. A few days later, I noted condensation within the watch bezel. A few more days later, the face fell off. I brought it back in with the receipt and was blamed for waiting a week to come in (I have a job). I was also told that I had probably dropped it and it wasn't his fault (strange coincidence and result of a drop). He took no responsibility for wasting my time with all this and adding another small chip when the face fell off. I just asked him to glue the face back on. He glued the face back on and I thought that was the end. A few days later on taking the Water Resistant watch into the swimming pool it stopped working. This watch has been in the pool before. Hence, he doesn't know how to properly repair a water resistant watch. Hence, he shouldn't be trying to drum up more business with these kinds of services and should just stick to watch batteries and sizing, the easy stuff. Hence, he should have never touched this part of the watch without my approval. You get the point, all I wanted was the easy stuff and instead I have no watch now. read more

Whenever I have a watch that needs a new battery or repair I take it here. Rafael is friendly and fast, and if he's busy enough that the battery replacement won't be as fast as normal he quotes a time to come back and sticks to it, and he charges a fair price for his skilled work. He's a great resource for repair of more unusual watches. I have a pocket watch that I bought in Russia that wouldn't wind anymore. Rafael was able to get a part quickly from a friend of his in New York and fix the watch, making it good as new. read more

Rafael Was great, I live in Vancouver Washington,Stayed with a friend in Kirkland for my daughter's wedding in Seattle. My watch battery had died, Brought it to him on the day of the wedding In the morning and he noticed the crystal had a chip In it He Asked if I Would like it repaired, The price was very reasonable but I didn't feel I would have the time , So I told him to go ahead and do the Battery for now . I did a little bit of shopping came back in about 15 minutes, Not only did he install the battery but he installed the crystal as well, the watch looked like brand new again. Thank you rafael. I wish you were closer to Vancouver. Definitely will bring any watch repairs To him when I come to see my friend in Seattle. read more

Fast, friendly service to replace the battery in my favorite watch. The watchmaker said it'd take about 10 minutes, and it did. The price was a reasonable $16.52. This is the second time I've been here. The last time was about two years ago. The price hasn't changed, nor has the fast, friendly service. Watch repair places seem to be slowly disappearing, so I'm grateful this place is still in business. Recommended. read more

First time here today. Located inside Fred Meyers. 10 min wait for a $17 battery change.

I love this watch repair shop! It's located inside of the Kirkland Fred Meyer and I've never waited longer then 15 min to have my battery replaced. Great service!! read more

For the past 15+ years whenever I've needed a battery replaced in one of my watches, I've taken it to Rafael. He's fast, friendly and his prices are reasonable. I love that I can usually drop off a watch before I go grocery shopping and be able to pick it up on my way out (not always but most of the time). Convenient and great service ... highly recommend! read more

Needed a new battery on my Grand Seiko, so I brought it to a watchmaker. I couldn't believe a watchmaker would mess up a battery change. He managed to badly scratch the back of case back and didn't tell me about it at the time of pick up. read more

Raphael is the best and his prices can't be beat!! I have been getting my watch batteries replaced by him since 2000 but his care for a family heirloom was over the top!! read more

Rafael is the best watchmaker I've ever met! He provides quick and quality service for a very little time. I always use him to replace watch batteries or fix it. (Also he speaks Russian) read more

Shady character. Charged me $20 for a battery that died in 3 months. Don't trust this place.

Rafael has helped me many times with multiple watches that I own. All of them are high end watches and I trust him implicitly with them. I have gone to him for years and I would highly recommend him. read more

I took my watch in for a new crystal. That was done OK and for a semi-reasonable price, but in the process, he lost one of the little buttons to set the watch with and I didn't notice for a couple of months - I mean, how many times do you reset the time when it is accurate? read more

Rafael is swindler! In January 2019 I paid $16.50 for change battery and come several times up to January 2020 to ask why watch doesn't works rather well. Always he ask to come in10-15 minutes, change the battery {again old) and that were continue full 2019 year. Watch stop to work now. Do not believe to him, he is swindler read more

$14 for a watch battery! Yowser. I'd hate to see what a real repair costs.

He tried to take me for 95.00 dollars for a rubber gasket and battery he knew what the watch was worth so he thought he going to take advantage. I felt he was going to charge more if I left the watch, shady character. read more

I am surprised with people saying the price is reasonable...They charge 15 dollars plus tax for a batterie that cost 5 dollars in other places... Any service there is expensive. read more

I came in for a watch fitting. He did a good job. I mean it is hard to go wrong. He took off three links. The only complaint I have is that I got charged $10.95 to fit my cheap Fossil watch. While my dad just the day before got charged only $8.00 for his 2x more expensive Seiko! read more