I am so pleased with this store and it's partially based on one rather amazing fluke, but also the…read moreexperience I had in the store. The full story: When my grandmother passed away, her children and grandchildren came together to lay her to rest, and help sort the many things she collected through life. We each chose a couple items to keep for ourselves to help carry her memory, and one of my items was a rather sweet yet broken watch that no one else wanted. I took this watch to be fixed at this shop, and was so impressed with the result. Not only did they fix the face plate, clean up the watch, and get her ticking again, they also gave me some great maintenance tips to keep it running. The best part was that when we discovered the value of the watch, the staff didn't try to upsell me on anything, nor overcharge me, nor try to convince me to sell it to them for a deal. Turns out it's an antique gold Rolex; the staff knew it's sentimentality and did all they could to make it like new for the same quoted price they gave me when I turned it in. So impressed!

I took my watch in for a new battery and that's exactly, and all, they did. They didn't set the…read moretime, the date or the day. Really?

We bought our Howard Miller grandmother clock from Mr. Kaya over 25 years ago and have had…read morewonderful service . He comes every few years for maintenance and provides helpful, friendly advice.

Extremely trusted place. Guaranteed Your Clock will work. I will recommend this place to any one in…read moreOttawa.

Thompson Jewelers has been the only jeweller that I trust and have gone to over the last 25 years…read more Why do I keep coming back? It's the workmanship, the people, integrity, professionalism, creativity, ability to read my mind and of course the stunning pieces from the display cases and the handcrafted custom pieces from the bench. Happy 70th anniversary to Thompson's Jewelers... Cheers!

Bought my wife's ring there 35 years ago. Needed to have…read moresized bigger [1/2 size]. Brought in for quote and time frame to have done. Both were reasonable and suggestion to have claws redone, I agreed. Parking and vagrants outside can be a problem. Very good friendly service.

OMGoodness is this guy for REAL? -I just went with my sister…read morewhile she shopped and had a small repair looked at and I was floored by how nice and how polite this gentleman was. I thought he was fake at first, being the judgmental fool I am and was in amazement at the attention to detail of the guy. Just bought a great new watch and will be visiting him tomorrow. -Keep up the great atmosphere kind Sir! Dan-0

The place for watch repair and for good deals on used high end watches. I love my Zodiac Desert…read moreHawk. Need those large numbers.

Vahid at Fooshin fixed my designer watch for a reasonable price and he was very professional and…read morecompetent. Nowadays in the age of Fitbits and smart phones, I've noticed that not too many people wear analog watches anymore. While I have to keep up with technology in my work life, and I do like Yelp and the conveniences of things like GPS to show me the fastest/shortest route to where I'm driving, at heart I am a luddite. I like the life of simpler times, and I also like analog watches. I view them as functional jewelery. I also feel that watch repair is a dying art, and I want to do my part in keeping it alive. Vahid also repairs jewelry and sells some jewelry and watches in his store too. Although I personally found the jewelery styles not contemporary enough for my tastes. The items looked like things from the estate sale of someone's great-grandmother, lol. I will buy my jewelry elsewhere, but I would not hesitate to come to Fooshin for my watch and jewelery repairs. Street parking only. Luckily, I live within walking distance ;)

I've had several clocks repaired here in 2026...a pocket watch, a small clock with a moonphase…read moremovement from a weather instrument and also a watch battery replacement. All were repaired very professionally and promptly with clearly communicated cost estimates and I was especially impressed that the owner was able to get the moonphase clock working. Highly recommended.

My Dad used to wear a Rolex, and was always into watches. As I grew older, he gifted me a Favre…read moreLeuba when I turned 16. At that young age, I didn't really appreciate what it was, other than it told me the time, and was different from what everyone else was wearing. When it came time to get it serviced, he took me to this little shop on Merivale. Fast forward 40+ years - apparently this shop has been here since 1974 - it has a new owner who's been behind the counter for 10 of those. I've visited many times to get various things done to my timekeeping devices. The service is always excellent - it's fascinating watching him practice his craft, as he makes it look so easy, and what he charges for his service and products is more than fair. Of course, you can't put a price on supporting local business!

These guys really know their stuff and I have brought several pieces here for repair or…read morealterations, including my grandfather's pocket watch and my wife's engagement ring to get resized. I have never had any issues with repairs and any work I've had them do is done perfectly the first time around. That said I do find they can be a little condescending at times as they have often questioned why I would want a piece repaired and they even tried to "out" the karat quality of my wife's ring and were taken back when she already knew and didn't care.

We have always gotten our batteries replaced at this watch repair shop. Service is fast and cost is…read morereally reasonabl! Where can we go when Carlingwood shuts it's doors?

Instant service and well done. Cheap price for excellent work…read more We went to two jewelry stores before we drove to this site and the jewelry stores each wanted twice the price and we would have to leave the watch and come back days later. This placed was great..

I went in for a Tag battery for my watch. $20. Not bad. I…read morehad called prior to going in and service was good on the phone. I went back a week later when I had more time so that he could run my watch strap through his cleaner. Very much appreciated. Service in person... polite, fair. I browsed for several minutes. Very nice pieces, necklaces. High end. Loved the watches, snapped a photo of those. I love watches and own too many!

My future Husband bought my engagement ring at La Mode. He…read morewas so happy with the service and quality of their jewelry. We will be going soon for our wedding bands.

I needed to have my Birks watch re-sized (have a link taken out) and the battery changed. I was…read moreinformed that although the service is free, it would take a couple of weeks for them to do this as it has to be sent out from the store somewhere else. I find the fact that you have to send something like that out of the store or even the mall itself for a couple of weeks is archaic. Even Sears and the Bay can do a job like that on site while you wait. Not impressed.

Yesterday I decided to resurrect my favourite watch for my daughter's wedding. My Nortel Birks…read morewatch needed a new battery. So I went to the Ottawa Rideau centre store. I was told up to 2 months wait time while it was shipped to Montreal to change it. Beyond stupid. If you want diamonds or other quality jewelry, go to Ottawa's own Howard's Jewellers on Sparks at Bank. You won't regret it. I got my wife's wedding ring there 46 years ago.