Cleves & Lonnemann

Cleves & Lonnemann is a long-running jewelry store just across the river from Cincinnati, in Bellevue, with a watchmaker on site rather than sending work out. That matters if you want a repair handled in-house rather than shipped to a third party.

The shop services Rolex, Omega, Tudor, TAG Heuer, Breitling, Cartier and Seiko, and takes on vintage timepieces as well as modern ones. Battery replacement is offered alongside full service and overhaul work, so it covers both quick fixes and deeper mechanical jobs. The shop says it is an authorized service center for Rolex and Omega, which is worth confirming directly if that status matters for your particular watch.

Beyond watches, Cleves & Lonnemann is also a jewelry business with its own repair operations, estate jewelry and custom design work, and the family has run the store since 1932, now in its fourth generation of ownership. For watch owners, the practical upshot is a shop that combines a jeweler's retail setup with watchmaking capability under one roof, open weekdays and Saturday mornings.

If you're in the Cincinnati area and need anything from a battery swap to a full overhaul on one of the brands listed, it's a straightforward option that doesn't require mailing a watch off to a regional service center. Call ahead to check current turnaround times and pricing, since those aren't published and will depend on the specific repair.