Universal Jewelry & Watch Rpr

Universal Jewelry & Watch Repair has operated out of Birmingham, Michigan since 1972 as a family-owned shop focused on manual, automatic, complicated and antique watches. The shop services and restores modern and vintage timepieces, and notes that it takes on repairs other shops or factory service centers turn away due to missing parts or complexity.

Work is centered on a specific set of brands: Rolex, Omega, Tudor, TAG Heuer, Breitling, Cartier and Seiko. Vintage repair is a stated specialty, which fits with the shop's long history and its focus on complicated and antique movements. The business also works with jewelry stores, watch collectors, vintage dealers and manufacturers, not just walk-in retail customers.

The shop is open Monday through Saturday, with weekday hours from 9am to 5pm and slightly shorter Saturday hours from 9am to 4pm; it is closed Sundays. No pricing or turnaround times are listed on the site, so anyone sending in a watch should call ahead to discuss cost and timing for a specific repair or service. The shop is located at 177 S Old Woodward Ave in Birmingham, Michigan, and can be reached by phone at (248) 723-5550.

For anyone in the Detroit area with a vintage or complicated piece that other shops have declined to touch, this is a long-running independent option worth a call before deciding where to send a watch.