The Time Center

Established in 1979, we are a full service watch, clock, and jewelry repair shop. We have been in business over 42 years. We make house calls for Grandfather clocks in Chicago-land. We service all types of clocks including cuckoo clocks, mantle clocks, wall clocks, vintage clocks, novelty clock, etc...

We are a full-service watch repair shop that specializes in high-grade mechanical watches - both Swiss and American. We repair all makes and models from complex chorographs to simple hand wind watches. We are certified by Swatch Group and a member of the American Watchmakers Institute.

The jewelry repair includes ring-sizing, rebuilding the prongs, replacing missing stones, repair bracelets, repair necklaces, replacing worn-out shanks, polish jewelry, gold plate and rhodium plate and much more.

We also sell clocks, watches and jewelry. We have 100s of clocks, watches to choose from in our store to choose from so stop in.

Types of clocks we repair
Mantle Clocks, Wall clocks, Oversize wall clocks, mantel clocks, Tabletop clocks, Maritime clocks, Weather station clocks, grandfather clocks, grandmother clocks, Cuckoo clocks, outdoor clocks, floor clocks, Pendulum clocks, Automatic Chime Clocks, Musical clocks, Round clocks, Novelty clocks, Atomic clocks, Mechanical clocks, & more…

Watch brands we repair
Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, Patek Phillippe, Blancpain, Chopard, IWC Schaffausen, Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Piaget SA, Cartier, Breitling, Bell & Ross, Omega, Bremont, Tag Heuer, Louis Moinet, A. Lange & Sohne, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Charles Oudin, Breguet, Girard Perregaux, Glashutte Original, Hublot, Maurice Lacroix, Montblanc, Roger Dubuis, Arnold & Son, Tudor, Seiko, Harry Winston, Benson, Longines, Parmigiani Fleurier, Breitling, MeisterSinger, Bulgari, Verdure watches

Clock brands we repair
Howard Miller, Amana, Ansonia, ATMOS, Baldwin, Bulova, Chelsea, Colonial, Daneker, Durfee, Durfee, E.Howard, JJ Elliott, Emperor, French, Gazo, Gilbert, Gustav Becker, Hamilton, Hermle, Herschede, Hentschel, Ingraham, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jauch, Junghans, Kieninger, King Arthur, Mauthe, New England, New Haven, Pearl, Ridgeway, Schatz, Schrock, Sessions, Seth Thomas, Sligh, Smith, Trend, Urgos, Viking, Waterbury, Weems & Plath, Welch, Antique clocks, Grandfather clocks.


The Repair Process …………It Takes Time
When we take in your timepiece we go over the concerns you raised in our conversation. We evaluate all pieces. We see if we can get parts for your timepiece (i.e. year of timepiece). This takes time as we have to find a supplier that carries that specific part. We repair it and then put the timepiece to a test. We watch it for week(s) to see if the item we repair is working or if another part was the real source of the problem. After it goes through this test we call you. I’m sorry for the length of time to repair your timepiece but we don’t want to return you timepiece and have it break again. Sometimes it does. We have put these steps to minimize the downtime. After 4o years in the business this is the “best practices” we developed to repair your watch/clock.

Please give us a try.

We service clocks/watches in La Grange, Brookfield, Western Springs, Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, Darien, Westmont, Clarendon Hills, Woodridge, Downers Grove, Lemont, Lockport, Plainfield, Naperville, Lisle, Wheaton, Winfield, Warrenville, West Chicago, Carol Stream, Glendale Heights, Bloomingdale, Itasca, Wood Dale, Schaumburg, Hanover Park, Elk Grove Village, Bensenville, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, Niles, Skokie, Evanston, Chicago, Oak Park, Norridge, River Grove, Franklin Park, Schiller Park, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Riverside, North Riverside, Oak Lawn, Burbank, Evergreen Park, Hometown, Hickory Hills, Worth, Alsip, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Palos Heights, Orland Park, Bridgeview and Chicago.