Compton Jewelers — Local services in Washington

Wow, this place is amazing! I had two watches I had gotten at an outdoor market stall in Europe that had stopped working (classic) and everywhere else I went to told me it was gonna be 1-2 weeks turnaround time and about a million bucks to fix. These guys said “gimme 5 mins” went into the back, changed the batteries and fixed them, and came back out and handed them back to me good as new!! Absolutely thrilled. And only charged me $18 each. Fantastic if you need a quick and...

Mr. Compton has done a suberb job of maintaining my red -gold -faced 1944 Bulova watch, including after I accidentally went swimming with it on. As soon as I realized that I took it off amd hightailed it to Mr. Compton, a true craftsman. I beleve it's one of his nephews has a shop in Bethesda where I get my German box clock serviced. This is a family of superb clocksmiths, a tradition that is disappearing and one that I have cherished...

I’ve gotten a custom watch repaired here and ordered some beautiful silver jewelry. They are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable, not to mention reasonably priced. When my bracelet came and was slightly longer than I’d hoped, they offered to have their goldsmith adjust it at no extra charge. Highly recommended! They also have a beautiful selection of jewelry in the store -...