While you likely use a smartphone as your personal timepiece, a watch makes a real fashion statement yet remains a practical fashion accessory – an attractive, sophisticated wristwatch can set off your entire wardrobe. These shops will help you find the perfect model to complement your lifestyle and fashion sense.
This once-tiny business now carries more than 28 watch brands including major names such as Seiko, Citizen, Movado and Swiss Army. It’s a one-stop shop for casual, dress and sport watches. You can also browse and buy online, 24/7. Watch Warehouse always features a monthly special and its repair department is available to keep all your watches ticking.
One of the leading repair shops in the city for 20 years, City Time also sells Swiss Army, Citizen, Seiko and Storm timepieces. Its experts can explain the various movements and styles as well as the features of automatic, quartz and manual wind watches. If you’re looking for a waterproof model, ask about water resistance levels and having your watch tested before you go diving or hit the pool. City Time will also restore almost any timepiece including antique watches, grandfather clocks and cuckoo clocks.
Alberta Time Services specializes in restoration work for vintage and antique watches. Its European-trained watchmakers can service and repair all major brands of contemporary and vintage timepieces. Looking to buy? The shop also carries top brands like Bulova, Tissot, Calvin Klein, Longines and Timex. You’ll find straps, bracelets and watch winders as well as grandfather, wall and mantle clocks. Also have your watch face customized with a company logo or commemorative marking under the Seiko custom-dial program.
This boutique jewellery store boasts one of the city’s largest collections of brand-name watches. The selection includes Tag Heuer, Longines, Omega, Victorinox, Chanel and more than a dozen others. The family-owned business is an 11-time Consumer Choice Award winner. Its highly trained salespeople are equipped to provide the advice and expertise you need before and after your purchase.
The Anderson family is into its third generation of watch and jewellery sellers. The store opened in 1925 and has built a reputation for fine craftsmanship and expert sales staff. They import high-end timepieces from Switzerland and Germany with brand names like Rolex, Tag Heuer and Omega. The European-style boutique gives customers a luxury shopping experience.
Decades of experience and knowledge go into each timepiece sold at this storied jeweller. Brinkhaus is the authorized dealer for elite watchmakers Rolex, Cartier, Panerai, Ebel, Tudor and Vogard. They offer stainless steel and leather straps, self-winding and manual models and a range of colours and finishes to suit your wardrobe. Brinkhaus’s Swiss-trained technicians offer repairs and maintenance of these high-quality pieces.
Classic elegance is on display at this boutique jeweller in downtown Calgary. Here you’ll find fine Italian jewellery, Canadian diamonds and high-quality watches by Victorinox Swiss Army and Citizen. Blue Ice also carries the revolutionary Citizen Eco-Drive watch, which is powered by natural or artificial light and never needs a battery. If something you want isn’t available, you can order it from the shop’s catalogue.
Located in Chinatown, this quaint watch shop provides excellent service and high-quality work by experienced staff. Kong’s specializes in the repair of clocks, watches and jewellery. Bring your ticker in for a free repair estimate. The shop also carries a variety of timepieces by brands such as Seiko, Bulova, Timex and Rotary.