Engravable U & Watch Repair

This place is just OK from my experience getting a new watch band and having service performed on my watch.
I asked for a new battery and band and, like others have said, I was bruskly told to come back in 20 minutes. When I returned, the charge for a battery and band was REALLY high for just a battery and simple rubber surf watch band. Moreover, the strap came off the first time I put any real stress on the band (lucky it didn’t happen in the water). And it happened again after I asked them to fix it. In the end, I went to another place who said they had used the wrong pins. The new place switched the pins and there have been no more problems.
Also, when I went back to have the watch band pins fixed, they took the watch and said they’d call me early the next week (inconvenient following a relatively simple problem)…and they didn’t call me after several days. I finally called them… and it later turned out the problem had not actually been fixed. Service and courtesy seems to be pretty inconsistent.
Location is great… Other than that… not so hot.

Highly recommended. I got my battery replaced for my car key. It cost only $ 10.85. See David. He assisted me with the replacement less than 10 minutes. Worth every penny.

Time for another watch band, so I head down to EU, while waiting the battery for the watch I’m wearing takes a turn for the worse! No sooner is my new band afixed to the one watch, they put in a new battery in the other. In and out in 15 minutes!
Like to say that’s always the case, alas its not but what is constant is there customer service, ability to trouble shoot & fair prices.
4.5 stars!
Cheers.

I will never give these guys busy again. Their rude and unprofessional. When does replacement of a watch battery take twenty minutes? I brought in my Movado and they tossed like it was a plastic toy watch.

Engravable U is the best thing at the Manhattan Village mall! I get all of my watch batteries replaced, valuables engraved, rings sized, and get my antique clock fixed there. The staff is friendly and the work is always excellent and affordable.

I had a dive watch battery replaced here just prior to a scuba diving trip. The watch worked great until I jumped in the water, when it stopped on contact. My expensive dive watch is now broken due to a simple battery replacement procedure.

Brought a brand-​new Movado watch here to have a few links removed. When they flipped it over, instead of on a cushioned surface, they smacked it on glass, resulting in a bunch of scratches to the smooth metal surface. So disappointing, never going back.

I came here based on the high rating on Unilocal,so here is my 2 cents.
I bought a metal bracelet for my Pebble Steel. It came with a fitting tool so I fitted it to my watch no problem but it needed some links removed to get the correct fit.
I dropped the watch in here and was told it would be 20 minutes. I went back and picked it up half an hour or so later and they charged me $ 10. I was happy with this and headed down to the beach.
After a couple of hours in the sun I was getting changed and put my watch back on and then I noticed that one of the links on my watch bracelet was damaged. It’s a matte black bracelet and where it had been scratched and scuffed it was now shiny silver and very obviously damaged. They had taken 4 links out of the bracelet which they had given back to me so I was surprised that a) they hadn’t used a good link from the spare ones instead of putting the clearly damaged one back on the watch and b) they hadn’t just come clean and said they had damaged a link. If they had done those two things then this would have been a 4/​5* review.
I then had to go back to the mall again and get them to swap the links over. They did this for me straightaway and would have been on course for a 3* review at this point but there was no apology for the fact I had to come back so here we are at 2*
The damaged link was no big deal, they removed 4 so it isn’t like I don’t have spares. It was the fact they sent me away with it in that condition, I can’t believe they wouldn’t have noticed, or thought that I wouldn’t notice.

What a rip off place! If you are in need of a replacement watchband for a waterproof/diver’s watch, don’t go here! $ 19.99!!! Go to Walmart! $ 6 for the exact same thing!

Fantastic service, very affordable, friendly and super fast, like 20min fast. Got my boyfriend’s watches fixed!!! All of them! he’s going to be so jazzed. Thank you!

Very pleased with the service. Dropped off my watch for a new battery replacement and It only took them twenty minutes! Best part, it was only $ 10.

Great watch battery repair place. I highly recommend. They are not rip offs like other places. Only charged me $ 12.85 for battery. Other places quoted me $ 65 at the Del Amo mall. Never go to that place.

My SO needed two pins replaced on his Brooks Brothers watch on a Sunday afternoon. Took about two mins and only cost $ 9. Pins are much thicker and better quality than what I had!
Overall, a great experience and I’ll be back for any future watch repair needs.

The job was very simple. Replace a battery on my watch, and add a pin in the other. Less than thirty minutes later, they were ready!

Replaced my battery in 15 minutes for 10-​bucks. My trusty time piece lives again. No muss, no fuss.

Its inside the Manhattan Beach Village Mall. entrance next to Islands restaurant…
Only thing we have done here is get our new watches sized and taking off the link lengths… Service was fast both times (30 minutes wait) and cost was only $ 10…
Recommendation is go to Apple Store in the mall or go for a quick bite to eat at Islands, Corner Bakery, Tin Roof etc and come back to pick up your watch…

I just had my new Christmas present (watch) sized here. They were fast, efficient and it came out perfect. The cost was only 10 bucks, which I think is standard for sizing watches. While I was waiting to pick up my watch they were also helping another lady fix a kink on her necklace. I’m not sure if they just do that for free or if they charged her for it. It seemed like she just walked up, they fixed it and she walked away. I thought «how nice, they fix little things for free».
I’ll definitely come back in the future for other fixes/​fittings.

The man here is great. I like to imagine that in his house he has all sorts of clocks ringing at the same time at every struck of an hour, and that he has all sorts of mysterious collectibles, clocked lining up the walls of bathrooms and bedrooms. He seems to enjoy what he does and has a fascination with the little things he works with. He wears the magnifying glass and gets to work quietly there in the corner, and before you know it, that watch that you were too lazy to fix for a while is ready to be worn again with a new battery and all repairs done. And it’s a reasonable price. And it feels good on your wrist.
I’ve been here like 5 times and each time it’s been a good thing.

I chose this place based upon the other reviews. I do think it’s helpful to know that it’s right by the Macy entrance in the Manhattan Beach Village shopping center.
I was assisted quickly and politely. I had two bands that needed to be replaced (one leather and one for a sports watch), plus one also needed a new battery. I was given my ticket and told to come back in 20 minutes. 20 minutes and $ 58 later I had my husband’s watches in hand and they were back to looking good and, of course, in working order.

«In reality, killing time is only the name for another of the multifarious ways by which Time kills us».
I’d drink up all of Saudi Arabia’s milkshake* if it could buy me more time. I’d drink it up! But a cheap replacement battery will have to do.
Ya got the time? You know, to read this review? I certainly hope so. With time, you can accomplish almost anything. You can spend every dime you earn, even others. You can enjoy your children (given enough time) and you can recoup from most of what ails ya. I treasure time above all else. So when I run out of it, I go to Master Watch Maker, Allan Benavides, with Engravable U Watch Repair. He’s given me more time than anyone.
I’ve seen his small stand in the Manhattan Beach Mall grow from one small kiosk to what it is today… in need of a real brick ‘n mortar store. He now sells everything that could fit in a purse from engraved pillboxes and clocks, to watches and flasks. He’s prospered by providing an outstanding service, quality work and a warm, friendly smile.
I had 15 minutes before meeting my party at the China Grill and my watch was dead… needed a new battery. I remembered Mr. Benavides booth and asked him how long it would take. Ten minutes later, my watch was ticking away like it had a new heart. $ 7 and ten minutes and I made it to my lunch with time to spare. Valuable time. I even had enough to flirt with my server before my company arrived. Time waits for no one… better check that battery.
*“There Will Be Blood”