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    Business ProfileforThe Time Center

    Jewelry Stores

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    4.2/5stars

    Average of 5 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    The Time Center is a full service watch, clock, and jewelry repair and sales shop. They service all types of clocks including cuckoo clocks, mantle clocks, wall clocks, vintage clocks, novelty clock, etc. They specialize in high-grade mechanical watches - both Swiss and American, and repairs all makes and models from complex chronographs to simple hand wind watches.

    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.

    Products & Services

    GRANDFATHER CLOCKS, WALL CLOCKS, CUCKOO CLOCKS, MANTLE CLOCKS, ANNIVERSARY CLOCKS, WATCH BANDS, GOLD JEWELERY, SILVER JEWELERY, DIAMOND JEWELERY, WALL CLOCKS, MANTLE CLOCKS, WATCH BANDS, CUSTOM WATCH BANDS MADE TO ORDER, GOLD JEWELERY, SILVER JEWELERY, DIAMOND JEWELERY

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    9848 W Roosevelt Rd, Westchester, IL 60154-2759
    BBB File Opened:
    9/26/1995
    Years in Business:
    45
    Business Started:
    4/1/1979
    Business Started Locally:
    4/1/1979
    Type of Entity:
    Sole Proprietorship
    Hours of Operation

    Primary

    M:
    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    T:
    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    W:
    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Th:
    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    F:
    11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    Sa:
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Su:
    Closed
    Business Management
    • Mr. Laiq Farooqui, President/Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Laiq Farooqui, President/Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Laiq Farooqui, President/Owner
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (708) 343-7765
      Primary Fax

    Industry Tip

    BBB Tip: Buying and selling jewelry

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    05/04/2021

    Complaint Type:
    Product Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    Complaint Details Unavailable

    Customer Reviews

    5 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Edith B

    1 star

    10/02/2023

    Absolutely horrible experience! I fell and cracked the glass on my fairly new Garmin watch. Took in the watch to see if they could replace the glass as the watch worked fine otherwise. I paid the $60 upfront to have the watch glass repair with the understanding that they would not be able to replace it with the Garmin logo and black trim. A week later, they call saying the watch is ready and when I show up, the watch glass is replaced but they broke the screen underneath so it's all spider webbed so you can't see the digital face anymore. So in the process of trying to replace the glass they broke the underneath digital layer and the only thing the guy could say was that the watch is fine. No apology, no reduction in repair cost, no nothing, just "here, I broke your watch more and didn't have the courtesy to call you to tell you that I really couldn't fix your watch so please come pick it up". I'm a reasonable person and understand that some times things may not work out when repairing something but I do expect that when that happens, you, at minimum, apologize for the mishap and maybe offer a reduction in cost but acting like everything is fine and I'm the one who is being unreasonable was absolutely unacceptable. Take your business to someone who at least owns up to their mistake, instead of charging you for making it worse and pretending that it was fixed.

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