jeweler for watch battery replacement?

Shop next to Connecticut Muffin on 7th Av.

The guy at 8th Street and 7th Avenue is not "perfectly fine". Shortly after he opened the store I brought in a Longines self-winding watch my father had given me decades earlier for a minor repair.

When I returned to pick up the watch I discovered that he had pried two of the numbers off from the face! When I complained, he said that "his brother needed them for another customer's watch" and that he would make me new numbers. He did, and they look dreadful... as if they were hand-made imitations of machine-made numbers, which is exactly what they are. I haven't worn the watch since.

I should have sued him... and now I wish I had. Under no circumstances would I bring him anything of value.

Been going to the guy on 7th Avenue and 8th Street since way back when he had his tiny little shop right next to the subway entrance-he has done tons of work for me including re-setting my engagement ring and other things similiar-never had a problem with him.