Powerscourt Townhouse Centre · Dublin 2
Watch Shop in Dublin
An independent watch shop in Dublin 2 — not a department-store counter — with vintage stock on the trays you can try on.
“Watch shop Dublin” is a crowded search. Most of the results are jewellers who happen to have a watch cabinet, or websites that ship from somewhere else. Watch Empire is a room on the second floor of the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre where you can try a Cartier or an Omega on, ask about the movement, and decide with the piece on your wrist.
We used to be Kish Jewellers. Regulars still use that name. The number is the same (01 679 9107), the address is 59 William Street South, Dublin 2, D02 HV00, and the bench is still in the same building as the trays. If you want a battery or a strap, go to the watch repair page. If you want to browse stock, you are on the right URL.
Independent and authorised
An independent Dublin shop, not a chain counter.
Battery and straps
Battery replacement and strap replacement, done on this floor.
Vintage specialists
Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre and more.
Try it on
Put the piece on your wrist in Powerscourt before you decide.
What an independent shop actually does
What an independent shop actually does
A department-store watch cabinet is a display. An independent watch shop in Dublin 2 is a room where someone will take the back off a piece, tell you if the crown is original, and size the bracelet before you leave. That is the job. We are not a chain counter and we are not a warehouse that ships from another country with a Dublin phone number on the invoice.
You can rely on us for the brands we actually hold — Cartier, Omega, Rolex-family pieces, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Breitling, Longines, Tudor — and for a straight answer when we do not have the reference you typed into Google. Authorised care for a vintage movement is not the same as a boutique selling this year’s steel sports watch. We will say which of those conversations you are in.
How to find the room
How to find the room
Powerscourt Townhouse Centre sits on William Street South, a minute from Grafton Street. Watch Empire is on the second floor — not the first. Lift or stairs, then look for the boutique rather than the food hall. The Eircode is D02 HV00. If a Maps pin still says Kish Jewellers, that is the old name on the same door.
Monday to Saturday we are open 11:00–18:00. Sunday we are closed. Call 01 679 9107 before you cross town if you are coming for a specific watch; trays turn, and we would rather have it on the pad than make you climb the stairs for an empty slot.
The bench is on the same floor
The bench is on the same floor
Battery replacement and strap replacement are done on this floor, often while you wait.
This URL is for people who are choosing a shop — a place to try pieces on, and come back when the strap needs replacing. If you only want a battery or a strap, use the watch repair page.
What is on the trays
What is on the trays
The catalogue on this site is the current Dublin stock, not a brochure of watches we once saw. Vintage Omega Seamasters and Constellations sit next to Cartier Tanks and Santos, a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso or Memovox when we have one, and the occasional Breitling that has actually been worn. Accessories and bracelet links are at the counter so you can see the lining, not a stock photo.
There is no cart. Enquiry means a watchmaker answers. Prices are in euro; some pieces are POA because the right conversation is on the phone, not a “buy now” button that pretends a 1960s movement is a T-shirt.
Buying in the room
Buying in the room
Try the watch on. Ask about condition. Decide with the piece on your wrist. We do not take trade-ins.
Irish buyers still compare our tickets with London listings. Bring the listing. We will tell you what you are actually looking at: a polished case that no longer has its lines, or a fair price you should take. The shop exists so that conversation happens in Dublin, not in a comments section.
What a visit is for
What a visit is for
A first visit is usually twenty minutes: you try two or three pieces, we talk through condition, and you leave with a price you can think about. We do not rush a sale on a first handshake. If you already know the reference, say so on the phone and we will have it out of the tray.
Grafton Street jewellers sell new. We sell the watches those cabinets replaced. That is why this page exists separately from the homepage. The homepage is the brand. This URL is the shop: a room, a number, and a door on the second floor of Powerscourt.
Find us
Second floor, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
59 William Street South, Dublin 2, D02 HV00 — a minute from Grafton Street. Open Monday to Saturday, 11:00–18:00. Come in, try things on, and ask us anything.
The Dublin shop
Questions about visiting Powerscourt
Second floor of the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, 59 William Street South, Dublin 2, D02 HV00. A minute from Grafton Street. Lift or stairs. If Maps still says Kish Jewellers, that is the old name on the same door.
No. Open Monday to Saturday, 11:00 to 18:00. Call 01 679 9107 before you cross town if you are coming for a specific watch. Trays turn, and we would rather have it on the pad.
Someone here will take the back off a piece, tell you if the crown is original, and size the bracelet before you leave. We are not a chain counter and we are not a warehouse that ships from another country with a Dublin phone number on the invoice.
Yes. Battery replacement and strap replacement, on this floor.