Welcome to Paul’s Watch Repair! I’m Raimond Irimescu and together with my father Paul, and my son Matthew, we own and operate “Pauls Watch Repair”. Our family business has been around for over 100 years. Our name speaks for itself of what we do. My father Paul has been working on watches & clocks since he was eight, but full time since the age of 11, and now has fifty eight years of experience. I have been a watch dealer and watch repairman full time for eighteen years. I began learning watch & clock repairs thirty two years ago, at the age of eleven. We are experienced, knowledgeable and fair in what we do.

Our business began in a small town in the Northern part of Romania more than 100 years ago. My great-grandfather learned this trade in Europe and ran a small watch and clock repair shop out of his home. His knowledge and skills were passed on to my grandfather, Trifon Irimescu. He continued the trade and worked his entire life as a watchmaker. My father Paul was brought up from a very young age learning watch and clock repairs. Knowing how to fully repair timepieces by the age of eight prompted my father to leave school after the 7th grade to begin working full time with my grandfather. In those times it was normal for a young man to help earn money for his household.

From that time on my father and grandfather worked together in one shop. Later on my father opened a second shop in Romania before coming to the United States in 1987. When we came here my grandfather retired from full-time watch repairing but continued working on watch and clock projects until his dying days. Shortly after our arrival to the United States my father opened his first shop here under the name of Paul’s Watch & Clock Repair. He worked for a couple of watch shops in Sacramento before opening his own shop.

We have been in business in the Sacramento area since 1989 and we are presently located at 2601 Marconi Ave. I was brought up learning this trade from my father very early in life. When I was about 11 years old I began repairing Timex watches. As I grew up I tried different lines of work. Throughout the years I spent more time learning from my father and working with him on a part-time basis. Eighteen years ago I joined my father full time and am now the owner of the business.