About Watch & Wares

Over 30 Years Buying Watches in Orange County

Who We Are

Watch and Wares has been established for upwards of thirty years. We sell fine watches and jewelry, thoroughly inspected, serviced, and polished back to their manufacturer’s specifications.

We’re a jewelry and loan business with several locations in Orange County. Our integrity, wealth of experience, and one-on-one service is what sets us apart: we take a needs-based approach to helping each and every client individually and discreetly; whether you simply want to sell for instant cash, or get a confidential and secure loan on your jewelry, watches, diamonds, gold, coins, or collectibles, we can assist you today! Serving Orange County and all its surrounding areas (including Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego), Watch and Wares Jewelry and Loan has been a pillar of the community for many years.

We perform the following:

Collateral loan services
Cash buying
Trades
Watch repair
Expert jewelry repair

Our Reputation

Watch and Wares Jewelry and Loan has built our impeccable reputation over the years, through buying and selling thousands of: luxury watches, all varieties of jewelry (including loose diamonds, engagement rings, earrings, pendants & necklaces, and brooches) as well as rare coins, precious metals and collectibles at top-dollar value. Our customers love us because we offer instant cash in-store, and provide outstanding customer service and integrity that only a family-run business possessing over thirty years’ experience can deliver.

We provide instant loans for all types of jewelry, luxury watches, gold, silver and other precious metals–as well as diamonds, coins, fine art, luxury goods, and other valuable items upon our assessment in-person. As a certified cash buyer and licensed broker, we are able to provide easy, secure, and confidential loans using your item as collateral, so there are no credit checks or income verification. We can appraise your item within our stores while you wait, frequently at higher values than our competitors offer.

Our collateral loan process at our Tustin location is simple and hassle-free; all of your personal information is kept completely confidential and securely disposed of. We will weigh and analyze your items one-on-one in our store, providing same-day payment to you, in cash if desired.

We have a master watchmaker, expert jeweler, and handbag restoration specialist on our staff at all times in order to make sure your luxury items and jewelry are examined, treated, repaired, and restored right the first time. If you would like an item that is both of quality and unique, particularly (but by no means limited to) heirloom-quality Art Deco filigree engagement rings or antique wedding ring, you have come to the right place!

Our Expertise

We are blessed to have long-term, dedicated employees who have decades of knowledge and experience in all aspects of our business, especially: gemology, vintage watch information, restoration, and operation, as well as jewelry creation, and fine art, the integrity of this family business and our customers are our passion. Our staff includes trained jewelry professionals, GIA-certified gemologists, handbag and designer couture specialists, and we all have the end goal of providing our clients with the highest standard of professionalism and quality in both jewelry and service.

Our owner, William Houchin, has decades of personal and professional experience dealing in fine jewelry and watches. William has had insight and intuition for the care of beautifully-crafted pieces his entire life; he has gained a virtually-encyclopedic knowledge of not only watches, but further jewelry, fine art, couture, and collectibles. William’s relentless passion for his work and dedication to his customers has made him a permanent fixture not only in California, but within our entire industry as well. William is always happy to help customers and share his valuable expertise with them.

Our master jeweler has over forty years of experience in exacting, precise jewelry repair to perfection, and rendering custom creations from a variety of sources, becoming the jeweler’s jeweler over the years for his efforts.

Meet the Watch & Wares Jewelry & Loan

Located in the heart of Orange County, Watch and Wares Jewelry and Loan has been a cornerstone in the community for many years. We’ve built our impeccable reputation by selling fine quality watches, jewelry, diamonds and precious metals at fair prices, and by offering outstanding customer service that only a family run business can offer.

William H.

Owner Watch and Wares Inc.

Liz B.

Store Manager

J. Carlos M.

Master Jeweler

May K.

Gemologist

Jaime M.

Service Manager

Our Story

Established in 1991, Watch and Wares Jewelry and Loan is a full service jewelry store, with our main locations in the downtown historic district of Orange, California, and our collateral loan branch in the city of Tustin, CA. We specialize in the sales and repair of luxury jewelry and watches, and designer and couture items and handbags. In addition, we have many fine art pieces and collectibles (if you’re unsure whether your item qualifies, please contact us via phone, and we will be happy to assess it for you).

We specialize in luxury watches, including Rolex, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, and many other luxury watch brands. All of our luxury watches, both those modern and vintage are sold in good working order with warranties. Most have been serviced by our master watchmaker, or (less frequently) were recently serviced elsewhere and have subsequently passed our master watchmaker’s inspection.

Watch and Wares buys and sells unique antique and estate jewelry from the Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mid-Century Retro Moderne, and Contemporary periods. We travel and search extensively to find beautiful and exceptional luxury watches, designer and couture items, and unique pieces of fine jewelry, and can often provide information to our customers about hard to find items.