Watch repairers: battery and strap appointments

Battery changes, new straps and bracelet sizing are quick jobs, but they arrive at random and interrupt servicing at the bench. Short booked appointments let customers wait a few minutes and leave. With Book, customers book a battery or strap appointment on your own booking page, and full servicing goes into drop-off slots.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations, places and prices are examples. Leave servicing prices empty; they depend on the movement.

Give quick slots one place per person at the bench. Each online booking takes one place, and a booked slot leaves your page. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Group them at set times, so longer work has quiet hours.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. Ask for the brand and model, and for straps, the lug width. You can have the right battery or strap ready.

Mechanical servicing takes days or weeks. Create a drop-off service, and when the watch is ready, book the collection yourself from your bookings list. First and last name are enough; with their email, the customer gets a confirmation with a calendar file.

If you test water resistance after a battery change, say in the description how long it adds, or create a separate service with a longer slot.

Customers can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the booking from your list. Book doesn't email clients about changes. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars.

Book doesn't track watches in the workshop, take payments or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field. See the guide on home visits for longcase clocks. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.