On To You

On To You is a Consignment shop and watch repair mini shop. Odd combo, but it works beautifully. I went looking for a place to replace my watch batteries and so I assumed a jewelry shop would do that. I stopped at Zales across from On To You (had no clue of On To You at the time) and they demurred to work on my watches because of their complexity and high value. They sent me here to On To You. I would have never found this place but since I did, I have nothing but high praise for their work and hospitality.
I would call this place a quaint consignment shop which carries only higher end vintage ‘stuff’. There is stuff such as 1940s swim suits and gowns, early 1900s furniture from Europe and so on. One could browse in here for a good hour or more and talk to the wonderful woman who operates this place of curiosities. She was just full of historic information and it seemed every article in the store had some history associated. If you like phones, this is a circa 1960s Mickey Mouse phone, and a 1950s Ornate French gold pedestal phone. My goodness, lots of cool items in here.
Well I came here for watch repair so I was then directed to the gentleman who in the back of the store did watch repair. He was, kind and gracious. He himself was a watch lover and showed great respect for the watches I brought in. After admiring the watches and commenting on how he is a watch lover, he went right to work on them. I watched as he used myriad of watch tools galore to open and get into the inner workings. Complicated it was indeed. Without thorough knowledge I could see how others would hesitate to tackle the complex operations required to get to and replace the batteries.
After repairing the first watch he said the second one would be even more difficult and time consuming to do. He did the watch in probably twenty minutes. When he was done set both watches correctly and synchronized on the chronograph workings. He had a very nice touch that I considered as extra special.
Gosh, not only would I suggest you see this place to work on your most precious watches, but also to spend the time browsing through may a vintage era of clothing, curiosities and bric-​à-​brac. I will be back to do some more casual browsing and to hear all the stories behind everything in the store.

I went searching for consignment shops here in town. I was mostly looking for clothes– and I thought that was what I was going to get…
This was more of a housewares place with some authentic vintage clothing and a wonderful array of hats. The prices were very reasonable and I found a few things I could not live without. Lots of glassware and wall art.
All in all a pretty nice shop… minus the nutty guy that seemed to work in the back fixing stuff? Resurfacing? Engraving? I couldn’t really tell what his job was while he was walking around ranting and yelling about «not being a f*%$@ng storage space! BASTARDS! Pick up your s*%t or i’ll teach you and it will go up for f#@!*&g sale!»
Check it out anyway.