Watch repairs
Customers report quick, careful watch work, including eight watches fixed in one visit and G-Shock buttons restored.
Minutes
Jebel Ali Village
Minutes is a practical repair service in Jebel Ali Village for everyday fixes and personalised work. Reviews highlight fast watch repairs, including resizing and battery changes, alongside phone and tablet repairs when you need a problem handled without much fuss.
Reputation Score
4.9
★★★★★
1,251 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Device repairs
Phone, tablet and laptop repairs are recurring strengths; one damaged screen was repaired within 20 minutes.
Broken keys
The team successfully duplicated a house key after carefully joining its two broken pieces first.
Engraving work
A customer says an engraving was reproduced exactly to match an existing item, including work on a watch band.
Shoe cleaning
One long-term customer said two pairs of shoes came back looking like new, alongside properly fixed watches.
Document printing
For a large, complicated document job, the staff helped organise the pages neatly before printing.
Fast turnaround
Several small jobs are completed quickly: three watches were resized and had batteries changed in under 10 minutes.
Tips for a Better Visit
Check specifications. For passport pictures, confirm the destination’s exact requirements before paying; one customer’s photos failed a consulate scan.
Bring broken pieces. If a house key has snapped, bring both pieces: a customer says the team used them to make a working duplicate.
Check repairs. Test repaired items before leaving; a G-Shock customer says the buttons were checked thoroughly after the fix.
Ask for timing. For small watch jobs, ask about same-visit service: one customer had three watches resized and batteries changed in under 10 minutes.
Explain the fault. Describe the device problem clearly and ask what is being changed; a damaged screen was repaired within 20 minutes after it was explained.
Plan the visit
Practical details
First floor, Ibn Battuta Mall - Metro Link - Sheikh Zayed Rd
Jebel Ali Village, Dubai
| Mon | 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Tue | 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Wed | 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Thu | 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
| Fri | 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
| Sat | 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM |
| Sun | 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM |
Popular Mentions
iPhone and iPad repaired
Phone and tablet repair is a recurring use case, including an iPhone and iPad visit.
Passport pictures
Passport photos can be produced quickly, but one customer’s order failed a later consulate check.
key cutting
Reviews mention key cutting, including a duplicate made from a key that had broken into two pieces.
business card printing
Business card printing is among the practical print jobs mentioned by a returning customer.
Common Concerns
Photo compliance
A passport-photo order was rejected by a consulate because the images failed its requirements, causing the customer extra expense.
Follow-up support
One customer says the shop did not address a refund request after the passport-photo problem.
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The Bottom Line
Minutes in Jebel Ali Village is a useful stop when a small repair has become an annoying errand. The reviews especially support watch repairs, phone and tablet repairs, key duplication, and engraving. Customers describe watch straps being resized, batteries changed, buttons repaired on a G-Shock, and several watches handled in one visit.
Device work covers more than phones. Reviews mention a damaged screen repaired within 20 minutes, an old tablet brought back into use, laptop repairs, an iPhone and iPad visit, and an Apple Watch completed within a few days. The counter also handles practical jobs such as shoe cleaning, leather stitching and document printing; one large batch of complicated pages was organised neatly before printing.
There is a genuinely useful example for broken keys: staff joined a house key that had snapped into two pieces and made a duplicate that worked at home. Engraving also gets specific praise, with a watch-band design reproduced to match an existing item. One important caution concerns passport pictures.
A customer’s photos were rejected by a consulate and the follow-up refund request was reportedly not addressed. Confirm the destination’s exact photo rules before paying, and test repaired items before leaving.