Quote Originally Posted by Detroitdave View Post
On the subject of jewelery stores you guys missed a BIG one that's been in the city since 1925 and still open and NEVER went out of business and still open !
Wait for it , wait for it ! boom ! http://www.simmonsandclark.com/
Detroit history ! I bet you can buy a battery for you watch there ? :-)
I just did buy a watch battery there, for my husband. :-)

This was after weeks of thinking that I'd have to run to Hamtramck just to get one, then, all of a sudden remembering S&C. I Talked to one of the owners in recent years, he was very funny, a great old guy, and a fount of Detroit - especially Downtown - history.

[[I could have bothered jeweler, Nate Muccioli, on Beaubien and Larned, to change the battery, but didn't want to be tempted into commissioning another one of his incredible creations)