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Harrods

Harrods is a department-store business with a documented watch-retail and in-house aftercare operation, not a watch-manufacturing brand. 12

This profile covers the maker’s identity, history and documented work. A complete model catalogue is being researched separately.

At a glance

Subject
Confirmed Horological Business 12
First documented date
1849 — Knightsbridge store opening 32
Documented work
Harrods in-house watch-repair workshop 14

What building Harrods’ watch workshop actually involved

Harrods is a department-store business with a documented watch-retail and in-house aftercare operation, not a watch-manufacturing brand. The current service page advertises a Rolex Authorised Service Centre and in-house workshop on the Lower Ground Floor in Fine Watches.

Revolution reports that Megan Precious was recruited to establish Harrods’ first in-house watch-repair workshop. The March 2025 profile identifies Precious as External Network Manager, Richemont Americas, rather than a current Harrods employee.

A retailer’s authorized service workshop demonstrates repair capability, not manufacture of the movements or brands it sells. The store’s long retail history and modern repair workshop are different developments; the sources do not date an in-house workshop to 1849. 124

The work and why it matters

Harrods’ heritage story identifies Charles Henry Harrod; its governance account dates the Knightsbridge store to 1849. The governance statement for the year ended 31 January 2025 describes Harrods Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries as wholly owned by QIA, acquired in May 2010. 32

Key dates

  1. 1849

    Knightsbridge store opening

    Harrods’ heritage story identifies Charles Henry Harrod; its governance account dates the Knightsbridge store to 1849. 32

  2. 2010-05

    QIA acquisition in governance history

    The governance statement for the year ended 31 January 2025 describes Harrods Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries as wholly owned by QIA, acquired in May 2010. 2

  3. 2025-03-08

    Profile records Precious’s workshop contribution and later role

    Revolution reports that Megan Precious was recruited to establish Harrods’ first in-house watch-repair workshop. 4

Ownership and continuity

The governance statement for the year ended 31 January 2025 describes Harrods Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries as wholly owned by QIA, acquired in May 2010. 2

Watchmakers and designers linked to Harrods

These people have a sourced relationship to this brand in the Enjoy Watches register. The label beside each name states the relationship recorded; it should not be read as a broader employment or ownership claim.

Identification and service

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Evidence and limits

How the claims are supported
  1. reasonable inference

    Harrods is a department-store business with a documented watch-retail and in-house aftercare operation, not a watch-manufacturing brand.

  2. reasonable inference

    Harrods’ heritage story identifies Charles Henry Harrod; its governance account dates the Knightsbridge store to 1849.

  3. reasonable inference

    The governance statement for the year ended 31 January 2025 describes Harrods Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries as wholly owned by QIA, acquired in May 2010.

  4. verified fact

    The current service page advertises a Rolex Authorised Service Centre and in-house workshop on the Lower Ground Floor in Fine Watches.

  5. reasonable inference

    Revolution reports that Megan Precious was recruited to establish Harrods’ first in-house watch-repair workshop.

  6. reasonable inference

    The March 2025 profile identifies Precious as External Network Manager, Richemont Americas, rather than a current Harrods employee.

  7. reasonable inference

    A retailer’s authorized service workshop demonstrates repair capability, not manufacture of the movements or brands it sells.

  8. reasonable inference

    The store’s long retail history and modern repair workshop are different developments; the sources do not date an in-house workshop to 1849.

Known limits

  • This identity dossier is not a complete catalogue of every watch or reference.

Direct sources

  1. Fine Watch Aftercare | Watch Repairs LondonHarrods · official current service description · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Fine Watch Aftercare: Rolex Authorised Service Centre, in-house workshop and Lower Ground Floor location.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  2. GovernanceHarrods · official corporate governance · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Tax Strategy, financial year ended 31 January 2025: group, QIA ownership, May 2010 acquisition and 1849 Knightsbridge opening.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  3. Harrods Bears Through the YearsHarrods · official heritage story · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Heritage narrative identifying Charles Henry Harrod and his son Charles Digby Harrod.. First-party source; its statements remain attributed.

  4. Five Women Driving Innovation in WatchmakingRevolution · independent profile · accessed September 15, 2026

    Locator: Megan Precious section, lines 157–170; Harrods recruitment/workshop at line 166 and Richemont role at lines 159/167.. External source.

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