Wills Jewellers is a jeweller at 29 Bridge Street in Nelson, in what the business says is Nelson's oldest surviving commercial building, built in 1855 by Thomas Askew. Over the decades the building has held a butcher's shop, a cooperage, a corsetry and lingerie boutique, an art gallery, a home and a jeweller. The shop sells fine jewellery, traditional and contemporary pieces, and watches. It also offers repairs and an estate collection of older jewellery.
The shop says it will design a piece to a customer's own idea, and it invites people to browse the full range in store. Opening hours are Tuesday to Friday from 9:30am to 4pm and Saturday from 9:30am to 1pm, and it is closed on Mondays and Sundays. The phone number is 03 548 8754. For a Nelson shopper who wants a watch repaired or a piece made from an idea of their own, the workshop and the custom service are the practical reasons to visit.