MJ’s Jewelry and Watch

MJ’s Jewelry and Watch opened its doors on the second floor of the Mall at Wellington Green in 2025, next to Macy’s, bringing a genuinely independent, family-run counter into a mall environment otherwise dominated by national jewelry chains. Owners Mario and Martha Jara, both Royal Palm Beach residents, bring decades of hands-on experience to the shop, including roughly forty years of goldsmithing expertise between them.

The shop’s selection centers on gold and silver jewelry along with timepieces from a mix of brands, including Glock, Bering, and Classic of New York, plus watch bands from Hadley-Roma. That mix positions MJ’s somewhere between an everyday jewelry counter and a specialty watch shop, appealing to customers looking for both fashion jewelry and functional timepieces in the same visit.

What sets MJ’s apart from the mall’s bigger jewelry retailers is service. The shop offers same-day watch and jewelry repair, a genuinely useful convenience for anyone who has ever had to ship a broken watch off and wait weeks for it to come back. That kind of turnaround is only possible because the Jaras do the goldsmithing and repair work themselves rather than outsourcing it, a direct benefit of the shop’s independent, hands-on ownership.

Since opening, the shop has built a following among mall visitors looking for an alternative to the larger chain jewelers nearby, with reviews often highlighting the personal attention and quality repair work the Jaras provide. For a shop that only recently opened, it has already established a loyal local base.

For anyone shopping at the Mall at Wellington Green who wants a genuine independent jeweler rather than a corporate chain counter, or who needs a watch or jewelry piece repaired quickly, MJ’s Jewelry and Watch is worth the stop on the second floor.

Opening a new independent jewelry counter inside a mall dominated by national chains is a notable move, since most mall jewelry tenants today are corporate-owned locations following standardized pricing and inventory from a central office. Mario and Martha Jara’s decision to bring a family business into that environment gives shoppers walking that stretch of the second floor a genuine local alternative they might not expect to find between the larger branded stores.

The same-day repair capability stands out in particular because it depends entirely on having skilled goldsmiths on-site rather than shipping work out to a regional service center, which is how many larger jewelry chains handle repairs. A customer who walks in with a broken clasp or a watch that has stopped running can often walk out the same day with it fixed, a level of service that has become less common as jewelry retail has consolidated.

Located next to Macy’s on the mall’s second floor, the shop benefits from the mall’s overall foot traffic while still functioning as a distinctly independent, hands-on business rather than a branch of a larger company, a distinction that regular customers seem to notice and appreciate.