Pressleys is a five-generation family jeweller. The first Pressley signed his apprentice indentures in 1865; the Pressley name went up over its own door in 1909, on Montague Street, Worthing. Today the bench is run from the Chichester Buttermarket by Jonathan Pressley, fifth generation, alongside his father Neville and his sister Gemma. Fine jewellery, Tudor authorised watches, and a quiet private-consultation room across two units of the 1808 arcade.
Engagement, wedding and dress pieces from the curated atelier brands held in Unit 2: Picchiotti, Brumani, Furrer-Jacot, Daou, Newrith, Alexis Dove. Bespoke commissions worked up by appointment with the Chichester team.
Tudor at Pressleys is the in-store programme. Full Tudor collection plus Longines, Tissot, Citizen, Mondaine and Furrer-Jacot. Battery, strap and full service workshop on site at the Chichester store.
Booked at any of our locations. Used for engagement rings, anniversary commissions and watch collections. We respond to consultation requests within 48 hours and hold the room and the tray for you.
Your Pressleys experience does not begin and end with your purchase. Pieces are checked over, polished, re-tipped and revalued at the Chichester bench. Bring it in to Unit 2, we will look at it the same morning.
Harry had walked into Gooch's, a watchmaker on Worthing's South Street, four years earlier with a five-shilling train fare from his father and instructions to ask for the return fare if he was not given the job. He was given the job. In 1909, with the financial help of his father-in-law (whose family ran a long-established Worthing greengrocery), he opened his own door across the street at number 85.
The family stayed. Harry's sons Harry and Reg joined the bench from school in 1925 and 1930. Reg's sons Charles and Neville joined in 1960 and 1974, and acquired Sussex Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company. In 1952, when Worthing demolished its Town Clock, the Pressleys gave the town a new one, which still stands on South Street. In 2010 Jonathan Pressley, Neville's son, joined as Managing Director. He opened the Chichester Buttermarket in 2011 and the Brighton flagship in 2016.
“Our dedication to quality, care and consideration has been passed through five generations, and is as pertinent now as it was over a century ago.” Pressleys, About Us
Our boutique store, opposite the Outlet inside the 1808 Buttermarket arcade. Atelier brands, Tudor at Pressleys, the private consultation room. The Chichester address: The Buttermarket, Unit 2, North Street, Chichester PO19 1LQ.
Phone · 01243 755310
One-of-a-kind diamond pieces and pre-owned watches with full provenance, marked at 40 to 70 per cent off. Headed by Jonathan personally. Brands include Tudor and Rolex from time to time. Walk across the Buttermarket from Unit 2.
Phone · 01243 755310
A short form for the Pressleys consultation team. We respond within 48 hours, hold the room and the tray for the time you booked, and answer any of the technical or budget questions in advance so the visit is the visit, not a planning meeting.
The Buttermarket, Unit 2
North Street
Chichester PO19 1LQ
Phone · 01243 755310
Brighton flagship · 26 East Street, Brighton BN1 1HL · 01273 778674
Walk from Chichester Cross · two minutes north along North Street, inside the Regency Buttermarket arcade
Sunday opening is the Buttermarket footfall rule, not the jewellers' rule. Most independent jewellers shutter on Sundays. We do not, because the Buttermarket is a tourist-arcade destination and the cathedral is across the road.
Tudor: yes, Tudor at Pressleys is the named authorised retail programme at the Chichester store. Rolex pieces appear from time to time in the Unit 1 outlet across the Buttermarket, as pre-owned and one-of-a-kind stock with full provenance, not as authorised new retail. The two units are next door to each other in the Buttermarket arcade so a single visit to North Street covers both.
Two units, directly opposite each other inside the 1808 Buttermarket arcade on North Street. Unit 2 is Pressleys Fine Jewellery, the boutique store with Tudor at Pressleys and the atelier brands. Unit 1 is Pressleys Jewellery and Watch Outlet, with up to 70% off one-of-a-kind pieces. Both five minutes walk from Chichester Cross.
Yes. The Pressleys Experience is the private consultation route, booked online or by phone on 01243 755310. We respond within 48 hours and arrange a time that suits, including before opening or after close where the room is needed. A consultation is the right call for any commission over £3,000 and for any engagement-ring viewing.
Yes. The Brighton flagship at 26 East Street opened in 2016, with "1909" (our small-plates restaurant and low-intervention wine bar named after the founding year) on the lower floor since 2017. The Pressley family also has a Pandora franchise on East Street, Chichester, opened 2013. Historic Worthing stores at South Street and Montague Street closed in 2019 after a long run.
The first Pressley apprentice signed his indentures in 1865 with James Houghton, a Kilburn watchmaker. The Pressley name on its own door followed in 1909, when George "Harry" Pressley opened 85 Montague Street, Worthing. Five generations later Jonathan Pressley runs Chichester and Brighton from the same family. 161 years from George's apprenticeship; 117 years since the Pressley name went up on the first shop.