Watch & Clock Repairers

What They Do

Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.

Typical Tasks

• Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.
• Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.
• Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.
• Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
• Oil moving parts of timepieces.

Key Skills

Work Activities

• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems