Watch and Clock Repairers

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

• Oil moving parts of timepieces.
• Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.
• Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.
• Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
• Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.
• Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments.
• Fabricate parts for watches and clocks, using small lathes and other machines.
• Estimate repair costs and timepiece values.
• Perform regular adjustment and maintenance on timepieces, watch cases, and watch bands.
• Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.
• Record quantities and types of timepieces repaired, serial and model numbers of items, work performed, and charges for repairs.
• Gather information from customers about a timepiece's problems and its service history.
• Test and replace batteries and other electronic components.
• Demagnetize mechanisms, using demagnetizing machines.
• Order supplies, including replacement parts, for timing instruments.

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)