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Watch Repairers

SOC 49-9064.00

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

Zone 3 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Repairing

3.9

Critical Thinking

3.1

Operation Monitoring

3.1

Active Listening

3.0

Speaking

3.0

Equipment Maintenance

3.0

Troubleshooting

3.0

Quality Control Analysis

3.0

Knowledge Areas 8

Customer and Personal Service

4.2

Administration and Management

3.7

Mechanical

3.6

Clerical

3.1

Engineering and Technology

3.0

Production and Processing

3.0

English Language

3.0

Sales and Marketing

2.8

Key Tasks

1Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.

2Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.

3Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.

4Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.

5Oil moving parts of timepieces.

Also Known As

Antique Clock Repairer Antique Clocks Repairer Auto Clocks Repairer Blocker and Polisher Caser Chronometer Repairer Clock Mechanic Clock Repair Technician Clock Repairer Clocksmith