WATCH REPAIRER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks.

Duties and Tasks:

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

Activities:

• 1) Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
• 2) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• 3) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 4) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 5) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Abilities:

• 1) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 2) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 3) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 4) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• 5) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Knowledge:

• Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.