Watch & Clock Repairers

Also Called: Clock Repairer, Watch and Clock Repairer, Watch Estimator, Watch Technician (Watch Tech)

Certificate After High School

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$28,390

Entry Salary

Below Average

Job outlook

What Watch & Clock Repairers do

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

  • 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.
Industry Areas:

Automotive & Machine Repair • Construction

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Work Context

  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  • Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  • Spend Time Sitting
  • Structured versus Unstructured Work

Tools

  • Watch or clock repair kits
  • Pullers
  • Mechanical or ultrasonic metal cleaner
  • Watch or clock case openers
  • Bench vises

Technology

Accounting software
Intuit QuickBooks
Sage Software Sage50
Project management software
GrenSoft WorkTracer
Upland Consulting Group Repair Traq
Spreadsheet software
Microsoft Excel

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Repairing
  • Critical Thinking
  • Operation Monitoring
  • Active Listening
  • Equipment Maintenance

Knowledge

Business
customer service
management
Engineering and Technology
mechanical
product and service development
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
manufacture and distribution of products

Education

  • % Post-secondary certificate
  • % High school diploma or equivalent
  • % Associate's degree

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Job Training Match

Model Makers, Metal & Plastic

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Watch & Clock Repairers Currently Selected

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

Automotive Engineering Technicians

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

Mechanical Engineers

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

There are currently no advanced training opportunities for this career.

ACT & College

  • Albany Technical College

    Albany, GA

  • Altamaha Technical College

    Jesup, GA

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

    • Conventional (Organizer)
    • Investigative (Thinker)
    • Realistic (Doer)

Work Styles

  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Self Control
  • Dependability
  • Independence

Values

  • Independence
  • Achievement
  • Working Conditions

Abilities

  • Hand and Finger Use
  • Ideas and Logic

This is what Watch & Clock Repairers across the country typically make.

$13.65 / hour
$28,390 /year

Entry Level

$27.95 / hour
$58,140 /year

Median Level

$38.05 / hour
$79,150 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Below Average

Please be sure to verify the outlook of this occupation with your instructor.

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