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