Watch and Clock Repairers
SOC Code: 49-9064
Watch and Clock Repairerss clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 100.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Repairing, Repairing, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 100.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$60,690
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Job Growth
-1.1%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Repairing
- •Critical Thinking
- •Troubleshooting
- •Equipment Maintenance
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Judgment and Decision Making
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
- ✓Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
- ✓Oil moving parts of timepieces.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation