How to hire watch and clock repairers
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Job description template
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[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers. • Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines. • Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes. • Estimate repair costs and timepiece values. • Oil moving parts of timepieces. • Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers. • Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools. • Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: High school diploma or equivalent] • Strong critical thinking, active listening and speaking skills • Working knowledge of customer and personal service, administration and management and mechanical • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $32.32 an hour ($67,230 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for watch and clock repairers
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to estimate repair costs and timepiece values. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
- Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
- Explain something technical from your last job as you would to a new coworker.
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What watch and clock repairers do
- Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers.
- Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines.
- Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes.
- Estimate repair costs and timepiece values.
- Oil moving parts of timepieces.
- Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers.
- Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.
- Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for watch and clock repairers
- Typical education to start: High school diploma or equivalent (BLS)
- Related work experience most have: 2 to 4 years (O*NET)
- Training on the job: Long-term on-the-job training (BLS)
- Job outlook: -0.3% over ten years, little or no change · about 100 openings a year (BLS)
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Post a job freePay by areaJob duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.