Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

What the job really is

Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components.

At a glance

• Sector: Production
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-2061
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Assemble and install components of timepieces to complete mechanisms, using watchmakers' tools and loupes.
• Observe operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement, and to diagnose causes of defects.
• Test operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmakers' tools, and loupes.
• Replace specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmakers' tools, loupes, and holding fixtures.
• Disassemble timepieces such as watches, clocks, and chronometers so that repairs can be made.
• Clean and lubricate timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvents, buff sticks, and oil.
• Examine components of timepieces such as watches, clocks, or chronometers for defects, using loupes or microscopes.
• Bend parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers.
• Change timing weights on balance wheels to correct deficient timing.
• Adjust sizes or positioning of timepiece parts to achieve specified fit or function, using calipers, fixtures, and loupes.
• Mount hairsprings and balance wheel assemblies between jaws of truing calipers.
• Estimate spaces between collets and first inner coils to determine if spaces are within acceptable limits.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Office software, Abrasive wheels, Angled feeler gauges, Anti-electrostatic coating machines, Artists' brushes, At Your Service Software At Your Service Repair, Automatic engraving machines, Automatic oil dispensers, Automatic turning machines, Band notching pliers, Bench grinders, Bench ovens

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Watch and Clock Repairers
• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
• Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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