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Watch and Clock Repairers

Makes, repairs and resizes jewelry, or fixes watches, clocks and cameras by hand.

Typical education to startHigh school diploma or equivalent
Job outlook2025–2035: 0%
Median pay$67,230 a year (2025)
Interest codeRC Realistic, Conventional

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Jewelers design and make rings and necklaces, set stones, resize and repair pieces, and some appraise gems. Watch and clock repairers take apart tiny mechanisms, clean and replace parts, and put them back together. Camera repairers fix lenses and electronics. The work is precise, done at a bench with magnifiers and small tools, often in a store or a small shop.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

    Builds business management, which this job uses.

  • Physical Education · Health and PE

    Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

  • Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

    Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

  • Calculus · Math

    Builds math, which this job uses.

  • Physics · Science

    Builds physics, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.

Watch and Clock Repairers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.