Watch / clock repair

Watch and clock repairers service and restore timepieces, working with tiny, intricate mechanisms. The work involves diagnosing and repairing watches and clocks, cleaning and replacing minuscule parts, restoring antique pieces, and combining fine handwork with deep knowledge of horological mechanisms.

They work in repair shops, for jewellers, and independently. The role suits exceptionally patient, precise, detail-obsessed people with steady hands who love intricate mechanical work, can repair and restore the tiniest mechanisms, and combine fine craft skill with the deep, specialised knowledge that keeping mechanical timepieces running requires.