Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.

“Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.” is a core task performed by Watch and Clock Repairers. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 9th by importance (#7 most important). About 99% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Repair tools or equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines. · importance 4.7
• Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers. · importance 4.7
• Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers. · importance 4.6
• Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes. · importance 4.6
• Oil moving parts of timepieces. · importance 4.5
• Estimate repair costs and timepiece values. · importance 4.5
• Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments. · importance 4.3
• Perform regular adjustment and maintenance on timepieces, watch cases, and watch bands. · importance 4.3
• Order supplies, including replacement parts, for timing instruments. · importance 4.3
• Gather information from customers about a timepiece's problems and its service history. · importance 4.3
• Test and replace batteries and other electronic components. · importance 4.2
• Record quantities and types of timepieces repaired, serial and model numbers of items, work performed, and charges for repairs. · importance 4.0
• Demagnetize mechanisms, using demagnetizing machines. · importance 3.8
• Fabricate parts for watches and clocks, using small lathes and other machines. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Watch and Clock Repairers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-14976,
  title  = {Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-14976}
}