# Watch and Clock Repairers

> Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/watch-and-clock-repairers
- SOC code: 49-9064.00
- Career family: Installation and repair
- Median annual pay: $67,230 (10th percentile $34,240, 90th percentile $109,990)
- Projected growth: Little or no change, -0.3%
- Openings a year: 100
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCI)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 92 |
| Investigative (I) | 16 |
| Artistic (A) | 6 |
| Social (S) | 7 |
| Enterprising (E) | 2 |
| Conventional (C) | 57 |

## What you'd do

- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment (importance 83/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 78/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 77/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 74/100)
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information (importance 74/100)
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 73/100)
- Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People (importance 73/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 69/100)
- Analyzing Data or Information (importance 68/100)
- Getting Information (importance 67/100)

## Skills

Repairing, Critical Thinking, Operations Monitoring, Active Listening, Equipment Maintenance, Judgment and Decision Making, Quality Control Analysis, Speaking, Troubleshooting, Complex Problem Solving

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, Administration and Management, Mechanical, Administrative, Engineering and Technology, Production and Processing, English Language, Sales and Marketing, Education and Training, Economics and Accounting

## Also called

Antique Clock Repairer, Antique Clocks Repairer, Auto Clocks Repairer, Caser, Chronometer Repairer, Clock Mechanic, Clock Repair Technician, Clock Repairer, Clocksmith, Crowner

## Majors that lead here (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, 4-digit CIP)

- [Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/4704) (CIP 4704, 33 colleges)

## Colleges with strong outcomes (College Scorecard, 2025)

| College | Program | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yrs | Median debt |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Murray State College-Oklahoma](https://www.collegesref.com/college/murray-state-college-oklahoma-1806) | Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | not reported | $48,487 | not reported |

## Related careers

- [Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/timing-device-assemblers-and-adjusters): $62,620 median pay
- [Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/electric-motor-power-tool-and-related-repairers): $56,210 median pay
- [Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/grinding-lapping-polishing-and-buffing-machine-tool-setters-operators-and-tenders-metal): $46,550 median pay
- [Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/grinding-and-polishing-workers-hand): $42,660 median pay
- [Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/coin-vending-and-amusement-machine-servicers-and-repairers): $47,450 median pay
- [Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/tool-grinders-filers-and-sharpeners): $50,060 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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