Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components.
250 people do this job in the US. $62,620 a year.
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Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 1%. Today's estimate: 1%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 17 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble and install components of timepieces to complete mechanisms, using watchmakers' tools and loupes.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 16% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Replace specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmakers' tools, loupes, and holding fixtures.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Disassemble timepieces such as watches, clocks, and chronometers so that repairs can be made.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 10% | 50 min17 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Observe operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement, and to diagnose causes of defects.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Adjust sizes or positioning of timepiece parts to achieve specified fit or function, using calipers, fixtures, and loupes.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min13 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Clean and lubricate timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvents, buff sticks, and oil.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Test operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmakers' tools, and loupes.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Examine and adjust hairspring assemblies to ensure horizontal and circular alignment of hairsprings, using calipers, loupes, and watchmakers' tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 42 min17 min to 1.4 h | Stays with people | |
| Bend parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Examine components of timepieces such as watches, clocks, or chronometers for defects, using loupes or microscopes.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Bend inner coils of springs away from or toward collets, using tweezers, to locate centers of collets in centers of springs, and to correct errors resulting from faulty colleting of coils.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 29 min13 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Tighten or replace loose jewels, using watchmakers' tools.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 3% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).