Luxury Watchmaker / Horologist — Career Preview

Service and craft precision luxury timepieces

Luxury watchmakers service, restore, and craft high-end mechanical timepieces — disassembling intricate movements, diagnosing issues, replacing worn parts, regulating accuracy, and performing hand-finishing to the highest standards of horological craftsmanship.

A day in the life

You open a vintage Patek Philippe at your bench, carefully disassemble the 200+ part movement, clean each component ultrasonically, inspect pivots under magnification, reassemble with fresh lubrication, regulate on a timing machine, and test water resistance before returning it to a delighted client.

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