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Review blueprints, sketches, or work orders to gather information about tasks to be completed.
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Replace specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmakers' tools, loupes, and holding fixtures.
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Disassemble timepieces such as watches, clocks, and chronometers so that repairs can be made.
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Tighten or replace loose jewels, using watchmakers' tools.
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Mount hairsprings and balance wheel assemblies between jaws of truing calipers.
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Test operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmakers' tools, and loupes.
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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.
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Change timing weights on balance wheels to correct deficient timing.
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Examine components of timepieces such as watches, clocks, or chronometers for defects, using loupes or microscopes.
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Estimate spaces between collets and first inner coils to determine if spaces are within acceptable limits.
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Assemble and install components of timepieces to complete mechanisms, using watchmakers' tools and loupes.
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Observe operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement, and to diagnose causes of defects.
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Turn wheels of calipers and examine springs, using loupes, to determine if center coils appear as perfect circles.
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Adjust sizes or positioning of timepiece parts to achieve specified fit or function, using calipers, fixtures, and loupes.
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Examine and adjust hairspring assemblies to ensure horizontal and circular alignment of hairsprings, using calipers, loupes, and watchmakers' tools.
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Clean and lubricate timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvents, buff sticks, and oil.
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Bend parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers.