Families / Craft

Watchmaker

Services and restores mechanical movements to running tolerance. Trained numbers are tiny against the repair backlog.

Pay band (est.)
$55k–$110k
Time to competence
5 years
Licence
None
Setting
studio
Leverage
low
Place constraint
medium
Physical demand
25/100
Hours burden
45/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play94th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge99th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage14th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand41th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay47th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body78th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy37th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit24th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility37th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill63th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load59th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance87th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Very few schools; eyes and fine motor control are the limit.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

  • Place constraint is medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
  • Hours burden is 45/100 and people intensity 25/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.

Source note: Trade patterns; editorial estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.