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.