Production Watchmaker

Signet Jewelers; Illinois; On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Signet Jewelers, a global leader in diamond jewelry, seeks a hands‑on Watchmaker II/Production Watchmaker with 1–2 years of experience. You will perform intermediate repairs, use specialized tools, and maintain strict quality and productivity in a fast‑paced repair environment.

Join a team dedicated to precision and craftsmanship across iconic brands with opportunities to grow within a high‑volume repair facility.

Qualifications

• Crystal Cutting: Utilize crystal cutters to accurately shape and fit watch crystals, ensuring precise alignment and finish.
• Detail Polishing: Use a flex shaft for detail polishing, achieving a high-quality finish on intricate components.
• Polishing Motor: Operate large polishing motors for comprehensive watch case and bracelet polishing.
• Quartz Watch Repairs: Change circuits and coils in quartz watches, ensuring proper functionality and performance.
• Date Wheel Replacement: Replace date wheels with precision, ensuring correct alignment and operation.
• Dial Repairs: Reset loose dial markers, date boxes, or logos, ensuring aesthetic integrity and functionality.
• Stem, Crown, and Case Tube Replacement: Replace stems, crowns, and case tubes, performing pressure tests to verify water resistance.
• Movement Regulation: Use a timing machine to regulate automatic and mechanical movements, ensuring accurate timekeeping.
• Retro Fit Execution: Identify and install the correct movement for retrofitting, ensuring compatibility and functionality.
• Perpetual Calendar Replacement: Replace perpetual calendar movements with expertise, ensuring seamless integration and performance.
• Pinion Replacement: Change cannon and hour pinions, ensuring proper engagement and function.
• Ceramic and Tungsten Repairs: Repair ceramic or tungsten watches with minimal damage, maintaining structural and aesthetic integrity.

Responsibilities

• Perform crystal cutting and fitting to exact specs.
• Polish intricate components using a flex shaft to high finish.
• Operate large polishing motors for case and bracelet surfaces.
• Conduct quartz watch repairs and verify functionality.
• Replace date wheels with precision and accuracy.
• Reset dial markers, date boxes or logos for visual integrity.
• Replace stems, crowns and case tubes; perform water-resistance tests.
• Use a timing machine to regulate automatic and mechanical movements.
• Identify and install correct movements for retrofits.
• Replace perpetual calendar movements with precision.
• Replace cannon and hour pinions with proper engagement.
• Repair ceramic or tungsten components with care and minimal damage.

Skills

Watchmaking

Quality control

Precision workmanship

Tool handling

Tools

Crystal Cutter

Flex Shaft

Polishing Motor

Timing Machine

Quartz Repair

Date Wheel Replacement

Dial Repair

Stem/Crown/Case Tube Replacement

Movement Regulation

Retrofit Installation

Perpetual Calendar Repair

Pinion Replacement

Ceramic & Tungsten Repair

Job description

We have many opportunities available on our other career site pages.

Signet Jewelers is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, operating more than 2,800 stores worldwide under the iconic brands: Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Rocksbox, JamesAllen.com and Diamonds Direct. We are a people‑first company and this core value is at the heart of everything we do, from empowering our valued team members, to collaborating with our customers, to fostering the communities in which we live and serve. People – and the love their actions inspire – are what drive us. We’re not only proud of the love we inspire outside our walls, we’re especially proud of the diversity, inclusion and equity we’re inspiring inside. There are dynamic career paths awaiting you – rewarding opportunities to impact the lives of others and inspire love. Join us!

The Watchmaker II/Production Watchmaker is a hands‑on technical role for candidates with 1–2 years of watchmaking experience who can perform intermediate repairs, use specialized tools, and maintain strong quality, precision, and productivity standards in a fast‑paced repair environment.

• Crystal Cutting: Utilize crystal cutters to accurately shape and fit watch crystals, ensuring precise alignment and finish.
• Detail Polishing: Use a flex shaft for detail polishing, achieving a high-quality finish on intricate components.
• Polishing Motor: Operate large polishing motors for comprehensive watch case and bracelet polishing.
• Quartz Watch Repairs: Change circuits and coils in quartz watches, ensuring proper functionality and performance.
• Date Wheel Replacement: Replace date wheels with precision, ensuring correct alignment and operation.
• Dial Repairs: Reset loose dial markers, date boxes, or logos, ensuring aesthetic integrity and functionality.
• Stem, Crown, and Case Tube Replacement: Replace stems, crowns, and case tubes, performing pressure tests to verify water resistance.
• Movement Regulation: Use a timing machine to regulate automatic and mechanical movements, ensuring accurate timekeeping.
• Retro Fit Execution: Identify and install the correct movement for retrofitting, ensuring compatibility and functionality.
• Perpetual Calendar Replacement: Replace perpetual calendar movements with expertise, ensuring seamless integration and performance.
• Pinion Replacement: Change cannon and hour pinions, ensuring proper engagement and function.
• Ceramic and Tungsten Repairs: Repair ceramic or tungsten watches with minimal damage, maintaining structural and aesthetic integrity.