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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters?
Task-level automation exposure for Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters: 17 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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16%
weighted task index
17 of 17 tasks scored
Median Salary
$62,620 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Low
250 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
-6.1%
employment change
0 openings a year · BLS line item
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 16%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 60%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 0%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 0%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 2/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
17 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 9%
2 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 0%
0 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 91%
15 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#15003 · Core · 5% automatable
Assemble and install components of timepieces to complete mechanisms, using watchmakers' tools and loupes.
physical manipulation — Hands-on assembly of metal or plastic parts
Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
#15004 · Core · 20% automatable
Observe operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement, and to diagnose causes of defects.
physical manipulation — Timing device inspection needs physical measurement
Inspect timing devices.
#15005 · Core · 20% automatable
Test operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmakers' tools, and loupes.
physical manipulation — Timing device inspection needs physical measurement
Inspect timing devices.
#15006 · Core · 8% automatable
Replace specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmakers' tools, loupes, and holding fixtures.
physical manipulation — Precision hand repair of delicate devices
Repair precision devices or workpieces.
#15007 · Core · 8% automatable
Disassemble timepieces such as watches, clocks, and chronometers so that repairs can be made.
physical manipulation — Disassembly requires hands-on tool use
Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
#15008 · Core · 10% automatable
Clean and lubricate timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvents, buff sticks, and oil.
physical manipulation — Manual application of lubricants to workpieces
Clean workpieces or finished products. Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.
#15009 · Core · 20% automatable
Examine components of timepieces such as watches, clocks, or chronometers for defects, using loupes or microscopes.
physical manipulation — Timing device inspection needs physical measurement
Inspect timing devices.
#15010 · Core · 3% automatable
Bend parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers.
physical manipulation — Precision metal reshaping needs fine dexterity
Reshape small metal components for precision assembly.
#15011 · Supplemental · 8% automatable
Change timing weights on balance wheels to correct deficient timing.
physical manipulation — Precision hand repair of delicate devices
Repair precision devices or workpieces.
#15012 · Supplemental · 6% automatable
Adjust sizes or positioning of timepiece parts to achieve specified fit or function, using calipers, fixtures, and loupes.
physical manipulation — Aligning parts for assembly needs hands and judgment
Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
#15013 · Supplemental · 6% automatable
Mount hairsprings and balance wheel assemblies between jaws of truing calipers.
physical manipulation — Aligning parts for assembly needs hands and judgment
Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
#15014 · Supplemental · 72% automatable
Estimate spaces between collets and first inner coils to determine if spaces are within acceptable limits.
data analysis — Dimension calculations from given specs
Calculate dimensions of workpieces, products, or equipment.
#15015 · Supplemental · 3% automatable
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.
physical manipulation — Precision metal reshaping needs fine dexterity
Reshape small metal components for precision assembly.
#15016 · Supplemental · 20% automatable
Turn wheels of calipers and examine springs, using loupes, to determine if center coils appear as perfect circles.
physical manipulation — Timing device inspection needs physical measurement
Inspect timing devices.
#15017 · Supplemental · 20% automatable
Examine and adjust hairspring assemblies to ensure horizontal and circular alignment of hairsprings, using calipers, loupes, and watchmakers' tools.
physical manipulation — Timing device inspection needs physical measurement
Inspect timing devices.
#15018 · Supplemental · 66% automatable
Review blueprints, sketches, or work orders to gather information about tasks to be completed.
visual inspection — Blueprints need spatial reading, human verifies sequence
Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
#15019 · Supplemental · 8% automatable
Tighten or replace loose jewels, using watchmakers' tools.
physical manipulation — Precision hand repair of delicate devices
Repair precision devices or workpieces.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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