Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine which coils light gauge metal strips or wire around rotating spindle to form springs used in clocks, watches, and instruments: Threads end of specified length of wire or strip along fixed peg or between guide blocks or rolls and through slot of spindle.

• 2) Starts machine to rotate spindle that winds wire into coil.

• 3) Examines coil for conformance with specifications.

• 4) May tend machine that automatically threads wire through guides and into slot of spindle.

• 5) May feed automatic shear or punch cutter to cut wire or strip to specified length.

• 6) May record number of springs wound.

• 7) May specialize in coiling hairsprings and be designated Hairspring Winder.