Overview
We are looking for an unusually talented artisan to join our watchmaking and design studio.
This is not a conventional production job. You will help us create, restore, refine, and experiment with watch dials, cases, components, straps, prototypes, and one-of-a-kind timepieces. The work sits at the intersection of traditional craftsmanship, modern fabrication, art, engineering, and watchmaking.
We do not expect one person to have mastered every process listed below. We are looking for someone who has already developed exceptional skill in one or more demanding crafts—and has the curiosity, discipline, and technical ability to learn the rest.
The Person We’re Looking For
You are a serious maker. You care about surfaces, tolerances, alignment, color, texture, and the smallest details. You enjoy solving unfamiliar problems, developing new processes, and turning ambitious ideas into beautifully finished physical objects.
You may come from watchmaking, jewelry, fine art, model making, industrial design, prototyping, restoration, leatherwork, machining, decorative finishing, or another precision craft.
Most importantly, your work demonstrates patience, judgment, excellent hands, and an uncompromising eye for quality.
Potential Areas of Work
Depending on your background and interests, your work may include:
- Precision lacquer, enamel, paint, airbrush, and surface finishing
- Watch dial restoration, preparation, coloring, printing, and hand finishing
- Pad printing, silk screening, ink application, and graphic transfer
- Watch assembly, casing, regulation, and component fitting
- CNC machining, 3D printing, CAD, and prototype development
- Laser engraving, cutting, and etching using LightBurn or similar software
- Electroplating and decorative metal finishing
- Grand feu enamel and other traditional decorative techniques
- Hand finishing, polishing, brushing, engraving, and refinishing small components
- Leather strap making and other fine leatherwork
- Photoshop and digital preparation of dial artwork, graphics, and production files
- Developing new tools, fixtures, jigs, and repeatable studio processes
What Matters Most
- Exceptional hands-on craft or fabrication ability
- Experience producing precise, professional-quality finishes
- Comfort working on very small, delicate, and valuable components
- Strong visual judgment and obsessive attention to detail
- The ability to learn new equipment and processes quickly
- Patience, consistency, and respect for careful studio procedures
- A willingness to experiment, troubleshoot, fail intelligently, and improve
- Pride in creating work that is both technically excellent and beautiful
Experience in watchmaking is valuable, but it is not required. A remarkable jeweler, enamelist, machinist, model maker, leatherworker, restoration artist, or multidisciplinary fabricator may be equally well suited for the role.
About the Studio
Bernhardt Watch Company has been producing distinctive watches for more than 20 years. We are now expanding our capabilities in American watch assembly, dial making, restoration, decorative finishing, prototyping, and limited-production watchmaking.
Instagram: @bernhardtwatch
Website: https://bernhardtwatch.com
Pay: $75,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Do you have advanced experience applying lacquer, enamel, paint, or other surface finishes with a high degree of precision?
Work Location: In person
