A professional who tends machine which coils light gauge metal strips or wire around rotating spindle to form springs used in clocks, watches, and instruments. Respnsibilities include:

• Threads end of specified length of wire or strip along fixed peg or between guide blocks or rolls and through slot of spindle.
• Starts machine to rotate spindle that winds wire into coil.
• Examines coil for conformance with specifications.
• May tend machine that automatically threads wire through guides and into slot of spindle.
• May feed automatic shear or punch cutter to cut wire or strip to specified length.
• May record number of springs wound.
• May specialize in coiling hairsprings and be designated Hairspring Winder.