clock watch

American  

noun

1. a watch that strikes the hours.

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Etymology

Origin of clock watch

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

Operators, who work in shifts around the clock, watch on as real-time data gets beamed in from the South Pacific.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022

Residents are mounting a round the clock watch to try to save their homes from the wildfires ravaging the Greek island of Evia, determined to stay put despite the authorities urging them to evacuate.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2021

The camera keeps a nervous clock watch as the alive-or-deadline approaches�in this case, the arrival of the 3:10 to Yuma.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now you look at that clock; watch that pendulum swingin'.

From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

The boy of today doesn't want a clock watch bought in a notion store at the price of a toy.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America