pendulum watch

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noun

(formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.

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Origin of pendulum watch

First recorded in 1655–65

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
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I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
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Angry Birds at its simplest was the same way, though you wanted to watch things collapse and explode.
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The inability to do anything besides binge-watch entire seasons on Netflix.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He produced a watch and studied it frowningly, then dismissed us and the recital of our troubles with a ponderous gesture.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He is a hypochondriac now and would keep a close watch on his heir's health and habits; you may be sure of that.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"
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