timepiece
Americannoun
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an apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time; chronometer.
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a clock or a watch.
noun
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any of various devices, such as a clock, watch, or chronometer, which measure and indicate time
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a device which indicates the time but does not strike or otherwise audibly mark the hours
Etymology
Origin of timepiece
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of people waited through the night -- and in some cases for several days -- hoping to get their hands on the "Royal Pop" timepieces, made in collaboration with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Rose-gold timepieces are more versatile than one might think.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Ravinder usually works on his timepieces alone, the only sound the tapping of an elegant hammer and the metronomic ticking of clocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
The brochure said the watch "demonstrated the incredible technical prowess of English watchmaking at the time", referring to it as "one of the most complicated English timepieces ever made".
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
“Boom. We’re all finished. And we still have”—he consulted his watch, a Gucci; she remembered reading once that when they were that expensive, they were timepieces, not watches—“seventeen minutes to go.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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