watchcase

American  

[woch-keys] / ˈwɒtʃˌkeɪs /

noun

1. the case or outer covering for the works of a watch.

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watchcase British  

/ ˈwɒtʃˌkeɪs /

noun

1. a protective case for a watch, generally of metal such as gold, silver, brass, or gunmetal

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Etymology

Origin of watchcase

First recorded in 1590–1600; watch + case ²

Example Sentences

A Bulova watchcase factory, shuttered in 1981, has been repurposed as condominiums and townhouses.

From New York Times

The concept has been two years in the making, and HYT and its partners have worked together to overcome the challenges of bringing external elements into a watchcase.

From Forbes

And presently, with much difficulty, for Ferrier's watchcase was a poor instrument, he read the answer.

From Project Gutenberg

I is out to the extent of telling one lie about saving a little boy from drowning and also one old imitation-gold watchcase without any mechanical works in it.

From Project Gutenberg

Son of a prosperous watchcase manufacturer, Swope grew up in St. Louis, passed up college to get a look at Europe, came back to the U.S. to bounce from Pulitzer's St. Louis Post-Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune to the New York Herald before settling down in 1909 as a reporter for the World.

From Time Magazine Archive