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watchmaker

American  
[woch-mey-ker] / ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches.


watchmaker British  
/ ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkə /

noun

  1. a person who makes or mends watches

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of watchmaker

First recorded in 1620–30; watch + maker

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The Swiss watchmaker said only 20 out of 220 stores globally were affected.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Hundreds of people waited through the night or longer hoping to get their hands on the "Royal Pop" timepieces, billed as a "disruptive collaboration" with the luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Designed by luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co, the bejewelled timepiece has sculpted figures of a lion and a Bengal tiger placed around Anant's statue seated on a chair.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

The Swiss jeweler and watchmaker said Friday that sales for its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 climbed 14% from the same period a year earlier at constant exchange rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Three years after Mama’s death, I became the first licensed woman watchmaker in Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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