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watchmaking

American  
[wahch-mayk-ing] / ˈwɑtʃˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the craft or skilled trade of building and repairing watches.


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Better known for its colourful watches from the 1980s, AP Swatch has described the Royal Pop collection as "a disruptive collaboration between two icons of Swiss watchmaking".

From BBC • May 18, 2026

With the demise of the Baselworld salon following the Covid-19 pandemic, Watches and Wonders in Geneva has established itself as the pinnacle showcase for watchmaking in Switzerland.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Dig into Audemars Piguet’s watchmaking process with these images and interviews with horological experts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

“He couldn’t take the nonsense,” recalls Ravinder, who had learned watchmaking at his father’s knee after school in Nairobi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

He combined practical and theoretical knowledge, as Hooke had in watchmaking.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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