- a variation of wrist watch.
wristwatch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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No matter how much capability can be crammed into a wristwatch or eyeware or computer chip under your skin, customers will value the additional capability contained in a package that slips in your pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The Timex Ironman is a digital wristwatch popularized in the 1980s.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
A Patek Philippe timepiece that in 2016 became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction fetched an even higher price this weekend, auctioneers Phillips said Sunday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
"I built my house and educated my children all from the proceeds of wristwatch repairing," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
Later I receive a box of his personal effects—his wristwatch, letters I wrote to him, some clothes.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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