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wristwatch

British  
/ ˈrɪstˌwɒtʃ /

noun

  1. a watch worn strapped around the wrist

"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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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

She also allegedly received luxury jewellery, a painting by famed South Korean minimalist painter Lee Ufan, a Dior handbag and a wristwatch.

From Barron's Dec. 29, 2025

Then he announced he had a surprise for the kiddo he had nicknamed “Big Ben,” thanks to a sonogram picture he saw where the baby was the same length as a wristwatch.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2025

A child’s plastic wristwatch with the time painted on it.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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