wristwatch
noun
wrist·watch
ˈrist-ˌwäch 
: a small watch that is attached to a bracelet or strap and is worn around the wrist
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Compared with someone on Earth, your wristwatch will tick 0.01 seconds slower over one year.
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Jarred Roberts, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Hida’s 2025 new releases include an expansion into a perpetual calendar wristwatch.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
By the late 1990s, they were famed for remarkable pocket watches and wristwatches.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
Breguet stunned with a wristwatch version of one of its earliest souscription timepieces dating back two centuries.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
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Jarred Roberts, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
Hida’s 2025 new releases include an expansion into a perpetual calendar wristwatch.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
By the late 1990s, they were famed for remarkable pocket watches and wristwatches.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
Breguet stunned with a wristwatch version of one of its earliest souscription timepieces dating back two centuries.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wristwatch
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“Wristwatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wristwatch. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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wristwatch
noun
wrist·watch
ˈris-ˌtwäch
: a small watch attached to a bracelet or strap to fasten about the wrist
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