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Fossil’s wristwatch style takes on smartwatch functionality in the new Sport Touchscreen Smartwatch. — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "PM Approved: Fossil Sport Touchscreen Smartwatch," 14 Nov. 2018 The 18-karat wristwatch features a square silhouette, black band and roman numerals. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kim Kardashian Reportedly Bought Jackie Kennedy's Watch for $380,000," 23 June 2017 The sisters would enter Germany plainly dressed, without so much as a wristwatch, then travel home by a different route—only now wearing the jewelry and furs of the Jews who wanted to flee Germany. — Julia Boyd, WSJ, "Five Best: Julia Boyd on Memoirs About Nazi Germany," 30 Aug. 2018 The most expensive wristwatch ever sold was another Rolex Daytona that belonged to Paul Newman, which sold at auction last year for $17.8 million. — Emily Price, Fortune, "One-of-a-Kind Rolex Sells For $5.9 Million," 9 May 2018 Getting into the complicated wristwatch game is not for the faint of heart. — Cara Barrett, Town & Country, "The Newest Trend in Serious Watch Collecting? Women," 21 Sep. 2018 Shoppers tend to forgo big-ticket purchases such as $100,000 Vacheron Constantin wristwatches before handbags, meaning the Swiss group will be hit first in a downturn. — Carol Ryan, WSJ, "Cartier Owner Takes Shine Off China’s Luxury Boom," 9 Nov. 2018 On a table covered in peeling wood grain paper, this woman laid out a delicious assortment: a little Cartier Tank and a Chanel J12 wristwatch in white or black ceramic, placed gingerly onto a roll of black velvet. — Monica Kim, Vogue, "Is It Real—And Does It Matter? How Korea’s Counterfeit Culture Shaped My Style," 27 Aug. 2018 And General Magic employees talked about things like wristwatch computers and mobile touch-operating systems. — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, "General Magic—how tech superfriends assembled, dreamt up smartphones, and failed," 12 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wristwatch.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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