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A watch is a timepiece that is mae to be worn on a person, as opposed to a clock which is not. The term now usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or bracelet. In addition to the time, modern watches often display the day, date, month and year, and electronic watches may have many other functions.

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  • Alice thought the White Rabbit was normal until he whipped this out
  • A period of guard duty; in the Navy one may be 4 or 8 hours long
  • The ideas of deism are usually represented by God making one of these & then just letting it run
  • In "Pudd'nhead Wilson", Twain wrote, "Put all your eggs in the one basket and" then do this to "that basket"
  • A fob, as on the White Rabbit
  • Just after 1500 Peter Henlein built the first spring-driven one of these that fit in a pocket
  • The highest price paid for one of these was $3.315 million for a Patek Philippe Calibre 89
  • At sea the bells ring every half hour, & 8 bells signals the end of one of these shifts
  • I distinctly asked for a Patek Philippe aquanaut one of these, & I'll know if it's a knockoff
  • A fob pocket on a vest or a pair of pants was originally designed to carry this
  • Take "man" away from a term for a type of nighttime secruity guard & you get this type of timepiece
  • The J12, Chanel's first sport one of these, can be worn by men or women

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