Timepiece

Definitions

1. A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
2. A watch (a small portable device used to tell the time of day), particularly one lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.

Equivalents

Examples

“The only timepiece she allowed in the house was a sundial. She usually kept the curtains pulled.”

“An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear⟳ thumping away as you enter⟳. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.”

“His pocket watch⟳ was a beautiful timepiece.”

“The spring-driven clock introduced the truly movable timepiece and, with further innovations in miniaturization, the object that came to be called the watch⟳.”

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