watchwork

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watch movement and mechanical watch

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Etymology

From watch +‎ -work.

Noun

watchwork (uncountable)

2. The work produced by watchmaking; the mechanical or electronic arrangements making up a watch (portable timepiece).

   Hypernyms: clockwork (sometimes construed as coordinate), movement < mechanism, works

   Holonym: watch

   Meronym: escapement

   Comeronyms: watch face, watchface, watchcase, watchband

Related terms

• watchmaker
• watchmaking

See also

• guts
• ticker
• tick-tock