How to Use wristwatch in a Sentence

wristwatch

noun
  • Does one of the pouches have the chain of a men’s wristwatch as a handle?
    Anders Christian Madsen, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Among its most famed wristwatches are the beloved Tank, the Crash, The Panthere and more.
    Roberta Naas, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • One of my favorite gifts that my mom gave me was a wristwatch.
    Danielle Abril, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2020
  • But the Patek appears to have been his one and only wristwatch.
    Jay Fielden, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • The 18-carat white-gold wristwatch sold for 18 times the high estimate.
    Bloomberg News, NOLA.com, 14 May 2018
  • His wristwatch had stopped between one and two, but was that a.m. or p.m.?
    Mark Synnott, National Geographic, 16 June 2020
  • The staying power of the wristwatch—even in the time of Zoom, and when many use their phone as a clock—speaks volumes.
    Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The alarm on my wristwatch buzzed, signaling the point of no return.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The time for our wristwatch or digital screen is not exactly the same as the time for our head.
    The Editors, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2014
  • The wristwatch wirelessly sends the data to a smartphone, where the wearer can read it.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • That Darn Cat! (1965) A mischievous cat comes home wearing a wristwatch.
    Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • But the Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute was the first Swiss wristwatch to make the journey to space.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 25 May 2022
  • Roan’s tattoos include a heart with a wristwatch strapped around it, as well as a cross hanging from a chain.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • These, of course, have been features of wristwatches for hundreds of years.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Imagine a wristwatch that pings you when your sodium’s high.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Astronaut John Glenn wore a Heuer wristwatch on his first orbit around the earth.
    Alex Levin, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Then there’s the 1983 Seiko TV wristwatch that showed up in Octopussy, which came out the following year.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The time of the crash was established by a wristwatch, stopped at 1:47, found at the crash scene by an Orange County deputy coroner.
    sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • The latter sale, which more than quadrupled the pre-sale estimate, set a new wristwatch record for the auction house.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Louis saw the wristwatch coming, as men grew impatient with the pocket watch.
    Dallas News, 3 June 2022
  • The numbers on the wristwatches and clock dials were so tiny, the workers needed a very fine brush to complete their work.
    Melissa Davis, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017
  • The Tiffany-blue Nautilus’s sky-high gavel price also set a new record for a wristwatch sold online.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2021
  • One painting features an arm with a wristwatch that reads 20-or-so past midnight.
    Roberta Smith, Will Heinrich, Martha Schwendener and Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
  • At least Marquard got a consolation prize wristwatch out of the deal, right?
    Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The channel also provided Choi with the wristwatch and the Dior bag, according to the pastor.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • To remember what the local time is in their base city, many crew members don’t even change the time on their wristwatches.
    Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Most of these devices are no more intrusive than a wristwatch.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 24 June 2017
  • Their goal is to honor the pocket watch, with a twist – converting it into a wristwatch.
    Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Pritzker said our maps, borders, civil rights, weapons, technology and even fashion, like the wristwatch and trench coats, owe some credit to World War I.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The first perpetual calendar wristwatch to feature a leap-year indicator, the piece was one of just nine made by Audemars Piguet in the 1950s.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024

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