repeaterwatch
nounUK /rɪˈpiːtə wɒtʃ/
US /rɪˈpiːtər wɑːtʃ/
A repeater watch is a special clock you wear that can ring to tell you the time.
Grandpa showed me his repeater watch and let me hear it chime the hour.
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2. A watch that sounds a small bell to announce the hours or quarters.
The old repeater watch chimed softly in the quiet room.
3. A watch with a button you press to hear the time by sound, helpful in the dark.
He pressed the button on his repeater watch to hear the time at night.
4. A type of antique timepiece valued by collectors for its ringing mechanism.
The museum displayed a rare repeater watch from the 1800s.