Etymology

analogue watch

Today it means: A watch (wristwatch or pocket watch) whose watch face displays time by means of a dial and hands (a traditional clock face). Full definition →

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By adjectival collocation, forming a retronym for watch, coined after the invention of the digital watch to refer specifically to the type of watch existing before then.

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