Hunting Watch (Noun)
Meaning
A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The antique hunting watch had been passed down through generations of the family, its intricate engravings still visible on the metal case.
- He carefully wound his grandfather's old hunting watch, making sure the delicate mechanism was still functioning properly.
- The collector's eyes widened as he stumbled upon a rare 19th-century hunting watch at the estate sale.
- She inherited her great-grandfather's hunting watch, which still kept perfect time despite being over a century old.
- The watchmaker carefully restored the hunting watch to its former glory, polishing the metal lid until it shone like new.