watchmaker
watchmaker — noun
- watchmakersingular
- watchmakersplural
1. a person whose job is to build or fix watches, usually working in a small shop o
a person whose job is to build or fix watches, usually working in a small shop or workshop
Mira took her broken watch to a local watchmaker for a new battery.
collocation: take [watch] to a watchmaker
The watchmaker carefully polished the tiny gears before reassembling the clockwork.
collocation: watchmaker + tiny gears / clockwork
Mr. Tanaka, the elderly watchmaker on Main Street, has been repairing watches for forty years.
There is still a watchmaker in the old town who can fix antique pocket watches.
Adaeze watched the watchmaker use a tiny screwdriver to adjust the spring inside her watch.
- clockmaker
a watchmaker mainly works on wristwatches; a clockmaker focuses on larger clocks and wall clocks
- horologist
a more formal term for someone who studies or makes timepieces; less common in everyday speech
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a watchmaker
the watchmaker