analogue watch

English

Alternative forms

analogue watch (UK)
analog watch (US)

Etymology

analogue + watch, retronym for watch, coined after the invention of the digital watch to refer specifically to the type of watch existing before then.

Noun

analogue watch (plural analogue watches)

A watch that displays time by means of a dial and hands, in contradistinction to a digital watch.

Translations

A watch that displays time by means of a dial and hands

Georgian: ანალოგური საათი (analoguri saati)
German: Analoguhr f

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