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timepiece

[tahym-pees] / ˈtaɪmˌpis /


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Breitling, the NFL’s official timepiece partner, gave watches to players who took home awards at the league’s NFL Honors ceremony.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

He sports a Richard Mille timepiece worth half a million dollars on one day, a $250,000 rose-gold Patek Philippe on another.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

Designed by luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co, the bejewelled timepiece has sculpted figures of a lion and a Bengal tiger placed around Anant's statue seated on a chair.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

A Patek Philippe timepiece that in 2016 became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction fetched an even higher price this weekend, auctioneers Phillips said Sunday.

From Barron's Nov. 9, 2025

Still, the task of making a seagoing clock or watch was far from solved: such a timepiece had to remain accurate despite changes in temperature and humidity, and despite the movement of the waves.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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