pendulum watch

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   (18th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it

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Questions about pendulum watch

What does pendulum watch mean?

pendulum watch means "(18th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it".

Is pendulum watch a common word?

pendulum watch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.