watch case

1. 1.

   the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed

   Broadercase

   Part ofwatch

Questions about watch case

What does watch case mean?

watch case means "the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed".

Is watch case a common word?

watch case 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.