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How To Use timepiece In A Sentence

• The father gave the son a watch; a magnificent timepiece, a one-off, worth upwards of £30,000.
• Given the Wilsons' obsession with turning back the clock, Steve's passion for collecting and re-creating vintage timepieces seems appropriate.
• And although street clocks went out of vogue in the 1920s, Verdin resuscitated the analog timepieces in the 1980s for small towns undergoing Main Street revivals.
• But one remarkable timepiece in the Clockmakers 'possession is easily overlooked amid the treasures comprising the world's oldest and finest horology museum. Big Time: The British Pocket Watch
• He traveled the colonies, from New York to Maryland, cleaning timepieces, working as a tinsmith, and barely keeping beyond the reach of his creditors.
• The upper shelf contains a celestial globe, and several extremely specialized scientific instruments: quadrants, sundials, and a torquetum (a timepiece and navigational aid).
• Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year.
• But despite the thrills of modern technology, today the vogue for antique timepieces is big business, with collectors spending serious money on complex, hand-crafted gems.
• The direction of each transect was randomly chosen using the second-hand on a timepiece.
• Want the look of a digital watch with the cachet of a classical timepiece? Times, Sunday Times