How to Use pocket watch in a Sentence

pocket watch

noun
  • More than 500 people were trying to get their hands on pocket watches.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • When haute horlogerie and pop culture collide, the result seems to be a colorful range of eight pocket watches.
    — Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Also drawing strong interest were pocket watches and clocks.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
  • The auction included 24 pocket watches, many of which sold for above their high estimates.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
  • Abraham-Louis Breguet later explored the concept in pocket watches.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 June 2026
  • In 2025, a collector paid a record price of over $2 million for a gold pocket watch linked to the Titanic.
    — CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • In 2025, a collector paid a record price of over $2 million for a gold pocket watch linked to the Titanic.
    — CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Instead, the pocket watch reveal caught almost everyone off guard, and might disappoint many enthusiasts.
    — Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Made in Swatch's bioceramic material, all designed to sit in a type of pocket watch format with a lanyard connected to it.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • Audemars Piguet and Swatch teamed up to release a new pocket watch this month, causing quite the stir online and IRL.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 May 2026
  • People were not in line for a pocket watch alone; some wanted content, others the significant resale opportunity.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The pocket watch launched only in retail stores and was not available online — a risky move, some critics said, because the atmosphere was likely amped up by the big money at stake for the resellers in line.
    — ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • The unusually large turnout was tied to the release of the new Audemars Piguet x Swatch collaboration pocket watch.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
  • In 1904, one of the wealthiest men in the world walked into Tiffany’s in New York and bought a Patek Philippe gold pocket watch.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • These are just two examples that show how the recent wave of old-school time-telling objects, including pocket watches, stand in sharp contrast to the hype watches that dominated the pandemic-era market.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 11 May 2026
  • But Milton said the pocket watch's broad appeal amplified Royal Pop’s cultural impact in the days leading up to its May 13 reveal.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Portable ladies’ timepieces were invented in 1810, transforming from pocket watches into something wearable by being connected to a bracelet.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • Swatch has had a big 2026 in many ways, breaking the internet in May with the launch of its Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop pocket watches.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
  • Swatch’s release of a collaborative pocket watch with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet drew hundreds of people to SouthPark before the doors even opened last weekend.
    — Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • The Swiss watchmaker said Monday that there's no shortage of its Royal Pop pocket watch, a collaboration with Audemars Piguet's luxury timepieces.
    — ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • Videos posted to social media appeared to show people swarming the Denver mall on Saturday, hoping to snag one of the Swiss watchmaker’s Royal Pop pocket watches from its new collaboration with Audemars Piguet, a luxury watch brand.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 May 2026
  • However, items saved by survivors or plucked from the water by rescuers can be sold and often fetch big sums — a life jacket worn by a passenger sold for just over $900,000 in April while a gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued the survivors sold for nearly $2 million in 2024.
    — Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • The Swiss watchmaker released eight pocket watches with Audemars Piguet on Saturday, May 16, modeled after the Royal Oak, which typically starts at about $30,000.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Hundreds of shoppers wrapped around the mall Saturday for the release of the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop pocket watch collection, which retails for $400 to $420 but was reselling online for around $1,500 shortly after launch.
    — Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
  • The real release, revealed on May 12 ahead of the teased May 16 date, was a collection of eight pocket watches, not wristwatches, built from a collision between Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak and the old Swatch POP line from the 1980s.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

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