懐中時計(かいちゅうどけい)

A small clock carried in a pocket, typically attached to a chain. A compound of 懐中(かいちゅう) (in one's pocket; on one's person) and 時計(どけい) (clock/watch). Although no longer a common everyday item, pocket watches appear frequently in literature, period dramas, and as collector's items.

Common collocations

• 懐中時計(かいちゅうどけい)の鎖(くさり): pocket watch chain
• 懐中時計(かいちゅうどけい)を開(ひら)く: to open a pocket watch
• 金(きん)の懐中時計(かいちゅうどけい): a gold pocket watch
• アンティークの懐中時計(かいちゅうどけい): an antique pocket watch

Related words

• 腕時計(うでどけい): wristwatch
• 懐中(かいちゅう)電灯(でんとう): flashlight (another 懐中(かいちゅう) compound)
• 時計(とけい): clock; watch