• Watches are portable timepieces that are usually worn on the wrist. The main types are analog, which mechanically moves and tells the time via two hands on a clock face, and digital, which electronically marks the passage of time on a digital screen. Some watches worn on the body are pocket watches, sometimes attached to clothes with a chain.
    1. Price range: $5 for basic analog watch, thousands for high end fashion watches
    2. Watch face usually made from plastic, glass or metal
    3. Watch face affixed to wrist on a band, made from: Leather, cloth, plastic, metal, hemp
    4. Usually powered by small battery
    5. Many watches also tell the date
    6. Prior to the wristwatch there was the pocket watch
    7. First known watch was used in the 15th century

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