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pocket watch

timepiece designed to be carried in the user's pocket
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pocket watch

Summary

pocket watch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,611 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pocket watch is a type of watch[2].
  • pocket watch is a type of clamshell design[3].
  • pocket watch's Commons category is recorded as Pocket watches[4].
  • pocket watch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pocket watches[5].
  • pocket watch's Commons gallery is recorded as Pocket watch[6].
  • pocket watch's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[7].
  • pocket watch's different from is recorded as watch[8].
  • pocket watch's different from is recorded as wristwatch[9].
  • pocket watch's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 910191[10].
  • pocket watch's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 910199[11].
  • pocket watch's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 910291[12].
  • pocket watch's 2022 Harmonized System Code is recorded as 910299[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include watch[2] and clamshell design[3].

Why It Matters

pocket watch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,611 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . UN Comtrade Commodity Classifications. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → watch, clamshell design
    Different from → watch, wristwatch
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558388105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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