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trench watch

type of watch that came into use by the military during World War I, as pocket watches were not practical in combat; it was a transitional design between pocket watches and wrist watches, incorporating features of both
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trench watch

Summary

trench watch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trench watch's image is recorded as Trench watch 1916 gold.jpg[2].
  • trench watch's subclass of is recorded as pocket watch[3].
  • trench watch's subclass of is recorded as wristwatch[4].
  • trench watch's Commons category is recorded as Trench watches[5].
  • trench watch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0805qd2[6].

Why It Matters

trench watch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_trench-watch_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{trench watch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/trench-watch}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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