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pendulum watch

–noun
(formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, esp. a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.

Origin:
1655–65
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pendulum watch

noun
(18th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it 
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