Meaning

• A portable or wearable timepiece.

  "More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets."

• The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

• A particular time period when guarding is kept.

  "The second watch of the night began at midnight."

• A person or group of people who guard.

  "The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates."

• The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

• A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.

• A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).

• The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.