A watch is a timepiece or clock that displays the time and sometimes the day, date, month and year. In past centuries, these often took the form ...
A watch is somewhat akin to a work shift. Traditionally, a 24-hour day is divided into seven watches. ...
Stopwatches used to time swimmers during a competition, usually electronic. When totally automatic timing equipment is used, watches serve as a back-up method.
Traditionally, a 24-hour day is divided into seven watches. These are: midnight to 4 am [0000-0400], the mid-watch; 4 to 8 am [0400-0800], morning watch; 8 am to noon [0800-1200], forenoon watch; noon to 4 pm [1200-1600], afternoon watch; 4 to 6 pm [1600-1800] first dog watch; 6 to 8 pm [1800 ...
Division of the ship's company into groups for duty on deck, typically serving in rotating time periods of from two to four hours.
Teams within which the crew operates, taking turns to work, sleep and eat.
portable and mobile time piece, carried as a time companion
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