/?wɑ?t?.me?.k??/thejob,business, orskillof making andrepairingwatches:制表，修表Switzerland is often called thehomeof watchmaking.瑞士通常被称为钟表之乡。As ayoungman, he took acoursein watchmaking.年轻时，他参加了一个制表课程。More examples
Sapphire is arelativelycommonmaterialinhigh-endwatchmaking.
Once thehomeoflightindustriessuch asbrewingand watchmaking, many of theoldcommercialbuildingshaverecentlybeenconvertedintoapartments.
In 1905 Hans Wilsdorf, a 24-year-old Bavarian wholearnedwatchmaking in Switzerland, set up abusinessin Hatton Garden todistributewatches.
"No oneeventhinksof watchmaking as apossibleprofessionthesedays," he said.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWatches & clocks
24-hour clock
against the clockidiom
alarm
alarm clock
at/on the stroke ofsomethingidiom
atomic clock
clock
horologist
horology
hour hand
hourglass
jewel
military time
movement
stroke
ticking
timekeeper
timepiece
turn the clocks backphrase
twenty-four-hour clock
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