[ noun ] a measuring instrument or device for keeping time <noun.artifact>
Timepiece \Time"piece`\, n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
Take the latest Grande Complication timepiece from Swiss manufacturers Blancpain. Platinum-cased, the watch's mechanical workings include 780 moving parts, all hand-made, and took four years to perfect.
Broke but not beaten, Mr. Bond refused to turn over the timepiece.