time piece in English

noun
1
an instrument, such as a clock or watch, for measuring time.
This discovery led to the invention of the pendulum and various timepieces such as the Grandfather clock, but at the time Galileo could not explain it.

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1. Behead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected

2. Almanacks serve as clocks and watches for nine-tenths of mankind; and in fair weather are far more sure and regular than the best time-piece manufactur’d here or in London