watch dial

Numbered clock surface

The watch dial is the face of a watch—the surface displaying numbers, markers, or other indicators that allow the wearer to read the time.

Dials range from minimalist designs with only hour markers to elaborate displays showing date, phase of moon, or multiple time zones.

The term applies to both analog and digital displays, though it evokes the traditional numbered face with rotating hands.

Related

crystal · time · clock · hour · minute · markers · luminous · indices · chronograph · sweep · tick · glance · wrist · analog · roman · moonphase · open heart · complications

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Opposites
watch component

watch dialwatch strap

Timepiece attachment band

watch band · watch movement · watch crown · caseback · watch bezel

display vs mechanism

watch dialwatch movement

Internal timekeeping mechanism

escapement · mainspring · balance wheel · gear train · rotor

Family

watch, dial, watches, watched, watching, watcher, watchers, watchful, watchfully

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G