timepiece

Etymology

From time + piece.

noun

1. Synonym of chronometer: any device used to tell the time of day, particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
   The only timepiece she allowed in the house was a sundial. She usually kept the curtains pulled.
2. Synonym of watch: a small portable device used to tell the time of day, particularly those lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
   The spring-driven clock introduced the truly movable timepiece and, with further innovations in miniaturization, the object that came to be called the watch. 2013, Stacy Perman, A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch, Simon and Schuster, page 143
   His pocket watch was a beautiful timepiece.