analog watch
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reloj analógico
Examples
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I'll continue to buy Timex analog watches.
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She wore a classic analog watch that displayed the time with rotating hands on its numbered dial.
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For easy readability in low light, an analog watch often has luminous hands that glow in the dark.
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Many people prefer an analog watch for its traditional design and simplicity compared to digital options.
How Analog
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a watch that displays time with rotating hands rather than digits' is directly and compositionally derived from 'analog' (non-digital/continuous-display) modifying 'watch' (timepiece). This modifier+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun analog watch is named for how it shows the time: rotating hands on a numbered dial move around the face and give a clear picture of hours and minutes. Because you can watch the hands move, it shows time by movement rather than by 'numbers', so the name explains this moving, non‑number way of telling time.