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This description is a little vague, and the title is as well. It should be revised to expand the definition to the general idea of a Time-Piece and then cite the VOY reference as additional info instead of relying on it as the sole reference. Could also include a note about Soran's pocket watch from Generations. Logan 5 16:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

And Samuel Clemens' pocket watch from "Time's Arrow, Part II". Zsingaya Talk 11:04, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Also, didn't Chakotay replicate a pocket watch for Janeway, during "Year of Hell"? Zsingaya Talk 11:04, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Here's another... at one point in DS9, Ben Sisko makes an elaborate clock, using lots of dials and twiddly bits. Does anyone remember this episode? Zsingaya Talk 11:05, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

I am the only one to find it strange, to say the least, that this device from the delta quadrant uses "our" digits ?? --Rami 09:38, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Very true. Sisko built a clock in "Dramatis Personae" which was seen in later episodes. -- Excelsior 09:40, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps the universe of Doctor Who leaked into the universe of Star Trek, and the TARDIS's telepathic field took over :P 78.86.160.133 09:40, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Or maybe this race has the same number system.--92.238.45.211 08:40, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Time-piece

This is just a clock, no need for a separate article. Kennelly (talk) 15:02, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Support. Tom (talk) 19:11, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
This decision wasn't researched. A clock and a watch are both timepieces, by definition. A proper merge should have placed clock and watch onto the timepiece page, rather than dividing the definition of timepiece and favoring clock over watch. --Alan del Beccio (talk) 16:01, 17 January 2017 (UTC)

Incomplete

Chronometer is just a fancy way to say clock. Even the wikipedia link on this page points to a disambiguation page where "clock" is the most relevant choice to correspond to what we are attempting to accomplish with that link.

For sure two examples where they just swapped "chronometer" for "watch/clock" is old metaphors: "Check your chronometer..." (TOS: "The Galileo Seven") and "We can clean their chronometers." (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).

Then in VOY: "Year of Hell": "Nineteenth century, mechanical movement. It's a replica of the chronometer worn by Captain Cray...", when Chakotay hands Janeway a pocket watch.

And in TNG: "Clues" it was stated that "The good news is that we were right about the computer's chronometer. There's a security program to prevent tampering, but it looks now like it was disabled and a new program put in its place.", and Picard acknowledged with "Someone has reset the clock."

The rest are in reference:

So I'm not sure what the intended difference is between ship's chronometer, or Data's internal chronometer, or whathaveya, but they all seem to mean the same thing...a device that tells time. "Clues" even suggests this when Data used ship's clock and ship's chronometer interchangeably.. --Alan (talk) 14:13, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

I checked the definition of "chronometer" at Free Dictionary. It would seem as both clock and chronometer tell time, it is also important to note that accuracy is vital to the chronometer's functioning. It is a requirement. So, whereas a clock can tell time inaccurately, a chronometer can not.--Memphis77 (talk) 15:29, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Well, like I tried to point out, they've blurred that distinction a number of times, and Sulu's reference of "5:30 in that time zone, maybe a little after." hardly seems like accuracy is in their definition of time consulting. --Alan (talk) 15:32, 9 January 2019 (UTC)