What is the one word for a person who is interested in wearing different types of "watches" and has a collection of various "watches".
Eg:
John makes sure he wear a different watch each day to office.
He is a _________.
single-word-requests
What is the one word for a person who is interested in wearing different types of "watches" and has a collection of various "watches".
Eg:
John makes sure he wear a different watch each day to office.
He is a _________.
Best Answer
The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors does not use any specific word for it, which in my world gives a strong indication that there is no consensus on a single word.¹
Horologist has been mentioned, and most horologists are probably clock enthusiast. All clock enthusiasts are however not horologists:
Horology again is defined as
Depending on what you need the word for, you might be able to use Horologist in some cases, but definitely not all.
EDIT:
That being said, John Clifford mentioned horophile in the comments, and even though I wouldn't expect most people to know this word, it seems to be exactly what you are looking for. I did some research, and it does not exist in the merriam-webster dictionary, but there are a few online dictionaries who do define it as:
There even is a blog by a clock enthusiast, called The Horophile
The lack of this expression's mainstream usage is probably due to the limited numbers of horophiles, and/or maybe even it's phonetic similarity to someone who is into prostitutes.
¹ In comparison, the national association for stamp collectors are called The American Philatelic Society, and a stamp collector/enthusiast is called a philatelist.