What is the time by your watch vs What is the time in your watch

The correct phrase is "What is the time by your watch?" This is a common and correct way to ask someone for the time. The preposition 'by' is used to indicate the instrument or means by which something is done.

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What is the time by your watch

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask someone for the time indicated by their watch.

Examples:

What is the time by your watch? It seems to be running fast.
Can you tell me what is the time by your watch?
I always check the time by my watch.
She asked me, 'What is the time by your watch?'
By your watch, it's already 3 o'clock.

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Alternatives:

What time is it on your watch?
What does your watch say the time is?
Can you tell me the time according to your watch?
What time does your watch show?
Could you check the time on your watch?

What is the time in your watch

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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What is the time in your watch
What is the time specification format?
What is the time scale for completing this investigation?
What is the time of Jacob's trouble?
What is the time gap between death and rebirth on Earth?
What is the time of arrival in the villa
What is the time required to reach your temperature? 9.
What is the time now in Paris?
What is the time delay to use a Visorb or Mono-Dox cassette after opening?
What is the time zone in Sharm El Sheikh?
What is the time requested for cost recovery?
What is the time frame for submission of the relevant proposals?
What is the time frame for the Commission's negotiating mandate?
What is the time frame for the completion of this process?
What is the time, now?
Yet after every fifteen to twenty minutes he asks others, "What is the time?"
What is the time period of the term?
What is the time evolution of a system that is not quite in equilibrium?
What is the time of departure at the end of your stay
What is the time frame, if any, for the adoption of the draft? 3.
After war, I do not know, what is the time, searched for the father as Ukrainian poet.

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