A wristwatch is read as time kept close and checked often — punctuality, pressure, the next appointment. A stopped one traditionally stands for a pause you did not choose, or a sense that life is on hold. Checking the watch again and again is usually read as anxiety about being late or about time running out. Receiving a watch as a gift is linked to commitment and the value of shared time, while losing one points to a loss of structure. A watch running backwards is read as a pull toward the past. It can help to ask how you are relating to time lately.
When this appeared in your dream, what were you feeling?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.