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'on watch' is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used in the context of keeping a lookout for something or keeping watch on a situation. For example: The crew was on watch for any signs of danger on the open ocean.
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on watch
adjective
On duty as a guard or lookout
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Go on, watch.
Go on, watch it again.
If you really want to know what's going on, watch the corporations.
Paint it on, watch it crackle as it dries.
Time away from being the one on watch.
While one officer was on watch the other slept.
The teacher plunges on: "Watch, watch".
We had to be on watch.
We are always on watch for them.
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On-watch apps haven't happened yet.
Of 44 goals, it found that were on-track, were on-watch, and were off-track.
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