Studying 'WATCHMEN' (mostly the @WATCHMENmovie, and maybe the more-recent @WATCHMEN series on @HBO); I'm surprised I didn't notice 'the pun' | @wikipedia @litcharts
I don't know if they actually use the phrase in any of the versions of WATCHMEN, but--up until recently--I always thought of the old saying "Who watches the watchers?" when I saw that title.
But--as the movie would often go to times in 'the ultimate watchman's life' when he would train his mind by reconstructing a clock--the title more-appropriately refers to 'the Men who build the #Watch!'
LitCharts explains a lot of the deeper symbolism of WATCHMEN in a report linked through 'the hyperlinks' below; but first I want to teach you about those words. And I find you understand words better if you see 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum into their Foundation)
I've already 'done' the word Watch, but the #Timepiece-meaning of the word stems from the word for "a Clock used to Wake-up Sleepers."
The word “Timepiece” is built of the words Time & #Piece.
The word "Piece (\ #Pieces #Pieced #Piecing #Apiece #Centerpiece #CodPiece #EyePiece #Frontispiece #HeadPiece #Mantelpiece #Masterpiece #Mouthpiece #Piecemeal #Piecework #PieceOfMyMind (which I almost mistook for #PeaceOfMind ) #PieceOfWork #PieceOfEight #InOnePiece)" is built on ancient words that mean Bit-Portion, |Item, |Coin (similar to words that meant Thing, a Little, Part).
Which Watchmen Character am I? Nite Owl (making me 'Nite Owl 3' ... who would spell it 'Night Owl'---or maybe 'Late-Afternoon Owl') I love owls, they have been very interesting to me since my childhood. I am very good with technology, and am therefore perfectly capable of possessing a large arsenal of weapons. I also love flying, so I may very well own an airship called 'Archimedes'. I am the next Nite Owl. (after 1. Hollis Mason in The Motion Comic, the Film, the Mockumentary & maybe HBO; and 2. Dan Dreiberg in The Motion Comic, the Video Game & Film) I might also be one of the five other WATCHMEN, in this order of likelihood... Dr. Manhattan (Dr. Jon Osterman in The Motion Comic & the Video Game & the Film; Cal Abar on HBO) or The Comedian (Eddie Blake in The Motion Comic & the Video Game & the Film & the Mockumentary or Ozymandias (Adrian Veidt in The Motion Comic & the Film & HBO) or Silk Spectre (1. Sally Jupiter in The Motion Comic & the Film & the Mockumentary & maybe HBO; 2 Laurie Jupiter in The Motion Comic & the Film & HBO) or Rorschach (1. Walter Kovacs in The Motion Comic, the Video Game, the Film | And with HBO's WATCHMEN 'reimagining,' I'm most like "Wade Tillman (a.k.a. Looking Glass)---extremely honorable with strong morals. struggling with anxieties and preferring to live an introverted life, but also valiant and always prepared."  The first six WATCHMEN-characters were on a team called |Crimebusters; then there were
Then there are the characters in the TV-series:
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