It is split into two, first and last dog watches.

The movement upriver began late in the first dog watch on 14 June.

For the remainder of the last dog watch, little was spoken on Gloucester's bridge.

Two bells in the first dog watch: somewhere behind the clouds, the sun was setting.

Next day, but this time in the first dog watch, Jacques entered my cabin.

Often, the dog watches are set at dinner time to allow the entire crew to be fed in short order.

That assignment occupied her through the afternoon watch and into the first dog watch.

Young seamen whispered of her in the dog watch.

Come to my cabin at eight bells in the second dog watch.

When he came up on deck again at the beginning of the first dog watch, the ship was silent and dark.