Watch perhaps seen in American magazine article (9)
I believe the answer is:
timepiece
'watch perhaps' is the definition.
(watch is a type of timepiece)
'american magazine article' is the wordplay.
'american magazine' becomes 'Time'.
'article' becomes 'piece' (piece is a kind of article).
'time'+'piece'='TIMEPIECE'
'seen in' is the link.
(Other definitions for timepiece that I've seen before include "non-striker?" , "Chronometer" , "hunter, perhaps" , "alarm, perhaps" , "Eg, watch or clock" .)