A wrist watch comprising a watch dial, a watch band, a memory and a process wherein at least one pressure sensor is provided on the watch dial and/or the watch band, and the memory stores pressure events, application programs and the corresponding relationship between each of the pressure events and an application program. Each pressure sensor detects the applied pressure in real time and sends a pressure signal to the processor. The processor, queries and obtains a pressure event which matches the pressure signal from the memory, and controls the wrist watch to operate the application program corresponding to the obtained pressure event. A user can start the application program the wrist watch only via a hand action without operating a touchscreen manually, thereby providing a brand-new manner of operating a wrist watch. Also provided is an operation method for an application program of a wrist watch.
