That watch has regulated imperial interests in its time—the stately ceremonial, the courtly assignation, pompous travels, and lordly sleeps. Now it is yours."
Watches, clocks, and time-keeping are continually discussed. Oak's large broken clock in the beginning, his ability to track time via the stars, Bathsheba timing his shearing with her watch (under a half hour), Bathsheba being without a watch, and now this
