The Sound and the Fury (1929)

William Faulkner's fractured Southern tragedy. The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. (Goodreads)

Watches

Quentin Compson's pocket watch: His grandfather's watch, given with the words "I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire... not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then."

Source text: When the shadow of the sash appeared on the curtains it was between seven and eight oclock and then I was in time again, hearing the watch. (Project Gutenberg ebook 75170, "June Second, 1910")