The Sound and the Fury (1929)

William Faulkner's fractured Southern tragedy follows the decline of the Compson family through several conflicting viewpoints. Quentin carries the pocket watch inherited from his grandfather, but the gift measures more than hours: its ticking and broken hands recur in his attempt to escape time and memory. (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")