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clock

noun: a device that shows what time it is and that is usually placed in a room or attached to a wall
noun: a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time commonly by means of hands moving on a dialect
verb: to measure the amount of time it takes for (a person) to do something or for (something) to be completed
verb: to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device
often used before another noun
synonyms: timepiece, ornament, beetle

She felt her 'biological clock' ticking away and wanted to have a baby as soon as possible.
In a desperate attempt to 'beat the clock', I raced to mail my tax return before midnight.
The movie 'clocked in' at just under three hours. [=the movie was almost three hours long]

(..) No, I refer to Alaska, the really. The whole route toward up, all that me only. Without clock, neither you count, neither anything, alone to be there, there out, the mountains, the river, the sky, to be there, in the wild thing. - In the wild thing... - If, in the wild thing. (..)
2007 Into the Wild
(..) It's Munez. What a save that was. Reflexes from Lehmann, a close-in volley from Munez. At last, Harris and Munez really linking up with each other. The clock ticks on. Gravesen looks forward for Real Madrid. Arsenal, for the first time in the match, under pressure. They know, Arsenal, (..)
2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
(..) - Try harder! - I told you to wake me up! - I tried... You stupid? I'm gonna miss the team plane! I'm not stupid. I'm not an alarm clock! - Hi. Trondheim, first class. - OK. I'll see what I can do. - More champagne, sir? - Yes, please. Excuse me. I got it, I got it. (..)
2007 Goal II: Living the Dream