Timekeeping

Timekeeping in a world without day or seasons is problematic: the foundation of a town is closely tied to acquiring a finely-made precision clock to keep its own time. It’s an occupation to call out the present time to the villagers to let them orient through the day. In larger places a watch or stopwatch is provided for the timekeeper to stay accurate through a longer walk through the streets. The differences in time between settlements can be rather large, as they rarely are able to sync, and even their large precision clocks slowly fall out of pace. Small watches gain or lose a few minutes daily.