An antique timepiece of ornate craftsmanship, its golden casing etched with symbols that seem to shift when viewed peripherally. The watch face displays standard numbering, but the hands no longer keep conventional time.
The hands move erratically - sometimes racing forward, sometimes moving backward, occasionally stopping entirely for what feels like hours before resuming their chaotic dance. They seem to respond to something other than the passage of minutes.
The Pocket Watch's true function remains mysterious. Its erratic behavior may be responding to spatial anomalies, entity proximity, or other forces within the Backrooms.
Some theorize it measures something other than time - perhaps proximity to exits, or the stability of local reality.
The Pocket Watch can be discovered in various locations throughout the Backrooms. Its presence seems to gravitate toward areas where time behaves strangely.
Time in the Backrooms doesn't flow linearly. What feels like thirty minutes could be a century from another perspective. The Pocket Watch may be the only artifact that attempts to measure this distortion - though whether it succeeds or simply reflects the chaos is uncertain.
"I've been here three hours according to the watch. But also seventeen years. Both times are displayed simultaneously. I don't know which one is real anymore." - Unknown Wanderer