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Every creature or entity with a finite lifespan has one. As the only true immortal is Death, this means that the shelves in Death's Domain are groaning with lifetimers for everything else.

Most mortal beings have the standard-issue eggtimer look-alike, through which the sand only pours one way regardless of whether or not it is upended. (Death himself received a golden lifetimer as an ironic parting gift when "retired" by the Auditors. This is analogous to the famed gold watch given to the Roundworld retiree who has spent all his working life in the same job.)

However, a carefully hidden Special Room houses what might be called the VIP lounge. The selection here covers Gods, demons, anthropomorphic personifications, and Rincewind. In pride of place is a VERY large life-timer which has a delicately engraved turtle on the glass...

This hidden room is not kept as secure as it should be. Susan discovered to her horror that cats had got in there (a situation possibly engineered by Mr Teatime?) and the floor was covered in shards of broken glass which turned out to be from the Hogfather's life-timer. Subsequent events are recounted in Hogfather.

Nanny Ogg also has a unique life-timer. Given as payment for delivering the sons of Wen the Eternally Surprised, it contains a day's worth of time and has Tempus Redux written on it. That might come in handy...

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