Meanings of little timepiece in English

Three o'clock struck by the little timepiece on the mantel shelf.

It was a pretty little timepiece, with a flower design engraved on the case.

My little timepiece read two hours past midnight, but I didn't care whether I woke Orma up.

The same thing was wrong with Stephen's expensive repeater, whose splendour he was ashamed to flaunt beside the modesty of the girl's poor little timepiece.

Heaven's clock goes at a different rate from our little timepieces.

"Nine-ten-eleven-twelve," went the little timepiece; and Oscar rose.

"Hurry up, you old slow-poke," she cried, catching up the fragile little timepiece and shaking it until the pendulum rattled against the cupids' plump legs.