Reiss is cursed. Her father’s pocketwatch now belongs to her, and she knows it’s only a matter of time. Luthier, her butler, has sworn to help her break the curse. However, once a lead on the curse finds Reiss meeting Meumous, a young clocksmith, a romance begins to blossom that changes Reiss’s priorities. Taking place in 1880s London, Pocketwatch is a romantic drama that combines idiotic watchmen, villainous sibling aristocrats, and, of course, mysterious curses in a retelling of Reiss Dreighson’s unusual life.