Chronopolis

'''Ballard, J[ames] G[raham]. "Chronopolis."' New Worlds'' #95, 32 (June 1960). Coll. Chronopolis and Other Stories. New York: Putnam's, 1971. Billenium. New York: Berkley, 1962.

According to Sargent (1988; q.v. under Reference), it is illegal in the world of the story "to have a watch or a clock."[]