Watchmaker

The Old Clock Shop Man (時計屋のおやじ) presides over the Digimon Hunt, and can hand out X Loaders to the Hunters. He works out of a strange clock shop that can appear or disappear at will. He is aware of Taiki's actions in the war against, and seems to be unhappy with Taiki's involvement in the Digimon Hunt.

Description
The Old Clock Shop Man appears after Tagiru enters DigiQuartz for the first time, he then takes him to his clock shop on the Human World and gives him a X Loader after asking if he is determined to fight Digimon. He then witnesses their battle with and then leaves laughing.

He speaks to Taiki saying that his shop is not on a fixed location, and that he doesn't approve of him joining the Hunt, because a legendary war hero would break the balance of the game. Taiki responds that if it the Digimon start causing trouble on the Human World, he will have to interfere. He then gives him a Digimon Hunter Rulebook.

He appears to Ryouma after after the battle with saying that he was holding back and that Taiki "has something bottomless within him".

He is also seen on a flashback giving a X Loader to Kiichi Funabashi.

He invites several Hunters to an island south of Japan, giving them the chance to hunt a Volcdoramon Afterwards, he ferries in a new team of Hunters and Digimon, each of whom was a "Goggle-Boy" in the past.