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 first enters DigiQuartz, inviting the boy into his clock shop in the Human World and gives him a X Loader, after asking if he is determined to fight Digimon. He later observes their battle with and leaves laughing. Later, he tells Taiki that his shop is not on a fixed location, and that he doesn't approve of a legendary hero joining the Hunt as it would disrupt the balance of the game. Taiki responds that if the Digimon start causing trouble in the Human World, he would have to interfere. The Old Man then gives Taiki Tagiru's Digimon Hunter Rulebook.

He appears to Ryouma after after the battle with, accusing Ryouma of holding back, and claims that Taiki "has something bottomless within him".

At some point, he gave an X Loader to Kiichi Funabashi.

He invites several Hunters to an island south of Japan, giving them the chance to hunt a. During the event, Taiki confronts him about DigiQuartz, concluding it expanded to the entire world, and asks if the Digimons' violent behavior will be catastrophic. The old man responds that the Digimon outside Japan have lost their way, although Volcdoramon can cause mass destruction in the Human World. After Volcdoramon is defeated, Tagiru accuses the old man of using the Hunters to get rid of the monster, but the old man replies that it was just an event. Later, the old man ferries in Tai Kamiya, Davis Motomiya, Takato Matsuki, Takuya Kanbara, and Marcus Damon. Though the five were suppose to remain in the shadows until the right moment, Tai and Marcus prematurely revealed themselves to Xros Hear during their fight with MetallifeKuwagamon. Though seeing the two youths' action to be careless, the Old Clock Shop Man realizes that it does not truly matter as that "time" is almost here.