Musical comedy by Maurice Ravel
The muleteer Ramiro wants to have his clock repaired. Watchmaker Torquemada inspects it, but his wife Conception reminds him that the town hall clocks need to be serviced and wound. There is a good reason for this solicitude: she wants to receive her lover Gonzalvo in Torquemada's absence. But now Ramiro, who is asked by the master to wait for him in the store, interrupts. When Conception tries to remove Ramiro from the store, he good-naturedly agrees to carry grandfather clocks into her room. Meanwhile, Gonzalvo enters. The donkey driver incessantly carries the watches back and forth while the lovers dally with each other. Things become complicated when another of the woman's lovers, banker Inigo, appears in the store. Both admirers let the watchmaker's wife flirtatiously put them in large watch cases, which the strong Ramiro stoically takes on his back to clear. Eventually, the woman realizes that she has a true, capable jewel in front of her and grants Ramiro a tryst. The returning Torquemada finds both lovers in the watches and, sensing a good deal, believes that the gentlemen want to buy the watches.
