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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
It's a book, about two or three children, who find a clock with 13 hours on it. The clock has dolphins on it. When the clock strikes 13, something happens. If I recall correctly, they find that clock in an old house (not sure if it's abandoned or not).
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Haven't read it, but might it be
Tom's Midnight Garden (1958) by Philippa Pearce? I can't find any reference to the clock having dolphins in that one, but otherwise it sounds fairly similar.
Edited to add: Nope, I got a look at it via Google Books and there are no dolphins. Here's another possibility:
http://pictures.abebooks.com/BOOKEDDY/864595516.jpg
It was identified as the answer to a query very similar to yours at Abebooks in 2007.