The cause of the time freeze... was just a dead battery?! The Odd Jobs realize that the Universal Clock running out of battery was the reason the world's time came to a stop. They try to replace the battery, but it's apparently a special make not available on Earth.
Maybe he just forgot he was holding it?
ربما غاب عن ذهنه أنّه يحملها
¿Habrá olvidado que la tiene?
Será que esqueceu 
que estava segurando?