Timepiece always keeping hour? How’s it going? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
what cheer
'how's it going?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'timepiece always keeping hour?' is the wordplay.
'timepiece' becomes 'watch' (watch is a kind of timepiece).
'always' becomes 'eer' (poetic way of saying ever).
'keeping' is an insertion indicator.
'hour?' becomes 'h'.
'watch'+'eer'='watcheer'
'watcheer' going around 'h' is 'WHAT CHEER?'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for what cheer that I've seen is " welcome".)