diff --git a/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py b/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py
index 6fa22e0ef..0f1f98cb2 100644
--- a/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py
+++ b/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py
@@ -250,14 +250,19 @@ def status_item_factory():
     return QtStatusItem
 
 
+def text_editor_factory():
+    from .qt_text_editor import QtTextEditor
+    return QtTextEditor
+
+
 def time_selector_factory():
     from .qt_time_selector import QtTimeSelector
     return QtTimeSelector
 
 
-def text_editor_factory():
-    from .qt_text_editor import QtTextEditor
-    return QtTextEditor
+def timer_factory():
+    from .qt_timer import QtTimer
+    return QtTimer
 
 
 def tool_bar_factory():
@@ -324,8 +329,9 @@ def window_factory():
     'StackItem': stack_item_factory,
     'StatusBar': status_bar_factory,
     'StatusItem': status_item_factory,
-    'TimeSelector': time_selector_factory,
     'TextEditor': text_editor_factory,
+    'TimeSelector': time_selector_factory,
+    'Timer': timer_factory,
     'ToolBar': tool_bar_factory,
     'WebView': web_view_factory,
     'Window': window_factory,
diff --git a/enaml/qt/qt_timer.py b/enaml/qt/qt_timer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd9b86b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enaml/qt/qt_timer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Nucleic Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from atom.api import Typed
+
+from enaml.widgets.timer import ProxyTimer
+
+from .QtCore import QTimer
+
+from .qt_toolkit_object import QtToolkitObject
+
+
+class QtTimer(QtToolkitObject, ProxyTimer):
+    """ A Qt implementation of an Enaml ProxyTimer.
+
+    """
+    #: A reference to the widget created by the proxy.
+    widget = Typed(QTimer)
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Initialization
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def create_widget(self):
+        """ Create the calender widget.
+
+        """
+        self.widget = QTimer()
+
+    def init_widget(self):
+        """ Initialize the widget.
+
+        """
+        super(QtTimer, self).init_widget()
+        d = self.declaration
+        self.set_interval(d.interval)
+        self.set_single_shot(d.single_shot)
+        self.widget.timeout.connect(self.on_timeout)
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Signal Handlers
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def on_timeout(self):
+        """ Handle the timeout signal for the timer.
+
+        """
+        d = self.declaration
+        if d is not None:
+            d.timeout()
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # ProxyTimer API
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def set_interval(self, interval):
+        """ Set the interval on the timer.
+
+        """
+        self.widget.setInterval(interval)
+
+    def set_single_shot(self, single_shot):
+        """ Set the single shot flag on the timer.
+
+        """
+        self.widget.setSingleShot(single_shot)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """ Start or restart the timer.
+
+        """
+        self.widget.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the timer.
+
+        """
+        self.widget.stop()
+
+    def is_active(self):
+        """ Get whether or not the timer is running.
+
+        """
+        return self.widget.isActive()
diff --git a/enaml/widgets/api.py b/enaml/widgets/api.py
index 1db877583..71ce73844 100644
--- a/enaml/widgets/api.py
+++ b/enaml/widgets/api.py
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
 from .stack_item import StackItem
 from .status_bar import StatusBar
 from .status_item import StatusItem
-from .time_selector import TimeSelector
 from .text_editor import TextEditor, TextDocument
+from .time_selector import TimeSelector
+from .timer import Timer
 from .tool_bar import ToolBar
 from .web_view import WebView
 from .window import Window
diff --git a/enaml/widgets/timer.py b/enaml/widgets/timer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65a96b853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enaml/widgets/timer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Nucleic Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from atom.api import Bool, Event, Int, ForwardTyped, Typed, observe
+
+from enaml.core.declarative import d_
+from enaml.widgets.toolkit_object import ToolkitObject, ProxyToolkitObject
+
+
+class ProxyTimer(ProxyToolkitObject):
+    """ The abstract definition of a proxy Timer object.
+
+    """
+    #: A reference to the Timer declaration.
+    declaration = ForwardTyped(lambda: Timer)
+
+    def set_interval(self, interval):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def set_single_shot(self, single_shot):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def start(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def stop(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def is_active(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class Timer(ToolkitObject):
+    """ An object which represents a toolkit independent timer.
+
+    """
+    #: The interval of the timer, in milliseconds. The default is 0 and
+    #: indicates that the timer will fire as soon as the event queue is
+    #: emptied of all pending events.
+    interval = d_(Int(0))
+
+    #: Whether the timer fires only once, or repeatedly until stopped.
+    single_shot = d_(Bool(False))
+
+    #: An event fired when the timer times out.
+    timeout = d_(Event(), writable=False)
+
+    #: A reference to the ProxyTimer object.
+    proxy = Typed(ProxyTimer)
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Observers
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    @observe(('single_shot', 'interval'))
+    def _update_proxy(self, change):
+        """ An observer which updates the proxy when the state changes.
+
+        """
+        # The superclass implementation is sufficient.
+        super(Timer, self)._update_proxy(change)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """ Start or restart the timer.
+
+        If the timer is already started, it will be stopped and
+        restarted.
+
+        """
+        if self.proxy_is_active:
+            self.proxy.start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the timer.
+
+        If the timer is already stopped, this is a no-op.
+
+        """
+        if self.proxy_is_active:
+            self.proxy.stop()
+
+    def is_active(self):
+        """ Returns True if the timer is running, False otherwise.
+
+        """
+        if self.proxy_is_active:
+            return self.proxy.is_active()
+        return False