Does anything happen if you don't obey the commands to press buttons?

If you don't press the button and wait for the morning, the hour hand will stop. The minute and second hands will keep going, but the hour hand will stop at a quarter to 6:

Nope, sat there for 2 hours (Not kidding) not a thing... though... if the 4 hour baby thing was true, then maybe there IS something, though I am 99% sure that there isn't. Have fun!