In early August, Google launched a new feature for a Google timer, but earlier this month, that feature stop working. Google did promise to fix it and they just did.
Here is a picture of it working again:
The only issue now is that the "learn more" link goes to a page that is not found, it 404s. It goes to google.com/search/about/features/myanswers/getthingsdone.html.
Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help.