YOU SAID:
by jove look at the time
INTO JAPANESE
冗談で時間を見て
BACK INTO ENGLISH
jokingly look at the time
INTO JAPANESE
冗談めかして時間を見る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
look at the time jokingly
INTO JAPANESE
冗談めかして時刻を見る
BACK INTO ENGLISH
look at the time jokingly
That didn't even make that much sense in English.