Right now the summon system is pretty simple, they're just one of the character's spells. You get each of these little Pokemon clock guys with a single spell that's their basic attack, and every time you use it a counter goes up by one. Eventually you unlock more powers per summon, and if certain counters on different summons reach high enough it unlocks a special spell called a Combo Attack. In this case, the pocket watch hypnotizes the enemies to sleep and then the alarm clock wakes them up.