Perhaps rather than reinventing wheels use AnyEvent and EV to setup a timer event to be posted every second. 

$ perl -MTime::HiRes=time -MAnyEvent -E '$quit = AnyEvent->condvar;$w 
+= AnyEvent->timer( after => 1, interval => 1, cb => sub { state $ctr 
+= 1; say "@{[Time::HiRes::time()]}: FOOP! $ctr"; $quit->send if 10 ==
+ $ctr++;  } );say qq{Starting loop};$quit->recv;'
Starting loop
1574791289.26471: FOOP! 1
1574791290.26702: FOOP! 2
1574791291.26394: FOOP! 3
1574791292.26511: FOOP! 4
1574791293.26735: FOOP! 5
1574791294.26826: FOOP! 6
1574791295.26665: FOOP! 7
1574791296.265: FOOP! 8
1574791297.26659: FOOP! 9
1574791298.26699: FOOP! 10
$

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In reply to Re: The most precise second (timer) by Fletch
in thread The most precise second (timer) by tukusejssirs

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