Vanish

25 entries in Watch / Vanish
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, Unknown The Watch Box for vanishing a watch
Related to 1876 Modern Magic 219
Unknown Die verschwundene Uhr newspaper on table, watch put on top and covered with handkerchief vanishes, piece of dummy newspaper on thread is pulled to the back into servante
 		Oct. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 10) 147
Unknown Breast Pocket Ditch as sleeve is pulled up, here with a watch
 		Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 47
Professor Ernst Das Verschwinden eines Gegenstandes item like borrowed watch wrapped into flash paper, it vanishes from there
Related to Jan. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 1) 12
Unknown Watch Vanish in paper cover
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 144
Julius Kupka Die verschwundene Uhr watch vanish from handkerchief, ungaffed
 		Apr. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 4) 58
Robert Nordström Die aus der Hand verschwindende Uhr pocket watch vanishes, wire loop to hang it on thumb
 		Mar. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 3) 44
Frank Kennard The Watch, Handkerchief, and Glass borrowed watch smashed and vanishes from handkerchief in glass, then handkerchief and glass vanish, all reproduced from hat
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 220
Chung Ling Soo Robinson's Uhrtrick borrowed watch vanishes, then appears again with handkerchief assistance
 		Feb. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 2) 26
C. O. Williams The Paper Bag (Various Kinds) "Methods for Obtaining Secret Possession of a Watch"
watch vanishes in paper bag or cone
 		1903 Later Magic 134
Unknown Wrapping in Paper wrapping watch in paper to vanish it
 		1903 Later Magic 138
Professor Ernst Watch Vanish in Flash Paper
Related to 1903 Later Magic 140
Unknown The Alpaca Bag for vanishing a watch, a bit like an egg bag
 		1903 Later Magic 140
Unknown The American Vanisher for vanishing a watch
 		1903 Later Magic 145
Carl Willmann Bald hier, bald dort "Ein kleines Handkunststück"
watch borrowed, wrapped in silk and put in glass, watch vanishes, silk vanishes, then glass wrapped in newspaper vanishes, all item reappear in borrowed hat
 		Aug. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 8) 119
Oswald Rae Some Suggestions on pocket watch routines, nesting type gimmick
  • Vanish a Quantity of Watches
  • Vanish of Watches from the Finger Tips
  • Instantaneous Production of Watches
  • Production of One or Two Watches from an Envelope
  • Vanish from an Envelope
  • Watches from Lemon
  • Watches Produced or Vanishes by Cloth Bag
 		1927 Wizardry With Watches 11
Unknown Swallowing a Watch
1940 The Jinx (Issue 113) 672
Dr. Henry R. Evans The Watch, Glass and Handkerchief watch, glass and handkerchief disappear and appear again one by one in a tophat
 		1945 My Best 232
Wilfrid Jonson Swindles comedy patter about swindles, silk vanishes and reappears, paper fold vanish of coin with flash paper, coin reappears in orange, borrowed watch vanishes and does not reappear with gag, see also p. 565 and p. 585
Inspired by
  • a monologue by G. W. Hunter in an early Wizard or Magic Wand issue
Also published here
  • "Swindles" (Thayer's Trick Of The Month Club, Series 2, No. 10, April 1933)
 June 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 8) 529
Unknown Watch-Vanish Drawer Box similar mechanism than the Changing Coin Slide
 		1976 Classic Magic with Apparatus 126
Sid Fleischman The Longest Card Trick stop watch vanishes with gag presentation
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 60
T. Nelson Night Watch pocket watch is on fingers, two bracelets are put over it and watch becomes invisible, then another watch appears
 		2000 Discoverie (Issue 3) 31
Eugen Höbel, George Carolly Der zweckentfremdete Eierbeutel spectator's wrist watch vanishes in egg bag, then broken pieces shown, then restored watch
 		2001 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5) 129
Ross Bertram You Can Do A Lot spectator's pocket watch vanishes from chain and is removed from performer's pocket, its glass is then broken and restored (sound effect with coin)
 		Mar. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3) 40
John Gaughan The Watch Box
  • The Chamber of Secrets
box from which a watch can be stollen
 		Oct. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10) 22