Miscellaneous

119 entries in Watch / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Mesmerised Watch To Make any Watch a Repeater, watch answers question with bell sound, featuring sound gimmick
Related toVariations 1876
Modern Magic
222
Experimente mit Uhren medium describes watch
 		Jan. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1)
7
Die knarrende Uhr watch sound gimmick
Related to Apr. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 8)
118
Carl Willmann Die knarrende Uhr watch sound gimmick
Related to May 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5)
78
Carl Willmann Die knarrende Uhr part two, applications for the watch sound gimmick
Related to June 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 6)
89
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Uhr und Photographie No. 20, spectators write famous poets on billets, one chosen, a photograph of the person appears underneath glass of borrowed watch
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
63
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Die behexte Taschenuhr No. 24, borrowed pocket watch stops and continues at command, electric magnet
 		1899
Jedermann Zauberkünstler!
72
Francis King Wie Francis King eine Uhr vertauscht switching a borrowed watch in course of "one watch routine"
 		Mar. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 3)
41
Professor Hoffmann Chapter V - Tricks with Watches chapter intro
 		1903
Later Magic
134
"Exchanging" a Watch various methods, with props or pull
 		1903
Later Magic
142
P. T. Selbit, Professor Hoffmann A New "Palm" for Watches
1903
Later Magic
146
Joseph Michael Hartz An Improved "Repeater" watch answers question with bell sound, featuring sound gimmick
Related to 1903
Later Magic
149
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XV. Was kostet der Spass?
  • 1. Die biegsame Taschenuhr (apparently bending a pocket watch)
  • 2. Der neue gordische Knoten (pocket watch penetrates ribbon)
  • 3. Die badende Taschenuhr (pocket watch vanishes from glass and appears in wallet)
 		1903
Moderne Magie
159
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Geheimnis der Uhr. No. 11, pocket watch placed under silk, contains prediction of name, selected card and total of numbers
 		1926
Magische Miniaturen
39
Oswald Rae Passing a Watch Through a Handkerchief with pocket watch
 		1927
Wizardry With Watches
10
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
Joe Berg Telling the Time spectator sets time on a wooden clock face and covers it, performer divines time
 		1930
Here's Magic
28
Laurie Ireland Surprise Finish for the Alarm Clock Production
1937
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1937)
12
Borrowed Bill Vanished and Found in Spectator's Hand bill is burned in envelope and travels into watch held by spectator
 		1937
Money Magic
47
Martin Gardner Watchistry spectator calculates number from hours on watch, divined by performer
Variations Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
357
Shaman The Postman's Dream marked stamp travels from paper to inside watch
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
639
Swallowing a Watch
1940
The Jinx (Issue 113)
672
Harry Bertall Une attrape gag, asking spectator how his watch is designed, arabic or roman numbers, how does number four look like
 		Mar. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 3)
4
Hen Fetsch Magical Business
  • Buzz Watch (gag by Ed Heyel)
  • Dad Betcha (tearing a paper in half 9 times)
  • Plate Break (biting a plate)
  • Candle Out (blowing a candle out through sleeve, gimmicked)
  • Three Links (producing bottle from three linked rings)
 		1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
34
Eddie Joseph Anything You Say watch and finger ring are placed inside pocket, one is named and appears in hand
 		1952
Tricks for Informal Occasions
6
Howard Brooks The Babblings of Brooks ideas and jokes by Brooks
  • watch chain gag
  • wind up teeth
  • way to add a key ring
Variations Apr. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 305)
17
Roy Benson The Capsule watch chain gag idea
Inspired by May 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 308)
32
Lane Bateman Grant Plus Karrell Fox routine for Grant's Dial X, divination of a number on a dial
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
26
Walter Slasor New Routines for Your Shelved Magic different trick combinations, ideas
  • 1. Tricky Tumbler (Grant), Vanishing Wand (Walsh)
  • 2. The Handkerchief Pedestal
  • 3. Drawer Box, Spring Rabbit, Dot's A Dandy (Allen)
  • 4. Comedy Pump (Ireland)
  • 5. Devil's Handkerchief, Menge Tricky Tumbler
  • 6. Saltsation (Grant)
  • 7. Rubber Egg (Weller), Milk in Hat (Grant)
  • 8. Comedy Silks (Fox)
  • 9. Temple Screen (Grant)
  • 10. P&L Candlestick coin holder
  • 11. Magic Funnel, Slate
  • 12. Magic Funnel
  • 13. Breakaway Fan, Bang Gun
  • 14. Dial X (Grant), Wrist Watch Tape Measure (Tannen)
  • 15. German Milk Glass (Grant), Confetti Cannister (Grant)
  • 16. Ceylon Strip (Torsberg), Hypnotic Card Box
  • 17. Ghost Glass (Grant)
  • 18. Tricky Tumbler, Color Book (Windsor)
  • 19. Stiff Rope (Grant)
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
29
Dr. William E. Belanger Exit Gag for Performer or M.C. with a big watch
 		Apr. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 368)
301
Don Tanner Now is the Time selection is revealed by special watch, handles point on suits and values
 		Apr. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 379)
345
Karl Fulves The Time Keeper spectator sets any time on his own watch and gives it to performer behind his back, there the performer sets his own watch to the same time
Also published here Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
22
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Otro Gags para el Mago
  • gag with watch and measuring tape
  • lighter changes to matchbox
  • cigarette starts to burn quicker than usual
 		1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
58
Bob Eads It's Show time!! (published April, 1978), starting a show in a loud environment, producing watch from fly as opener
 		Aug. 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 22)
173
Steve Skomp Watch Out time from a watch in a magazine commercial is divined
 		1973
Magick (Issue 88)
440
Karl Fulves Times Two spectator sets a time on a wristwatch and performer behind back, numbers are added and the result told to the performer, who can now name both numbers
Inspired by 1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
8
Karl Fulves Variation in Handling
Related to 1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
10
Bob Read The Penultimate Cups and Balls humorous routine, three different cups, with smashed watch and wandering tip wand
 		1974
The Penultimate Cups & Balls
2
Karl Fulves Watch Reel watches build from coins, other uses for it
Related to 1975
Interlocutor (Issue 2)
4
Uriah Fuller 4. Starting broken watches
1975
Confessions of a Psychic
28
Philip T. Goldstein Watch Time Prediction equivoque
 		1976
Verbal Control
8
Karl Fulves Watch Reel a source for a half-dollar watch via John Cornelius
Related to 1976
Interlocutor (Issue 8)
30
Dr. Barlow Wagman Alarm! time is set of two watches is turned face down, they match
 		1976
Magick (Issue 146)
728
Karrell Fox A Real "Gem" pill-watch filled with (plastic) gem stones, gag
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
37
Roy Johnson None But the Brave two numbers chosen, they correspond to time of pocket watch
Inspired by 1977
Third Dimension
68
Karl Fulves Ideas/Problems (B) tattoo of clockface on arm always show correct time, posed as problem
 		1978
Interlocutor (Issue 24)
93
Stephen Minch Time Will Tell! revealing a number or a word with a digital watch
 		1978
Magick (Issue 197)
983
Ted Karmilovich Time-ZAP handles of watch vanish
 		1979
Magick (Issue 225)
1122
David (Foote) Drake Watch It! divining an appointment and a time, written down on paper
 		1979
Magick (Issue 231)
1153
Karrell Fox Much Ado About Knotting borrowed watch tossed into knot
 		1979
Another Book
255
Ken De Courcy With the Card Watch name of card appears as text on digital watch
 		1980
The World's Fastest Card Trick
17
Uriah Fuller 3. Watches more on starting broken watches and altering time
 		1980
Further Confessions of a Psychic
36
Al Mann The Time Piece named number or card is written in a pocket watch
 		1981
Phanta-Graphs
6
Karl Fulves Right on Time No. 48, performer pretends to have an accurate mental clock, interval can be stopped precisely
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
59
Prince Thebb Time Gone Wild influencing normal and digital watches
 		1982
Eff-Oes
11
Hervé Pigny Money Is Time watchwork appears in Okito Box, coin in wrist watch
 		Jan. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 1)
875
Thomas Alan Waters Chronogram Koran medallion with a pocket watch, initials on the watch
 		1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk)
632
Neil Somerville TIme Piece times are named and noted, chosen one is predicted on watch
 		Mar. 1984
Magick (Issue 329)
1643
Tieneblas Time Lapse performers stops watch and pulse at the same time
 		June 1984
Magick (Issue 332)
1658
Ben Harris Psychology Behind the Watch Trick broken watch starts running again
  • The Amazement Factor
  • The Involvement Factor
  • Suspension of Disbelief
  • The Authority Factor
  • The Watch Trick in Effect
  • Geller Starts a Watch
  • In the Spectator's Hands
  • The Progression Trick
 		1985
Gellerism Revealed
15
Ben Harris, Uri Geller Watch Wizardry
  • Geller Stars a Watch
  • The Snap Move
  • The Touch Down Move
  • In the Spectator's Hands
  • The Watch Progression Trick
  • The Get-Ready
  • The Wind
  • The Revelation
 		1985
Gellerism Revealed
79
Gaëtan Bloom The Watch Trick Magician able to tell time accurately from a picture of a watch drawn on the wrist
 		1986
Gaetan Bloom 86
4
J. C. Doty Doty's Ticker gag, instead of pocket watch an hour glass is attached to the chain
 		1986
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 13)
221
Ted Karmilovich Glitch hands on watch disappear
 		July 1986
Magick (Issue 374)
1868
David Harkey Goldrush Ring through "Watch"
Also published here June 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 6)
1652
Bev Bergeron The Miracle of Synchronous Watches performer and spectator turn stem of wrist watches and stop wherever they want, same time
 		1989
Predicting Time
17
Paul Maurer Ihre "schwache Stunde" bitte... time written on piece of paper is divined using a watch
 		1989
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 50 No. 2)
10
Time in a Knot No. 17, wrist watch tied onto rope, is quickly removed behind back
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
38
Watch the Watch No. 65, borrowed watch appears on wrist of performer despite him being tied up
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
138
Felix Farrell Watch the Ring ring onto wrist watch held by spectator on both ends
Inspired by
  • "Ring on Pencil" (Charlie Miller, Magic Video Library, Impromptu 1)
Also published here 		1991
Hardcore
142
David Harkey Gold Rush finger ring threaded onto watch band, it penetrates watch and comes off the other side
Also published here 1991
Simply Harkey
185
Scott Robinson Time Travel borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band
Variations 1992
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 43)
761
Larry Becker Crystal-Eyes second spectator sees chosen ESP symbol in wristwatch
Related to 1992
Stunners!
194
Larry Becker Witch-Watch cards with names of watches, watch as prediction, programmable watch
 		1992
Stunners!
195
Confusing the Mathematician mathematical force using face of a watch
 		1992/1999
Psychokinetic Time
23
Tap It thought of number of a watch, tapping on numbers to reveal it
 		1992/1999
Psychokinetic Time
23
Scotty York The Marked Coin to Pocket Watch signed coin in a bag transforms into works of pocket watch, coin is found in watch
 		1993
For Your Eyes Only
39
Don Nielsen Kronos force of number five, six or seven with wrist watch procedure, newspaper test application, see note on p. 7
Related to
  • "Step Back in Time" (Stephen Tucker, Compendium, 1984)
 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 1)
4
Rudolf Braunmüller Übereinstimmung time on watch coincides with forced number
 		June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
33
Joel Givens Easy Time borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band, different handling for Scott Robinson's Time Travel
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)
936
David Harkey Nick of Time coin into borrowed wrist watch behind glass
Inspired by
  • handling in Linking Ring Parade, Nov. 1988
 1994
Close-Up File
147
Karl Fulves Time Out No. 16, performer says stop after any given interval of multiple of ten seconds, using pulse as secret guide
 		1995
Easy Magic
21
Karl Fulves Time Further Out No. 17, performer changes time on watch by exactly one hour without looking behind his back
 		1995
Easy Magic
22
Felix Farrell Watch the Ring finger ring on watch strap, similar to ring on stick
Inspired byAlso published here 1995
Aus dem Effeff...
48
Greg Albright Time Out! stopping a watch
 		1995
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 17)
79
Patrik Kuffs Hands of Time two spectators select same time, using watch
 		1995
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 6)
110
Joel Givens Easy Time borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band, different handling for Scott Robinson's Time Travel
Inspired byAlso published here 1995
A Lecture by Joel Givens
6
Barrie Richardson Grandfather Time time also set on watch, using reversed-hands watch, odd-backed climax
Also published here Mar. 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 7)
57
Barrie Richardson The Reversed-Hands Watch
1999
Theater of the Mind
284
Barrie Richardson The Parking Lot Mystery time also set on watch, using reversed-hands watch, odd-backed climax
Also published here 1999
Theater of the Mind
286
Masklyn ye Mage Ye Mage's Timepiece performer can tell the time by looking in a crystal, palmed small LCD clock
Also published here
  • The New Invocation, Dec. 1990
 Oct. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 10)
45
Nathan Kranzo Bande Du Soleil tan line of wrist watched is moved to different position on arm
  • Afterthoughts
  • Credits
  • Notes
  • More Ideas from the Tan Man
Also published here 2001
Bande Du Soleil
2
David Berglas Time and Light routines with LED Time Pen, chemical fluid light sticks and Anverdi's die
  • spectator names a time interval, then he gets a watch and can say start whenever he wants, the
show continues and the performer suddenly screams stop at the right moment
  • Pseudo Psychometry routine
  • woman selects one of several men, selection is divined
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
383
Luke Jermay Stuck in a Moment stopping a watch
Also published here 2003
Building Blocks
93
Bob King Time Will Tell thought-of hour divined, method uses watch with second hand
Variations 2003
New Magician Foolers
12
Alain Nu Nu-Sense Hummer Monte using ring, watch and key, with prediction
Variations 2003
Xtreme Xtrasensory Xposed Hardcore Mentalism
11
Robert Cassidy The Watch pocket watch on chain, switch and ideas, brief
 		2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
217
John Bodine Battery Break battery removed from borrowed watch and slapped back inside with Striking Vanish
Also published here Oct. 2004
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 2)
80
Vanni Bossi, Yank Hoe The Card in the Watch corner of card travels in wrist watch
 		2005
Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture
3
Richard Feynman Watch Calculation offset on watch to apparently give complicated answers to time queries
 		2005
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)
400
Lewis Jones Yes Men five people either lie or tell the truth, one has a watch hidden, spectator finds watch by asking questions, liar's paradox
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
146
Lewis Jones The Wheel of Fortune selection is found using a watch, using Bob King's idea of comparing the differences of performer's and spectator's watches
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
154
Andy Nyman Seconds Out
  • Nyman's Mind
borrowed watch is put face down on table, spectator should shout stop when the second hand is at a certain position and hits it exactly
Also published here Mar. 2006
MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 7)
86
Joel Givens Easy Time borrowed ring vanishes and appears on performer's watch band, see p. 160 for performance
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Session
172
Luke Jermay Stuck in a Moment stopping a watch
Also published here Mar. 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 7)
91
Rajneesh Madhok, Gregory Wilson 'N Synch divination of two thought-of numbers over the phone, method uses watch with second hand
Inspired by Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
11
Rajneesh Madhok 'N Synch 2 divination of thought-of number over the phone, method uses watch with second hand
Inspired by Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
13
Andy Nyman Time After Time borrowed watch is put face down on table, spectator should shout stop when the second hand is at a certain position and hits it exactly
Also published here 2010
Bulletproof
253
John Born Time to Shine Three glimpses using a shiny surface on a metal watch
 		2012
Seeking the Bridge
45
John Born Watch Transpo Card slipped under watch changes places with a signed selection
 		2012
Seeking the Bridge
162
Takanobu Ishida Date/Time Cards clock formed and pen and cap used as handles, cards match value and suit and actual time
Inspired by
  • Mitsunobu Matsuyama's "What Time Is It Now?" 1974.
 2013
Japan Ingenious
91
Kiko Pastur Dejazz Vu with Deja Vu presentation, using a watch where handles are always back to zero
 		2014
El Puente Invisible
120
Wonder Man Fred Second Sight thought number is divined by performer, using watch
Inspired by
  • Wayne Dobson's "Every Time" in "Six Masterpieces", 2011.
  • Gregory Wilson's "N'Synch" in "Random Lecture Stuff 2" DVD.
 2015
Route 66
46
Marty Kane A Stretch of Time long spread between hands, using a watch
Inspired by 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
36
Markus Beldig WatchCraft spectators's watches put in five envelopes, one spectator finds his own watch, the rest assigned by performer
 		2019
The Florida Notes 2019
19
Joaquín Navajas Reloj Fantasma circle is drawn on wrist of performer and wrist held by spectator, time is selected and hands appear inside circle to match chosen time, two methods
 		2019
Monedas Personales Y Más
102
Max Malini The Mesmerizing Watch routine with mechanical sound gimmick and watch winder, making borrowed watch ring on command
Inspired by 2022
Max Malini
178
John Bodine Battery Break battery removed from borrowed watch and slapped back inside with Striking Vanish
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
337
Luke Jermay Stuck in a Moment stopping a watch
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
599