Clock

47 entries in Clock

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	Die sechs amerikanischen Weckeruhren	"Gegenstände aus dem Weltausstellungs-Cylinder, dem Tamburin, dem Tuch etc." production items, alarm clocks		Dec. 1897	Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6)	86	Clock
Hänsel Kastner	Der Basiliskenblick	making a cuckoo clock stop by gaze		May 1902	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5)	78	Clock
	Clocks Produced from a Hat	nesting alarm clocks		1903	Later Magic	451	Clock Clothing / Hat
Charles T. Jordan	The Mesmerized Alarm Clock	No. 1, alarm clock set at any time by spectator and covered with napkin, hour divined	Also published here The Mesmerized Clock (Charles T. Jordan, 1975)	1920	Ten New Pocket Tricks	3	Clock Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Edward Bagshawe	An Annihilated Clock	clock vanishes from cloth, dummy figure in cloth, clock falls into tray		1936 ca.	Twenty Magical Novelties	60	Clock Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Laurie Ireland	Surprise Finish for the Alarm Clock Production			1937	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1937)	12	Clock Watch / Miscellaneous
	Coin Changed to an Alarm Clock			1938	Greater Magic	687	Clock Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object
Henry Gordien	A Compact Divination Trick	spectator sets clock to any hour, performer divines it		1938	Greater Magic	857	Clock
Lloyd W. Chambers	How Time Flies	bowl of fire produced, fire changes to flowers, bowl changes to a clock, spring-hinged flap in bowl, clock drawn on bottom of bowl		1941	Original Ideas in Magic	3	Clock Light & Fire / Fire Apparatus / Miscellaneous Flower / Spring Flowers / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
Gusti Wartenweiler	Ein neuer Zeiger	pointer / hand made out of wood to force position, position can be changed		1945	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 1&2)	23	Clock Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
U. F. Grant	Ding-Dong-Bell	alarm clock rings to answer questions		Apr. 1949	Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 7)	3	Clock Electronics / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	The Grandfather Clock Trick	large clock pendulum moves, thread	Also published here The Grandfather Clock Trick (Al Baker, 2003)	1951	Pet Secrets	21	Clock
, Eddie Joseph	Tapping the Hours	Spectator think of any hour on the clock, magician tap the clock at random points, eventually will end counting on the thought-of hour. Variation by Eddie Joseph using blank cards with words	Variations Crazy Time (Tom Hamilton, 1956) Heath's "Tappit" (Royal Vale Heath, 1956) Tap-a-drink (Martin Gardner, 1956) Tap-an-Animal (Martin Gardner, 1956) The Riddle Card (Martin Gardner, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	50	Clock
Martin Gardner	Die and Watch Mystery	Die is used to start counting clockwise and anticlockwise on a clock, count to thought-of number, the two hours are added together and magician can divine the number on the die		1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	51	Clock Dice (small) / Divination
Tom Hamilton	Crazy Time	Tapping the Hours but with a wooden board with holes in it	Inspired by Tapping the Hours (, Eddie Joseph, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	101	Clock
Martin Gardner	Tap-a-drink	Tapping the Hours but with names of different drinks in a clock shape	Inspired by Tapping the Hours (, Eddie Joseph, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	103	Clock
Martin Gardner	Tap-an-Animal	Tapping the Hours but with animal names in a clock shape	Inspired by Tapping the Hours (, Eddie Joseph, 1956)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	104	Clock
Robert L. Henderson	Clock Vanish Routine	using the Amazing Clock Vanish		1958	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)	39	Clock
Henry Durkin	Trickettes	various ideas A Clock Production Zombie Flash Finish Hypnotic Revelation		1960	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)	48	Clock Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Ball / Floatation / Zombie
Ali Bongo	Now Is the Hour	large clock in envelope, hand changes to chosen hour		1966	The Bongo Book	55	Clock
The Amazing Maurice	Time Force		Related to Clocks (Karl Fulves, 1966)	Feb. 1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4)	82	Clock Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
Jack Bateman	Clock Vanish Idea	for the Presto Clock Vanish		1970	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)	28	Clock
Wilbur T. Kattner	The Arrow of Time	performer slows down time in defined area, in there things falls slower, a pendulum swings slower, tuning fork changes pitch, pulse goes slower, then everything stops, then reverses, without methods posed as "exercise"		June 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 8)	341	Clock Propless / Body Magic
Harry George	3x Comedy Macig	described by Paul Maurer, three comedy effects 1. button under table 2. revealing a selection using an alarm clock 3. glass through table with a cherry sequence		1974	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 4)	65	Clock Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Food / Fruit Glass / Through Table (Paper Cover)
Charles T. Jordan	The Mesmerized Clock	alarm clock set at any time by spectator and covered with napkin, hour divined	Also published here The Mesmerized Alarm Clock (Charles T. Jordan, 1920)	1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks	219	Clock Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Frederick M. Shields	Coincidence	prediction with kitchen timer, two timers ring at the same time		1976	Magick (Issue 166)	829	Clock Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Fred Robinson	Production Of a Clock	seated		July 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 11)	601	Clock
Mark Levy	Time Out!	time on drawn clock changes as time passes		Mar. 1980	Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 3)	322	Clock Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ...
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	Clock Watch / Miscellaneous
Jack Hughes	Alarm Clock Stand	alarm clocks are produced and placed on stand, all ring		1981	Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One	130	Clock
Roy Baker	The Big Clock	Produce large ringing alarm clock at the end of a Chop Cup routine		1983	Baker's Capers	29	Clock Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
	Time, Predicted!	No. 38, with an alarm clock		1983	101 Psychic Tests	11	Clock Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
	Contrary Clock	No. 46, finding out how to set clock that goes wrong		1983	Self-Working Number Magic	74	Clock Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Bill Woodfield, Max Malini	Die Palmage in der Kniekehle	card holdout, knee Rot und blau (thought of cards with different backs) Das klingelnde Kartenspiel (deck changes into alarm clock)	Also published here "Genii", 1947/8.	1983	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 44 No. 3)	81	Clock Cards / Principles / Hold Out / Body Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Glenn Strange	The Time Bomb	joke, alarm clock / bomb is given to spectator to hold, see p. 436 for additional ideas by Meir Yedid	Related to The Trapdoor Issue #8 (Steve Beam, 2011)	1985	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8)	121	Clock Articles / Joke Weapon / Bomb
Terry Tyson	Clockwork	prediction of set time using a digital alarm clock		Aug. 1988	Magick (Issue 409)	2043	Clock Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
Robert Parrish	The Spirit Dial	number chosen with dice divined with spirit clock		1995	Great Tricks Revisited	17	Clock Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Claude Rix	Le réveil	cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when named card is dealt		1995	Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires	76	Clock Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Claude Rix	Encore le réveil!	cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when named card is dealt, with additional prediction, Fred	Inspired by The L.W. Stop Mystery (T. Page Wright, William Larsen, 1945)	1995	Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires	77	Clock Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Fred (aka Phil, Oscar, ...) Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Hervé Pigny	Le dernier réveil!	cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when chosen card is dealt, with two decks		1995	Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires	81	Clock Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Inverse Stack Placement Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Jack Avis	Spooky Time	clock face with suits and values on it, two plastic hands held onto it and the move by themselves to indicate selection	Inspired by Repel-Attract (George Sutcliffe, Tom Sellers, 1939)	1998	Vis à Vis	98	Clock Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Terri Rogers	Chess Mate	Magician uses two transparent chess clock faces to predict sum of two randomly chosen numbers, and also the choices end on two matching chess pieces. Based on the Gemini Factor mathematical principle.	Related to Addendum (Max Maven, 1998)	1998	Top Secrets	41	Clock Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Numbers / Miscellaneous
David Berglas	Turning the Clock Back	different effects are performed and noted on a board, at the end, time is turned back and everything undone until the board is blank again No. 1: Three balls, disappear and change into a pack of cards No. 2: Four coins vanish and reappear in a glass No. 3: Signed card vanishes and reappears in photo frame No. 4: Arrow stops at chosen number 11		2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	182	Clock Paper / Transformation Ball / Appearance & Production Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Glass (Window, Frame) Ball / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins to Glass / Glass out of Hands Articles / Magic on TV
Al Baker	The Grandfather Clock Trick	large clock pendulum moves, thread	Also published here The Grandfather Clock Trick (Al Baker, 1951)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)	370	Clock
Alan Wakeling	Switzerland	watch appears in hand, vanishes from silk, reappears in pocket, vanishes again, reappears in cigarette case, cane vanishes in hat and alarm clock appears in hat Notes (Jim Steinmeyer)		Sep. 2007	Genii (Vol. 70 No. 9)	69	Clock Watch / Appearance & Production Watch / Traveling Silk & Handkerchief / Devil's Handkerchief Cane / Vanish
John Gaughan	The Mysterious Crystal Clock	The Chamber of Secrets clock hand spins and stops at predetermined number	Related to Dr. Rohnstein's "The Day-Fly" (John Gaughan, 2015)	Dec. 2017	Genii (Vol. 80 No. 12)	24	Clock Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
John Gaughan	The Mystery of the Mighty Mystery Clock	Chamber of Secrets Paul H. Razoux, clock works without visible motor		Feb. 2021	Genii (Vol. 84 No. 2)	42	Clock