Clock

41 entries in Clock
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 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
Hänsel Kastner Der Basiliskenblick making a cuckoo clock stop by gaze
 		May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 78
Unknown Clocks Produced from a Hat nesting alarm clocks
 		1903 Later Magic 451
Charles T. Jordan The Mesmerized Alarm Clock No. 1, alarm clock set at any time by spectator and covered with napkin, hour divined
 		1920 Ten New Pocket Tricks 3
Edward Bagshawe An Annihilated Clock clock vanishes from cloth, dummy figure in cloth, clock falls into tray
 		1936 ca. Twenty Magical Novelties 60
Laurie Ireland Surprise Finish for the Alarm Clock Production
1937 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1937) 12
Unknown Coin Changed to an Alarm Clock
1938 Greater Magic 687
Henry Gordien A Compact Divination Trick spectator sets clock to any hour, performer divines it
 		1938 Greater Magic 857
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
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
U. F. Grant Ding-Dong-Bell alarm clock rings to answer questions
 		Apr. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 7) 3
Al Baker The Grandfather Clock Trick large clock pendulum moves, thread
 		1951 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 370
Unknown, 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 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 50
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
Tom Hamilton Crazy Time Tapping the Hours but with a wooden board with holes in it
Inspired by 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 101
Martin Gardner Tap-a-drink Tapping the Hours but with names of different drinks in a clock shape
Inspired by 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 103
Martin Gardner Tap-an-Animal Tapping the Hours but with animal names in a clock shape
Inspired by 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 104
Robert L. Henderson Clock Vanish Routine using the Amazing Clock Vanish
 		1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 39
Henry Durkin Trickettes various ideas
  • A Clock Production
  • Zombie Flash Finish
  • Hypnotic Revelation
 		1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 48
Ali Bongo Now Is the Hour large clock in envelope, hand changes to chosen hour
 		1966 The Bongo Book 55
The Amazing Maurice Time Force
Related to Feb. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4) 82
Jack Bateman Clock Vanish Idea for the Presto Clock Vanish
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 28
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
Frederick M. Shields Coincidence prediction with kitchen timer, two timers ring at the same time
 		1976 Magick (Issue 166) 829
Fred Robinson Production Of a Clock seated
 		July 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 11) 601
Mark Levy Time Out! time on drawn clock changes as time passes
 		Mar. 1980 Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 3) 322
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
Jack Hughes Alarm Clock Stand alarm clocks are produced and placed on stand, all ring
 		1981 Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One 130
Roy Baker The Big Clock Produce large ringing alarm clock at the end of a Chop Cup routine
 		1983 Baker's Capers 29
Unknown Time, Predicted! No. 38, with an alarm clock
 		1983 101 Psychic Tests 11
Unknown Contrary Clock No. 46, finding out how to set clock that goes wrong
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 74
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 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8) 121
Robert Parrish The Spirit Dial number chosen with dice divined with spirit clock
 		1995 Great Tricks Revisited 17
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
Claude Rix Encore le réveil! cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when named card is dealt, with additional prediction, Fred
Inspired by 1995 Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires 77
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
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 1998 Vis à Vis 98
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
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
John Gaughan The Mysterious Crystal Clock
  • The Chamber of Secrets
clock hand spins and stops at predetermined number
Related to Dec. 2017 Genii (Vol. 80 No. 12) 24
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