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Hi there

I am about to perform a kind of 'snack-trick'. Not the best of routines out there, but I think of it as a funny in-between.
The method is described in Corinda's 13 steps and it comes down to this:
(Note: I consider this to be a classic effect, one that is not trademarked - as far as I know - and therefore I will briefly put it down here)

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My question is this: In order to avoid any suspicious watch-staring from the magician's side, can you think of a little add-on for a watch, so that the ticking of seconds will be amplified?
((I was thinking of something that allows you to FEEL the ticking or HEAR it a bit better))

Cheers, Dave

Weaver,

There is a much better way of performing this. I've used both my sons as the unknown stooges.

One or more people lay out six items, you leave the room. An item is chosen while you are out. You return and point to the item.

No one speaks, your stooge says nothing. But you know it straight away. No watches involved either.

Tenko wrote:Weaver,

There is a much better way of performing this. I've used both my sons as the unknown stooges.

One or more people lay out six items, you leave the room. An item is chosen while you are out. You return and point to the item.

No one speaks, your stooge says nothing. But you know it straight away. No watches involved either.

Thanks for your reply tenko.
I get your version of this trick. There is a difference though. You are using a silent stooge, in fact just a stooge. It suits my style to inform my audience regarding the use of any partners. In fact, I've already built a presentation around this idea. So I'm pretty determined to stick with this method. Only problem is finding a good way to keep track of the elapsing seconds

Can't you just count in your head?

weaver if you speak to your friendly watch repairer he canchange the back of your watch for one that amplifies the sound and vibration depending on your style and quality of watch depends on price and overall performance.

Mahoney wrote:Can't you just count in your head?

Possible.
In the best situation I've got a safety-range of 10 seconds. However, if the time has just passed the right section of the clock, it takes another 50 seconds before it enters it again. Counting for myself brings always a certain deviation with it, and I'm not sure wheter I can make it through those 50 seconds.

magicdiscoman wrote:weaver if you speak to your friendly watch repairer he canchange the back of your watch for one that amplifies the sound and vibration depending on your style and quality of watch depends on price and overall performance.

This is some useful information
Thanks alot!

magicdiscoman wrote:weaver if you speak to your friendly watch repairer he canchange the back of your watch for one that amplifies the sound and vibration depending on your style and quality of watch depends on price and overall performance.

I just returned from the jeweller and his reaction was one of the 'never heard of' -type. It turns out to be impossible to change something in/on a watch without changing the whole mechanism of the watch as well.

This brings me to another question: does anyone know of an apparatus that produces sound or vibrations at the same pace as a watch does with seconds?

There are those things that piano players use to keep rhythm. Thats a bit big though.

I know that quartz used in quartz watches vibrates every second, hence its use in precision watches. If you could somehow amplify that vibration instead, that could work. But the question arises of how do you do that? I have no idea, but there has got to be a simpler way!

Sorry for being of no use whatsoever!

trickyricky wrote:There are those things that piano players use to keep rhythm. Thats a bit big though.

I know that quartz used in quartz watches vibrates every second, hence its use in precision watches. If you could somehow amplify that vibration instead, that could work. But the question arises of how do you do that? I have no idea, but there has got to be a simpler way!

Sorry for being of no use whatsoever!

Aaah that's ok
I think I was demanding too much from this trick. The very idea of looking the spectators straight into their eyes during the whole performance made me search for this little thing. Although I still believe that such a modification of a watch is feasible, I'll have to try it with less sophisticated means.

In any case, thanks for your replies

A custom made device is probably more plausible than a modification.

don't know about were you live but electronic project stores like maplins should do a pair of pulsing timer kits so you could make your own.

Weaver,

With the method I mentioned above you can do all the things you have said that you want to do. You can reveal that you have an accomplice, you do not look at them to obtain the information.

As the moderators have deleted the original effect I can only guess but if I'm correct the way I do it is to have my 'psychic' synchronised partner in another room or on a telephone & I have my watch on my left wrist with the face palm down as some people do wear it like this.

I then hold a bunch of ESP cards in my left hand & look at each 1 at a time (I can also see the watch face from this position) & send a symbol to my partner by saying "OK" at the appropriate moment so they can hear.