III
WIZARDRY WITH WATCHES
“A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.”
William Henry Davis—Leisure.
Watches have probably been used by magicians for their nefarious purposes ever since they were invented; but the old-time magicians satisfied themselves with one plot, that of the apparent destruction of a watch and its subsequent restoration. On this theme they played innumerable variations and, thanks to the incurable perversity of mankind, the theme is still popular. Of recent years a new idea has been introduced—that of building routines with watches, consisting of manipulations only, vanishes, reproductions, and multiplications. Speaking broadly, there are at the present time two distinct classes of tricks with watches, tricks properly so called and manipulative routines. Each of these classes will be treated separately.
I. PROCESSES FOR TRICKS WITH WATCHES
The various passes accomplished by pure sleight of hand will be dealt with in the second section; there are, however, certain processes which require the use of accessories and, as these are useful in set tricks, they will be explained here.
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