You will need a great presentation for this effect - while the method is 99% accurate, your patter
will need to be fairly well rehearsed to pull it off 100% of the time.
Do NOT buy this if
you do not have extensive performance experience or lack of performer confidence. While this trick
is good it's not something you want to buy until you have a good show or other excellent effects to
build rapport.
Poor _performance_ will result in people not believing this AT ALL.
Yes, the effect is exactly what you read above. But, trust me, you will need to have experience
in psychological build-up of your audience as your patter is 90% of the effect.
Currently,
the instructions included with this effect will disappoint you if you do not have the patience or
experience of many hours of performance. Do not let this put you off purchasing the effect! But
just know that you cannot put this in your show immediately after receiving it... It is NOT that
straight forward.
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Yes it is stunning but there is a huge prblem. Everyone will want to examine the watch. It doesn't
look real. Oh yah ine more thing...IT DOESN"T HAVE A SECOND HAND!
With this one person he
thought of a second too. I had no choice but to let the trick go through. THERE is your reputation.
ALso when you display the time you can see there is no second hand. Take my advice guys this IS NOT
one you want. If you must have one go for the masters orn the gentlemans!
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This is an amazing illusion. But 3 out of ten people will ask to examine it. so...What I recomend is
using billets or something to get your spectators attention of the watch.When you do this...well the
reaction is nothing.NOthing but stunned silence.Truely wonderful effect 10/10
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This is a STUPID STINKING GIMMICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 breaks easily
2 looks
soooooooooooooooo unreal
3 other time machines and the Psychokinetic Time are way better!!
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I had no problem with the watch. I bought mine 3 years ago & it works now just as it did then. I
replaced the battery, thats it. You can wear this watch as an everyday watch, it keeps perfect time.
If you want a fantastic mentalism effect this is it. If you do not have this effect you are losing
out on great things. It is so strong that it made my now wife believe that I was truly astonishing.
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Ok first of all this trick is not dependable! I bought this trick a couple of days ago and it was
broken! It wasn't the batteries it was the watch! Plus it looks fake and is really fragile and most
people want to look at the watch because of the look. If you have the money and want something like
this bad then just get the Masters Time Machine. It's better plus it doesn't look fake and it's not
that much more. Trust me it's worth it!!!
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I'd very much welcome anyone's suggest for where to go to get this watch fixed. It blows through
batteries and internal solenoid at the heart of the effect if incredibly sensitive to the pressure
with which the back is attached, so it rarely works and only in its first few months was it
dependable enough for performances. It's a beautiful watch but a terrible disappointment,
especially at the initial price point.
While the point made about performance confidence is
valid, when mine was working I got my biggest bang for the buck using a spooky coincidence, rather
than psychic, angle. I'd typically get a volunteer to focus on a past event or remembered dream
that referenced a moment in time, ask for the position of the minute and hour hands on their watch
or wall clock at the moment remembered, and then elicit details about the event from the volunteer
while the watch wound its way around to the desired time. After some details, I'd share a story
about my previous night, often substituting a.m. for p.m., awaking from a dream coincidentally and
knocking the watch off the bedside table, causing it to stop at the same time mentioned by the
volunteer.
Again, if anyone knows where to go to get this thing repaired, please chime in.
Even one of NY's finest repair shops won't touch it.
What it is: It's a watch. But this is no ordinary watch. You set a certain time. You then ask a
spectator to think of and name any time. You show them the face of the watch which is set to the
EXACT time they were thinking of.
Price: . Pretty good for what you get.
Quality:
The quality of the watch is beautiful. The mechanism is a bit slow, and you need some patter before
revealing the time. My battery died after a few months, so I took it to my local magic shop. Turns
out that this watch is FAKE. The original is called "Watch and Wear" which is sold here on Penguin
for a little under 0.
Overall: If your willing on spending on a fake version, go ahead.
I got the watch.. rehearsed.. found a nice story with an astrological theme to cover for time ... I
use the same story all the time..
For some reason.. this effect just doesn't get the
audience reaction I think it deserves..
Most people just go.. cool... and that's it.
I don't think it's the performance.. I've had more than a few spectators ask.. wow.. is the
watch voice controlled?
I think modern technology is out to screw us... sometimes the
thoughts behind how it's done are just better than the outcome.
This is great - I don't do much mental magic, but when I do I use this.
I find it more
powerful when saved for when the audience is in the mood to accept a bit of metalisum rather than
those 'show me a trick' situations, I treat this as an 'experiment' and NOT a trick, when it works,
it always does ;-) it floors 'em!!
Wear it as your normal watch - mines looking a bit old
and grubby now which only adds to the effect, don't come out with a sparkling new watch a perform
this, wear it for a month or two first (if you can bear to wait that long before performing)
I love this design rather than the flashier watches as for me it looks more casual and natural
to wear all the time, Only one person has suspected the watch, but once they handled it as saw how
'normal' it was they were satisfied, they thought there were wires and buttons in the strap to
control it!
You need good patter, sometimes up to a minute, but have it planned out first,
be slow and serious and shorten it if/when you need to.
Fantasticly easy, can be tricky
getting the minutes exact without practise - but even 2 mins 'off' if presented as an 'experiment'
it still kills!!
Highly recommended, even if only performed once a month as hobbiest or
Pro, it's great to have in your arsnel..
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Caveat emptor! But NOT a waste
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Great effect - when the watch functions (almost never)
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well... it should be better becaue it's a great efffect
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Never leave home without it
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