Magic Tricks

This is a beautiful watch. I wear it as my everyday watch and it looks great. A few of my friends actually have similar watches, so no one ever gets suspicious that I'm wearing anything but a normal watch.

But as for the trick...

Yes, I've heard a lot about "the trick is only as good as the performer" but the instructions leave you without any direction as to where the trick should go.

Secondly, in some instances, you need to stall for over a minute. That's a long time! I like doing things that look like real magic - if I already predicted the time, why can't I just turn the watch around and show it as soon as the time is declared?

Finally, the watch is not all that practical. You need to change the time back to the standard time every time you use it and there is no stem to change the time back! And one shouldn't forget the fact that reseting the watch in front of the spectator will blow the effect.

Still, the watch is a wonderful looking piece of ingenious engineering, and the effect cannot be discredited for a lack of ingenuity. However, the need to stall in awkward places in the routine makes the trick nearly impractical for use. Also, the investment of over a hundred dollars in one trick is steep, especially in light of this criticism (although the price is understandable for a watch made as it is).