[HPforGrownups] Re: watches

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17352

Andrea wrote:

>Harry seemed to have had a perfectly normal
>wristwatch, but we only see it mentioned, IIRC, after
>it's busted when he goes swimming in the lake in it.
>After that, Harry keeps looking at Ron's watch in
>class to see how much time is left.  No description of
>it, though, so it could be a wizard watch and Harry
>just finds it normal by now.
>
>Come to think of it, Hermione says that "all those
>things Muggles use instead of magic" don't work on
>Hogwarts grounds.  So a normal Muggle wristwatch would
>probably break.  Hmm...okay, never mind.  THis post
>had no purpose. <g>

No, it's a good point.  I imagine purely mechanical things still work at 
Hogwarts, so a normal watch would be fine as long as it was clockwork.  Does 
anyone still have clockwork watches?

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