Dumbledore's watch - Hats - Pettigrew

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 21946

Monika wrote:
> 
> > Dumbledore checked his watch and said 'Hagrid's late'
> > or something like that. The watch resembled very much
> > the clock in the Weasley's kitchen. I bet it had hands
> > for James and Lily Potter on it, too.

Rita wrote:

> I wish that were true, but the book describes Dumbledore's watch as
> having 12 hands for the 12 planets (I'm guessing it's an 
astrological
> view of planets, not including Earth, yes including Sun, Moon, 5 
visible
> planets, and 5 asteroids). 

To be precise, it has 12 hands and "little planets moving around the 
edge."  The planets aren't necessarily on the hands; in fact, the 
implication is that they aren't.

Per the original point, though, I don't doubt that Dumbledore had some 
sort of alarm--via his watch or something else--that let him know when 
James and Lily were attacked.  His watch does *not* seem to tell him 
where Hagrid is, just what time it is.
 
>  I am irritated that the movie
> apparently has them always out of uniform, that is, minus hats.

How about this:  hats are for formal occasions and cold weather?  
Maybe in wizard as in much of western Muggle culture, one takes one's 
hat off indoors.  Feasts and such would be exceptions.

BTW, on another thread, I do feel some sympathy for Pettigrew in PA 
19, and it has nothing to do with why he might have become a 
traitor, what else he ought to have done, or whether there's any 
excuse for what he did.  It's purely that however scummy, he is a man 
begging for his life.  He doesn't want to die and I feel for him.

Amy Z

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   "Hagrid, look what I've got for relatives!" Harry
 said furiously.  "Look at the Dursleys!"
   "Excellent point," said Professor Dumbledore.
                          -HP and the Goblet of Fire 
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