Timepieces at Hogwarts + Boggart-Dementor

[milztoday]

No: HPFGUIDX 32931

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lv" <muggle at h...> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew MacIan <andrew_macian at y...>
> 
> >> >There are numerous instances IIRC of
> >> >Harry checking his watch...or after
> >> >immersion, asking Ron for the time.
> >> >This in addition to the clock that is
> >> >beside his bed in the dormitory.
> >>
> >> And I respond:
> >>
> >> I believe Grey Wolf is thinking digital & Andrew is
> >> describing analog.
> >
> >Nice attempt at a save, but since Grey Wolf stated it
> >as a categorical, my objection stands.  However,
> >granting that the class distinction is somehow
> >important, most analog wristwatches made at that time
> >(as even more are today) were electrically driven, I
> >don't see that the class of watch makes any
> >difference.
> >
> >This is descending into the realm of the nitpick, IMO.
> 
> 
> More nitpicking: in PoA, both Dumbledore and Hermione use their 
watches (in chapters 21
> and 22), Hermione does so repeatedly.
> 

The watches in question aren't ever identified as "wind-up watches", 
"quartz watches" or those battery powered ones. Since Rowling has the 
characters using quills and ink-wells rather than ball-point or even 
fountain pens, I assume that the watches and clocks are the wind-up 
variety. Simple mechanical wind-up clocks and watches require no 
electric power per se. So it wouldn't be contrary to the Hogwarts "no 
electric" clause.

Milz