Hermione was wrong about muggle artifacts

[Sheri]

No: HPFGUIDX 68272

--- jonm234 wrote:
> For quite a while now, I've held the theory that the whole 'muggle 
> artifacts go haywire around Hogwarts b/c of all the magic in the 
> air' belief is nothing more than superstition.  Most of my 
argument 
> comes from logic rather than the books:
> 
><snip> 
> 3) It most obviously can't be a problem concerning waves (in which 
> case we would then be limited to considering things such as muggle 
> cell phones and such), because if so, then people would not be 
able 
> to see because light waves would be interrupted and distorted, nor 
> would they be able to hear because sound waves would be distorted.
> 
> Now, even if you somehow find an argument to beat all of that, 
there 
> is the simple matter of Harry's watch.  Harry's muggle watch, 
prior 
> to its destruction in the fourth book (when Harry wore it 
> underwater), worked fine, even in Hogwarts.  Now, most watches 
made 
> today are powered electrically, as well as having moving 
mechanical 
> parts, so, clearly, neither of those forms of energy can be 
> problematic. And I can safely assume for two reasons that the 
watch 
> is a muggle watch: 1) Harry's had it since the first book, and 2) 
> Harry's purchase of a watch from a wizard shop is not mentioned 
> prior to the fourth book.  Of course, one might say, Harry 
might've 
> bought that watch in diagon alley without its mention, however, 
JKR 
> always lists everything that Harry buys after shopping trips, and 
> everything he receives for B'days and Christmas.
> 
> -Jon


I don't think that Harry had got the watch from the Dursley's, in SS 
chapter 3 pg 45, Harry sees Dudley's watch and that is when he sees 
that he will 11 in ten minutes. He counts down the time, it never 
says that Harry switched to checking his own watch. If Harry had his 
own watch why would he be counting down by looking at Dudley's watch?

          Sheri