Harry's Watch

[ericvsthem]

No: HPFGUIDX 59737

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, yellows at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/9/2003 6:13:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, Red
Inkstone 
> writes:

> > Why is such a deal made about Harry's stopped watch in GF? 

I didn't catch this until my second reading through GF.

My guess is that the watch stopped working as most Muggle devices tend
to inside very magical places, like Hogwarts.

Of course, it could have stopped working during one of the two times
HP was injured playing Quidditch, or during the 2nd task in GF (I
don't recall if the note about the watch not working was before or
afte the 2nd task).  HP gets knocked around quite a bit in the first 4
books, so its hard to say when the watch stopped working, or what
might have caused it to stop working.

As for *why* JKR bothers to mention this at all - your guess is as
good as mine.  However, it seems that this is probably a clue or a
plot device for later books..

e r i c