Dumbledore's watch (was time travel is dangerous)

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No: HPFGUIDX 89059

> Berit replies:
> 
> Good research :-) 

Neri notes:

I must admit to my crimes, I also have the books in electronic 
documents. Making power search for words and pasting text in messages 
a snap. Is it legal if I also bought the books on dead tree (=paper, 
for you old-fashion persons). I mean, it doesn't hurt Scholastic or 
JKR in any way. As if there was any danger they'd go broke, lol.

> Berit:
But in all these three passages where DD's watch is 
> mentioned, it looks like he's using it the same way ordinary 
watches 
> are used; to consult the sort of time we're used to; the linear 
one :-
> ) He checks his watch to decide how much time he's going to give 
> Fudge; he looks at his watch and it tells him it is five minutes to 
> midnight (nothing spooky about that), and in the first instance he 
> checks his watch and announces that Hagrid is late. Nothing 
> extraordinary. From these passages it's hard to deduce that the 
watch 
> is used in time travel; i.e. canon doesn't support it so far. I'm 
not 
> saying it couldn't be more to the watch than meets the eye, but 
> Rowling is not saying or hinting in these passages exactly what 
that 
> might be, since DD so far only has used the watch the "ordinary" 
way.
> 
> (Sorry; I'm one of the sceptics who really don't think time travel 
is 
> going to be used again)

Neri again:
You might call me a skeptic that is still searching. I won't believe 
a time-travel theory, or any other kind of theory, that is 
inconsistent and/or does not make sense with the plot, the characters 
and the spirit of the books. In this case I readily admit you are 
right. There seems to be nothing unusual about the use of DD's clock. 
The 12 hands and planets business could be just some magic atmosphere 
in the first chapter of the first book. There *are* some innocent, 
plain details in the books. Well, back to the drawing board...   

Neri