[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's watch (was time travel is dangerous)

[ixchelmala]

No: HPFGUIDX 89091

suehpfan wrote:

> I find the Ron!DD theory fascinating and have been following the
> thread since it began.  In what I have read, no one has referenced
> the watch that DD wears.  JKR has refered to it at least once (it
> seems to me) in every book.  Whether Ron is Dumbledore or not, there
> is something going on with time and Dumbledore has the answer sitting
> on his wrist.

ixchelmala:
I'm just catching up on the threads here on HPFGUs and I wanted to pipe 
in on your observation.
Though I've seen lots of recent conversation about DD's planet-watch, I 
pointed it out to lizardlaugh when we were writing up our theory but 
that's where it stayed for a bit. The thing of it is there are other 
planetary references throughout the series, including the planet room 
in OotP. We think there is a connection between the fact that all those 
rooms having a time theme attached to them and DD's watch, and the 
missing day from when Voldemort went down to when Harry arrived at #4 
Privet Drive.

I've looked for another planet-watch refrence in the series, but there 
is nothing aside from planets mentioned in Divination, Astronomy, the 
Centaurs, and the planet room Ginny and Ron get chased into. If there 
are more, I'm missing them at the moment and I'm in the process of 
re-reading the entire series with post-its. The importance is there, 
otherwise I doubt JKR would mention it.