Effect:
A wrist watch is borrowed and wrapped in a pocket
handkerchief. Performer asks if the watch is unbreakable.
Before the spectator can answer, the magi starts
POUNDING THE WRAPPED WATCH ON THE TABLE. Broken
parts are heard to clang around. The magi pleads
temporary insanity, and offers to restore the
watch. The watch is unwrapped and is found to
be unharmed.
Preparation:
Use two men's white pocket handkerchiefs. Cut
a square piece (around 3" square) from the corner
of one hank, and sew it to the corner of the other
one, forming a pocket. Inside this pocket put
a couple of metal washers, three or four "B-B's"
(get `em at a hardware store), anything else small
and noisy you can think of - EXPERIMENT! Then
sew all four sides of the pocket securely.
Working:
Show hank, the corner with the gimmicked pocket
is held in right hand. Push this gimmicked corner
into the center of the hank. Place the borrowed
watch under the hank (apparently in center), but
as hand comes from under center of hank, it brings
watch with it, and leaves it at gathered corners
of hank. Right hand grabs corners of hank (and
watch) and pounds center of hank on table. After
the apology, pinch the center of hank with left
hand, allowing watch to slide out onto the table,
restored and unharmed.
Another idea with this is to steal the watch
from the hank (with right hand) as the left hand
moves bundled hank forward. The watch in right
hand is allowed to secretly drop into your lap.
Pound the pieces on the table as above, then shake
out the hank showing that the pieces (?) have
disappeared. It's then an easy manoeuvre to slip
their watch onto your left wrist under the table.
You then bring both hands up, and as your right
hand pulls back your left sleeve (exposing the
watch), you look at it and say, "there, that entire
trick only took 2 MINUTES AND TEN SECONDS, see
how time flies when you're having fun!"
