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The Origins of Wonder

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-The idea of having a neutral position built into the winding-setting stem of pocket watches was used by magicians during the time when such watches were in vogue (and sometime after). Other forcing approaches with watches were Robert Stull's multiple-setting pocket watch and Herbert Milton's double-faced hunter's case watch. Richard Himber updated the idea of the neutral stem-position in the 1960s with a specially altered wristwatch he sold as "Time Capsule". At the same time, he released a wristwatch adaptation of the Stull watch, marketed as the "Ducatillon Mental Watch". John Pomeroy found a diver's watch ready-made with a neutral stem position and explained that other wrist watches could be altered for the job by having a diver's crown installed. He published the idea in 1973, in //Mentology// (see "A Matter of Time", p. 37).+The idea of using a neutral position---between the positions for winding and for moving the hands---on the stem of pocket watches was used by magicians during the time when such watches were in vogue (and sometime after) for forcing a set time. See "Radarstrahlen" by Heinz Grieppner in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/36183/Magie/16|Magie]]//, Vol. 30 No. 9, Sep. 1950, p. 176. 
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 +Other forcing approaches with watches were Robert Stull's multiple-setting pocket watch and Herbert Milton's double-faced hunter's case watch. 
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 +Richard Himber updated the idea of the neutral stem-position in the 1960s with a specially altered wristwatch he sold as "Time Capsule". At the same time, he released a wristwatch adaptation of the Stull watch, marketed as the "Ducatillon Mental Watch". John Pomeroy found a diver's watch ready-made with a neutral stem position and explained that other wrist watches could be altered for the job by having a diver's crown installed. He published the idea in 1973, in //Mentology// (see "A Matter of Time", p. 37).
  
 Barlow Wagman contributed a related idea, "Alarm", to //Magick//, No. 146, Feb. 6, 1976, pp. 728 and 730. Wagman found a type of alarm wristwatch that has two stems, one for setting the time, the other for setting the alarm. By misrepresenting the one for the other, he was able to force a time on a spectator. Barlow Wagman contributed a related idea, "Alarm", to //Magick//, No. 146, Feb. 6, 1976, pp. 728 and 730. Wagman found a type of alarm wristwatch that has two stems, one for setting the time, the other for setting the alarm. By misrepresenting the one for the other, he was able to force a time on a spectator.