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- | The idea of having | + | 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) |
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+ | Other forcing approaches with watches were Robert | ||
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+ | Richard Himber updated the idea of the neutral stem-position | ||
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+ | Barlow Wagman contributed a related idea, " | ||
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+ | Danny Korem discovered that certain watches that display the day and date as well as the time could be used in the same manner as Pomeroy' | ||
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+ | Bev Bergeron, following a similar train of thought, found a cheap and popular brand of watches by Seiko with the required type of crown with a setting position for an alarm feature, and later found the Swatch brand wristwatch could also be used. Bergeron claimed to have run across | ||
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