Magic

Infinity Watch 3.0 ©

Routines

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Magic 1
Infinity Watch 3.0 1
Routines 1
Preface 3
Predicted Choice By Christopher Pullen 4
Watch Routine By Lon Cerel 6
The Fugitive By Jim Kleefeld 7
Double Telepathy by Jared DuBois 11
EPIC By Michael Lee 14
A Watch Routine by Klause Schauer 18
A Watch Presentation by Eva and Victor of France. 19
SEEing IS BELIEVING By MICHAEL LEE 20
A Watch Routine By Graham Geisenheimer 23
Infinity Watch Routine By Buzz Collins 24
Additional Thoughts By Michael Lee 24
War Time By Jim Kleefeld. 25
A Watch Routine Contributed By Luca Wiebe of Germany. 28
Additional thoughts by: Eckehard Kutzner 29
Additional Additional :Thoughts By Michael Lee 29
My Uncles Watch By Joe Berman 30
I Give you Back Your Time By Joe Berman 31
A Card in Time By Joe Berman 32
Ideas Utilizing The Infinity Watch BY MICHAEL LEE 34
Final Thoughts by Micheal Lee 35

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Preface

Sumerians Looked to the Heavens as They Invented the System of Time…

And We Still Use it today. One might find it curious that we divide the hours
into 60 minutes and the days into 24 hours - why not a multiple of 10 or 12?
Put quite simply, the answer is because the inventors of time did not
operate on a decimal Based system (base-10) or duodecimal system
(base-12) system but a sexagesimal based system (base-60) system. For
the ancient Sumerian innovators who first divided the movements of the
heavens into countable intervals, 60 was the perfect number. The number
60 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30 equal parts.
Moreover, ancient astronomers believed there were 360 days in a year, a
number which 60 fits neatly into six times. The Sumerian Empire did not
last. However, for more than 5,000 years the world has remained
committed to their delineation of time

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Predicted Choice By Christopher Pullen

Effect: Three objects are displayed. The magician turns his back and
instructs the participant to pick up one of the three objects. They are either
placed in one of their pockets, or held in their closed hand.
This is done for the remaining two objects. When the magician turns
around, he not only can tell where each item is,
but it is written on a prediction that was in full view and untouched from the
beginning.

Preparation: You will need the Infinity Watch 3.0 by Bluether Magic as well
as one Mental Die sold by Murphy's magic. You will also need a third
ungimmicked object of your liking. I use a coin for this demonstration.

Method: The prediction can read however you chose, but does not change.
For example:
The watch is in your right pocket,
The Die is in your left pocket,
And the coin is in your hand.

All you need to do is turn your back and tell your participant to pick up an
object. Tell them, " Pick up one of the items and flip it over to examine the
other side to be sure it is as it appears. Pause here to really capture this
object in your mind, because I will after all be reading your mind."

I use the visual reader that comes with the Mental Die, so if they pick up
the die, the numbers will cycle visually on the remote. Easy. Simply
instruct the participant to place the object in their left pocket. If they pick up
the coin, you will notice you do not receive a signal from either the Mental
Die reader, nor the watch's remote.

Confirm they are holding an object and tell them to place the
object in their hand, and close it around the object. The third option is the
watch. (I should mention that the objects can be chosen in any order.) This
one is the trickiest and relies on your instruction at the beginning to flip the
item over. Make sure your watch remote is on and the watch is face up
before you begin. You should see the word "searching..." on the remote.
When they turn the watch over to "examine the back", they are instructed
to pause and take in the object in their mind. This brief moment should pair
the watch and the remote will show the current mode and time on the

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watch. (All you need to do is note the change. So when it no longer says
'searching' you know they have chosen the watch.) Now instruct them to
place the watch in their right pocket. Your work is done !

No matter what order the objects were picked up in while your back was
turned, you simply recite your prediction when you turn around and have
them open and read the printed prediction that was on the table from the
start. The beauty of this is that now you can go into any of the routines
included with the Infinity Watch 3.0, AND they can roll the die and cover it
and you can tell them what number is on the die.
The possibilities are endless.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
BY MICHAEL LEE

In regards to Option #3 utilizing the Infinity Watch: another approach would

be to utilize the classic Geller ploy of the Gypsy Peek. It’s a classic
mentalist tool of looking down the nose while supposedly covering the
eyes. It can be found in print in many classic mentalism volumes.

If the Infinity Watch is the first item selected, in this case, there is no need
for the spectator to turn the watch over. You’re probably thinking, “Well,
what about the other two items?” As you originally utilized the Gypsy peek,
you know which is the first item selected.

You now instruct the spectator to select another object and to place it in
their left pocket. If it’s the coin, nothing will happen. If it’s the die, you will
see the numbers change on the remote due to its movement. Again, this is
my take on the free will premise.

I hope this is of use.

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Watch Routine By Lon Cerel

Approaching a spectator, I remove my watch, and very openly and

deliberately set it to a time, turning the watch face down, temporarily out of
reach of all.

I ask someone likely to have children, to think of the name of one of their
children. I start to make a few notes onto the pad, and state that I need a
little help. I have them visualize the first name in large letters in their mind.

Once done, I ask them to print that name on a piece of (center tear) paper.
* I immediately tear the paper up,handing the pieces to the spectator. While
doing this, I casually ask their child’s
birthday.

I proceed to slowly reveal the name of their child. Only then, do I remind
them what time their child was born. “Be as specific as possible.”

I then ask them to finally look at the time I set on my watch. They Don’t
match. I only then state that I think I know what happened.

What is the date of your child’s birth? Spectator replies March 28th.

The watch had been set to 3:28.

I have the remote hidden within the pad that I am using to take my notes.
While revealing the name, I have plenty of time to enter the watch time.

* I use Richard Osterlind’s real-time center tear.

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 This script is best used with the wrist watch.

The Fugitive By Jim Kleefeld

The following is a story-line script based on true events and used with the
Infiinity Watch for a strong mentalism effect. This is from my working
repertoire and has been used as described, almost verbatim, at many
shows.

All you need is a working watch in M1 Mod with Tick off.

It should be prepared as in the instructions and in view of the audience.

It can be sitting on a performance table with the watch face turned away
from the audience. Or, it can be nestled among other vintage props in a
small jewelry box.

The audience can be aware of the watch, but should not be able to see the
time on the face just yet.

Script
It was one of the most publicized murders in America. And, it was the
inspiration for a television series and a feature film starring Harrison Ford
and Tommy Lee Jones.

"Sam" Sheppard was convicted of the 1954 murder of his wife, Marilyn
Reese Sheppard. The case was controversial from the beginning, with
extensive and prolonged
nationwide media coverage. The media coverage was so biased and
widespread that Sheppard was released and awarded a second trial.

On the night of July 3, 1954, Sam and Marilyn were entertaining neighbors
at their lakefront home near Cleveland. Sheppard fell asleep on the daybed
in the living room.
Marilyn saw the neighbors out.

Sometime between bedtime and morning, Marilyn Sheppard was

bludgeoned to death in her bed. The bedroom was covered with blood
spatter and drops of blood were found on floors throughout the house.

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Some items from the house, including Sam Sheppard's wristwatch,
keychain, key, and fraternity ring, appeared to have been stolen.

According to Sheppard, he was sleeping soundly on a daybed when he

heard the cries from his wife. He ran upstairs where he saw a man in the
bedroom and then he was knocked unconscious. When he awoke, he saw
the person downstairs, chased the intruder out of the house, down to the
beach, tussled, and was knocked unconscious again.
He awoke with half his body in the lake.

Sheppard awoke and called a neighbor.

When the neighbor and his wife arrived, Sheppard was shirtless and
his pants were wet, with a bloodstain on the knee. Sheppard seemed
disoriented and in shock.
Police soon arrested him for the murder of his wife.

The murder investigation and the trial had extensive publicity.

Many newspapers and other media in Ohio wrote inflammatory coverage of

the case. The Cleveland Press ran a front-page editorial titled "Why Isn't
Sam Sheppard in Jail?" The U.S. Supreme Court later called the trial a
"carnival atmosphere.

Sheppard had carried on a three-year-long extramarital affair with a nurse

at the hospital where he worked. The prosecution argued that the affair was
Sheppard's motive
for killing his wife. They also emphasized that there were many
inconsistencies in Sam Sheppard's story.

He could not give an accurate description of the intruder in his house.

There was no sand in his hair although Sheppard claimed to have fought at
the beach. His t-shirt was missing.
The alleged burglar first stole belongings and then left them behind in the
bushes. The jury found Sheppard guilty of second-degree murder. He was
sentenced to life in prison. Sheppard’s mother quickly committed suicide.
Eleven days later, his father died of a bleeding ulcer.
Sam Sheppard was later re-tried and the jury returned with a "not guilty"
verdict. The trial made attorney F. Lee Bailey’s famous.

During this second trial, a civil trial, attorneys contended that Richard

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Eberling, an occasional handyman at the Sheppard home, was the likeliest
suspect in Marilyn's murder, citing several reasons for their suspicions.

Eberling was very familiar with the layout of the Sheppard home. He
confessed to several burglaries in the area, and showed the detectives his
loot, including jewelry that belonged to Marilyn Sheppard.
Although Eberling denied any criminal involvement in the murder of Marilyn
Sheppard, Eberling’s girlfriend testified that Eberling had confessed to her
in 1983.

Many facts in the case were suspicious. Sheppard had not called out for
help. He had neatly folded his jacket on the daybed in which he said he had
fallen asleep. The family dog, which was normally very loud when any
strangers came to the house, had not barked on the night of the murder
(implying that the dog knew the killer).

The truth may never be known. Sheppard, his parents, neighbors, wives
and the suspect Eberling are all dead.

But one of the facts we know is the probable time the murder occurred,
because an insomniac neighbor heard Marily’s screams and immediately
looked at his watch. He remembered the hour and the minute. The
detectives who questioned him wrote down the time, as he had he stated.
Sometime between evening and early morning, the time of the murder.
What time do you think Marily Sheppard was killed?

Presentation

At the end of the story about the Sheppards, mention that you have
collected several vintage props to represent parts of the story. Show a
small box with things such as a few 1954 Cleveland newspaper articles
about the story, some pieces of costume jewelry like the ones stolen from
Marilyn, an old house key, a small vial of beach sand, and
the watch.

Call on one specific participant and ask if they are familiar with the police
report about the case. If they are not (and why would they be?), then have
them verify that they do not, in fact, know the specific time the scream was
heard.

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Ask the person to guess or predict what the witness told the police or what
the detectives wrote down as to the time of death. Have the person pick the
watch out of the jewelry box and look at the time displayed.
It will match the time they stated exactly.

Jim Kleefeld

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Double Telepathy by Jared DuBois

Effect:

The performer asks the audience to raise their hand if they have
children and if so, whether they know of the exact time that one of
their children was born. After a spectator confirms this, the performer
asks her to concentrate on the time that her child was born.

The performer then removes his wristwatch and turns the clock hands
to the time he ‘receives’.
The watch is placed onto the table with the clock face down. Next, the
performer removes a business card from his wallet requesting that
she document the time for later verification. His body is turned away
to the side while she does this.

The card is inserted into his wallet for safekeeping. A second

business card is taken from the wallet and offered to the spectator.
He instructs her to print the name of her child on the back.
Again, the performer turns away while she secretly records the
information. The card is put back into the wallet and then placed
down on the table.

The performer asks her to concentrate on the name of her child...

Incredibly, he reveals the child’s sex and appearance before correctly
guessing the name. To conclude the participant picks-up the watch
from the table and verifies that the performer was correct.

Required:
The Infinity watch,(in Mode #1 with remote connected.) With Tick off.
2 x business cards, a Sharpie, and a peek wallet that you can access
the information from the OUTSIDE. A few examples of wallets that
meet this criterion include: The Seer, Shadow Wallet, and the original
Outlaw wallet. However, any peek wallet could also be substituted,
but the handling will need to be slightly tweaked.

Begin by introducing the premise of whether any audience member knows

the exact - time that one of their children was born.
Note: it’s been my experience that nearly every
women knows this, but men are mostly in the dark about such things.

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If the participant is not entirely certain about t.he exact minute, you can
reframe the question to be “approximately” when her child was born
Once the participant is selected, hand her a business card asking her to
record the time while your back is turned away. After she finishes, place the
card into the peek section of your
wallet...Note: DO NOT attempt to peek the information yet.

Now remove your lnfinity watch from your wrist while casually flashing the
current time.
“Please concentrate on the exact time that your child was born.”
Suiting actions to words, turn the clock hands to the default starting time
(12:00) without showing the clock face to the
audience. This will pair the watch with the remote (i.e., 00:00). it should
appear that you’re
simply trying to read her thoughts and set the watch to the appropriate
time.

Note: since you’ve already physically committed to a time on the

watch, there’s no heat when you pick up the wallet to remove a
second business card for the name. It’ll be during this action that the
spectator’s chosen time gets peeked and noted.

Pick up the wallet, remove a business card, and ask her to write the first
name of her child. But,
instead of handing her a capped Sharpie (as before). Remove the cap and
hand her only the
barrel while casually placing the cap into your front pants pocket.

As you are turned away, casually dip your hand into your pocket to retrieve
the cap. But during
this action you’ll also secretly finger-palm the remote... Now, you will need
to quickly input the
spectator’s chosen time that was previously peeked.

Note: the motivation for placing the cap in the pocket covers what
would be an otherwise
unmotivated action. A Sharpie cap is also BLACK. So, if you
accidentally flash the remote in a close-up environment, they’ll simply
assume it’s the cap.

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Secretly ease the remote back into your front pants pocket during the larger
action of turning your body back around to address the spectator and
retrieve the business card.

The card needs to be placed UNDERNEATH the first business card of the
peek section in the wallet. This will allow you to get a second peek (the
name) without having to remove the first card (i.e., the time).

To peek the name, I do so during the physical action of placing both items
(the wallet and watch) to one side of my working table... “Let’s place both
items over here for now while I
concentrate on your thoughts.”

Note: This is why an outside wallet peek is preferable because you

won’t need to open the
wallet to access the name.

You're now in a most favorable position because the secret dirty work is
finished, yet for the audience nothing has started.

To reveal the name, I begin by using cold reading to describe the

appearance of her child, their approximate age, interests etc. Finally, to
conclude, I ask her to clearly announce the time her child was born before
inviting her to pick-up the watch from the table and confirm that I was
correct.

Note: I always reveal the child’s name first, followed by the time
because it’s more
theatrically interesting and seems to punctuate the ending.

This routine is reputation making material and is very extremely personal

for the participant. I urge you to give it a try and see for yourself!

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EPIC By Michael Lee

It goes without saying that I'm a fan of Hen Fetsch’s creation

Mental Epic. It’s an effect performed by more mentalists at one
time or another than possibly any other. It’s based on a concept of
Peter Warlocks “The Taped Slate circa 1944

So it’s no surprise that I would develop numerous presentations

around 1t and specifically one incorporating the Infinity Watch.

During the 90s my friend and Manipulation teacher Jeff Sheridan,

and I would meet often and during that period, we both created many
unique versions of Mental epic.
As a side note, most who have done any form of mental epic will
agree that its usually the last segment that is sadly, the weakest.

I believe I have resolved this issue. As a student of theater, most If

not all presentations have a formula; that being a catchy opening, a
captivating main body of presentation and a memorable Ta-Da!
Ending.

It was this formula that helped me come full circle with my

presentation of this classic.
So how exactly does the Infinity Watch come into play? I have
built my watch’s remote into a hollowed out stack of double blank
cards. This suits my needs nicely,as I perform at highend private and
corporate events here in New York on a regular bases ,so pocket
management is of the utmost importance especially when wearing a
tailored suit.

Again, no phone is ever seen or in use, as in my humble opinion, utilizing a

phone is a little too close for my taste to the exact methodology being
utilized.....
This is the beauty of the Infinity Watch, as the small remote can be
concealed just about anywhere.

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In my presentation I begin by removing my watch and showing
that the hands do in fact turn. I have a spectator call out 2 or 3
different times. I take the watch back and I now set the watch to
my ““ Crown Time” and place it face down on the table. I explain
that I will not touch the watch any further from this moment on.

I then introduce 3 blank cards. Unknown to the spectator, the 3rd

card on its reverse side says, “PLEASE LOOK AT MY WATCH.”
This is the only preparation needed.

The order of the cards 1s 1-3-2. These cards will be filled in as in

the normal mental epic, by doing a series of double lifts as detailed
in Banacheck’s wonderful volume, “Psychological Subtleties.”
On the first card, which is the top card, you will draw an “L”,
which stands for “LOCATION.” I now have the spectator imagine
taking a trip to any location/ country in the world of their choice.

I now perform a double lift and pretend to write what country I

think they thought of. When, in fact , I write nothing as I'm
looking at the back of card

#3 - (?) which says, ‘PLEASE TURN OVER MY WATCH.” I turn

this double face up and place it underneath. Card 2.

I now explain that I’ve written my thoughts down and I'm

committed and as an afterthought, I ask, “WHAT WAS THE
LOCATION THAT YOU THOUGHT OF?” (Remember this
location as this location is what you will write on the back of
card #1 when you again do a double lift.).

Now have the spectator think of ANY CELEBRITY THAT THEY

ADMIRE- someone they’ve always wanted to meet. Again do a
double lift as you explain, “I'm going to attempt to perceive the
person you're thinking of.”

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Its at this point that you write down the location or country that
they named. Turn this double face up as 1, and place it underneath.
Card 3 -? Again, explain that I’ve written down who I believe you're thinking
of and that I'm committed.

Lastly, do one more double lift, turn it blank side up, and just out
of curiosity, ask them to name the celebrity they encountered on
this imaginary trip. Again, turn these both face up and place them
underneath. Do a double lift and enter the celebrity’s name onto the
back of card #2. Turn these both face up as one, and are placed
underneath card #1.

So the order of what you’re holding should be 1-(L) 3-(?) and 2-

(C) which you will lay onto the table IN FRONT of spectator as
1- 2- 3 from their left to their right.

Again, card #1 has an “L” on it (Location), card #2 has a “C” on it

which stands for “Celebrity’” and card #3 has a large question mark
on it, Unknown to the spectator card #3-(?) on its reverse side
says, "PLEASE TURN OVER MY WATCH.” I now ask the spec
to Imagine a time of day that they encountered this celebrity while
on their trip. They name the celebrity which I've written underneath the
question mark on card #3 ie: 4: 27 pm

I go on to explain that my watch has been on the table since the

very beginning. They’ve taken an imaginary trip, they’ve met their
favorite celebrity and now they are going to think of a time when
they met the celebrity, which they announce. This time is written
down underneath the question mark. It is during this time that the
marker is put away at which point I grasp the remote and type
in the spectator’s time.

I now recapitulate what has taken place- a unique game of

imagination in 3 parts. First you thought of a location ,a country anywhere
in the world and you said ??? Please turn over and see
what I wrote …Correct !

While on this trip you had an encountered your favorite celebrity...

How wonderful ! you thought of ? Please turn card # 2 over and
see what I wrote .... Correct !

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Lastly, my watch has been on the table from the very beginning of
this presentation ... You thought of ? eg.4:27 PM .
Please turn the card over ( Please look at my watch) Spec now turns the
watch over, it says The Exact time the spec thought of.

I find the attitude in presenting this should be fairly light , relaxed

and Fun that relaxed attitude Will push this mystery to a Stunning
conclusion.....Enjoy !

Michael Lee NYC/ USA

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A Watch Routine by Klause Schauer

12 years ago I saw this routine on German Television done by Thorsten

Havener (for me the best mentalist of the last 15 years, even though he is
not known outside of Germany). It freaked me out and it was the reason to
get into magic as a hobby.

Requirements:

Infinity watch, watch paired to remote in Mod 1 with reverse off.

Two german actors were his spectators:

Spectator 1 was asked to only think of a random time and to lock it in his
head. Spectator 2 was given a watch and was asked to turn it face down
for now (crown pulled out, ready to change the time by turning the crown)

Spectator 1 was then asked to visualize the time he is thinking of in his

head and to start sending it to Spectator 2. Both were supposed to look
each other into their eyes. Spectator 2 was then directed to start turning the
crown als long as she/he gets the ,”feeling“ that tells her/him it is now time
to stop turning the crown.

Spec. 2 stops. Spectator 1 is asked to name the time for the very first time.
Then there was some building up talk to the climax, which I can not
remember in detail. After a while Spectator 2 turns over the watch and
boom...... it is the exact same time Spectator 1 was thinking of.

It is an almost complete hands off routine.

The limitation/critical points would be:
After showing that the watch hands are moving and before handing the
watch to spectator 2 face down, you have to set the time to the crown time
and secretly push in the crown pretending it's still pulled out.
After spectator 2 stops turning the crown, the magician mimes pushing in
the crown.
You should take advantage of the property of the watch which allows the
watch to proceed to the hour when the first two digits or hour are input and
will wait for the last two digits for about three minutes. You would input the
last two digits just before the reveal, the target time named by spectator.

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A Watch Presentation by Eva and Victor of France.

The Effect:
The mentalist explains that he can manipulate time to a certain extent.

He borrows a spectator's watch and shows his own watch.

The Mentalist shows that both watches are at the present time.
After a few moments in the hands of two spectators, the time of the two
watches have changed, and in addition they are perfectly synchronized.

Method:

The remote control of the Infinity Watch must be connected to the watch
and ready in the trouser pocket. First borrow a spectator's watch. But be
careful, not just any watch. It must be a quartz or mechanical watch with a
single dial watch.

When you borrow the spectator’s watch, you take it between your thumb
and index finger as if you were taking a coin with your thumb on top and
the other fingers on the bottom. When we take the watch, taking advantage
of the bigger movement, we slide the middle finger to the crown and unlock
it with the nail. This movement, if executed with speed, is totally invisible,
We rotate the crown with the index finger to change the time, turning the
watch over and placing it on the hand of the spectator while pushing in the
crown.

Then we ask the spectator to conceal his watch in his two hands. At the
moment when we turned the watch over and placed it on the hand of the
spectator, we take the opportunity to peek the time on the spectators
watch.

Spectator 2 is now asked to conceal the mentalist's watch between his two
hands.
At this moment while speaking about time passing differently near the
mentalist, we enter the peeked time discreetly through the pants on the
remote control of the Infinity Watch.
All that remains is to turn over the two watches that have not only changed
time, but are also synchronized and show the exact same time.

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SEEing IS BELIEVING By MICHAEL LEE

Yet another option is to incorporate a peek wallet. There are many

superb peek wallets on the market today. Many of exceptional
quality.

Or, if you happen to be a purist, there is absolutely no reason not

to utilize any of the instant tears/peeks that have been written up in
such wonderful volumes as Richard Bush’s, “Peek Performance”
or what has been taught by the prolific Richard Osterland.

Utilizing a peek wallet, you remove your watch, show that the
hands turn, having the spectator call out 2 or 3 different times, which you
display ..You take the watch back, setting it to your “Crown Time”- explain
that the watch will not be touched any further as you place it face down
onto the table.

Remove 2 cards from your wallet. Unknown to the spectator, 1 of

these cards has writing on it. Remember which one.
(Use your favorite method) lol ! .

Ask spectator to think of a unique time in their life, which they

write down onto a double blank card which is turned writing side
down and is put into the peek section of said wallet, or on to a Billet

You then ask them to think of a close friend’s name- someone you,
the mentalist, has never met. As the mentalist tries to perceive this
name he uncaps the market and turns over the card to write on it,
only to find there is writing already on it.

He tears this card in 2, discarding it. This is my motivation to go into the

wallet to get a blank card, while at the same time obtaining my peek of the
time. ( I Know, it's Good ! )

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I write the peeked time on one of the cards, while explaining that
I’ve written down the name of the friend they thought of. It’s
folded up and put on my table to the right. What I have written
down is in fact the time that I peeked.

I then have them name the person they were thinking of as I say,
“Terrific- I think I’m close.”

I now have them concentrate on the time that they wrote down
earlier, which I attempt to perceive. Under this guise, I write down
their friend’s name, which also gets folded up so it is an exact
duplicate of what’s already folded on the table.

It is here that you do a classic billet switch as taught in Corinda’s

13 Steps or in the many volumes by the late Bob Cassidy, and so
brilliantly taught recently by the UK’s Marc Paul yet another
option is to utilize Louis La-Val’s OTT switch.

So how exactly does the Infinity Watch come into play? I have
built my watch’s remote into a hollowed out stack of double blank
cards. This suits my needs nicely. Again, no phone is ever seen or
in use, as in my humble opinion, utilizing a phone is a little too
close for my taste to the exact methodology needed.... This is the
beauty of the Infinity Watch, as the small remote can be concealed
just about anywhere.

It is during the recapitulation of events that you enter the time on

the Infinity Watch remote…You now ask the spectator why they thought of
example: John.They explain.

You now ask them to open the piece of paper on the

table. It says, “John.” Again you ask them the significance of the
time they thought of, which is still in the wallet, and you ask them
to remove it, explaining that you were not only able to predict the
time, not having seen it, as you unfold the second card, Which
says (Please turn over my watch )

You go on to say what is truly unexplainable ,is that my watch has been on
the table since the beginning-

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EVEN BEFORE YOU THOUGHT OF A TIME…STOP and think about
that for a moment ! Would you please take it and turn it over ? At this
point, please take your well deserved applause.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this presentation utilizing the INFINITY WATCH V3

Again, let me stress, the Watch SHOULD NOT BE USED OR

TREATED AS A “ONE TRICK PONY.” To do so is to truly
diminish its true potential.
Please use it in a routine that utilizes 2 or 3 unique, profound high
impactful moments that will be remembered by your spectators for a
lifetime.

Michael Lee
NYC.

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A Watch Routine By Graham Geisenheimer

I will preface this by stating that I am a very amateur magician / hobbyist /

collector in the craft. Thus this is not really a fully fleshed out routine. At
least not yet.

The concept involves the use of the Infinity watch of course along with
Anverdi's Metal Dice (not Die)

The watch is removed from your wrist and allowed to be examined by a

spectator (much like any other Infinity watch routine). When it is returned it
is explained that the watch is used to make future predictions. The watch is
placed down on the table and the magician states that we will return to the
watch in a future moment in time.

The magician then places two dice on the table (2 of the 3 dice provided
with Mental Dice). The magician asks the spectator to select either one of
both of the dice. (A free choice). The spectator is then asked to role the die
or dice selected under cover so that the magician can not see. (resulting in
a non predictable random number between 1- 12 that the magician knows
immediately even under cover)

The spectator is asked to reveal the total number rolled for the first time....

The magician reminds the spectator of the watch (insert further narration)

The spectator is then asked to pick up the watch to reveal the time is
matching the total number of the rolled on the die/dice.
Again this is Not a fleshed out routine , but a germ of a concept.

I would love your thoughts and feedback.

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Infinity Watch Routine By Buzz Collins

This is my submission for alternate routines for the Infinity:

This is a routine I've been using regularly that allows me
to do the time prediction without having to ask the
spectator to ever say what time they’re thinking of.

I tell the spectator I'm going to set a random time on

my watch and then set the watch face down.

I then ask them to think of a random time and write it

down on a business card, fold it back up and hand back
to me. I tell them it's “to keep them honest".

I then hand the folded card to their friend or other

spectator for safe keeping.

I proceed with whatever divining performance/method

I choose until I ultimately get the spectator to turn the
watch over. Asking the 2nd spectator to then open the
card gets some extra “punch” out of the time prediction
routine. (I have also performed this reveal slightly
reversed, with the spectator opening the business card
first to reveal the written time, then the watch reveal -
without ever having the first spectator actually verbalize
what time he chose.“As I’m sure you can surmise, I'm using a peek.
In this situation I like to use Richard Osterlind’s corner peek.

It’s just a slight tweak of the basic routine, but I find it gets an even
better reaction on the reveal and adds a little more anticipation
not to mention, it’s a great way to perform the effect for
couples, best friends, etc.
Additional Thoughts By Michael Lee

For the purist, anyone of the peeks found in Richard Busch volume,
Peek Performance would work, Or the wonderful peek Acidus Novus as
originally created by Al Mann and further refined by Millard Longman.

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War Time By Jim Kleefeld.

My second contribution to the Infinity Watch book.

This one requires the pocket watch version.

The following is a script from my working repertoire.

All you need is a working Infinity Pocket Watch v 3.0. It should be prepared
as per the instructions and in view of the audience. Since it has a case
cover, the face cannot be seen until it is opened.
The storyline is from the 1860s, before wrist watches were available, so the
pocket watch works well here.

You will also need a folded, crumpled piece of old paper with a hand-written
note, as described in the story. At the top, write the words “Eljja Owens,
Regiment...”

At the end of the presentation, you will use a nail-writer or a boon writer to
add a three-digit number after the word “regiment,” so make sure you write
the letter with the same type of implement as your writer.

Fold the paper a few times to make it thicker and more sturdy.
Be sure to fold it in a way that leaves the blank space for the three numbers
on the outside.

Script

The American Civil War pitted brother against brother, family against family,
and communities against each other. Over 750,000 people died—sons,
fathers, brothers, and even many women and children. The tragedy was
palpable everywhere, and for a long time.

One tragedy was Elija Owens. He enrolled in the army at age 16 and
trained for six months before he was issued a uniform and rifle. Right
before he left home his mother gifted him with a gold pocket watch to carry
as a remembrance of his family. He set out with his company and spent
many long weeks marching, setting up camp, tearing down camp, and
marching further. It was taking months to get the company established,
prepared and in place for possible skirmishes with the other side. The

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weather was poor, the food was terrible, but the worst part was the
boredom from the endless free time. He passed the time talking with other
bored soldiers, playing cards, cleaning his muddy equipment, rooting for
wild potatoes, cleaning and shining his pocket watch, and trying to keep
busy.

Finally, the company got the notice that they were set for action. The next
week, Elija was actually going to face the enemy. He would fire his weapon
for the first time at an enemy combatant. In the early morning, he was
awoken by the sound of cannons and muskets and the smell of gunpowder.
Bugles called the soldiers to advance, and and
Elija headed off towards the front. I
Running towards a trench, he was shot and killed before he could raise his
weapon. He had mustered, and trained, and marched, but he died without
contributing a single
thing to the war. -

Elija’s family was notified and they bought and prepared a grave for him in
Columbus, Ohio. His body was packed and shipped home. It took several
weeks by horse and wagon. The cemetery stone was simple - etched with
only his name and the number of his regiment.

He was buried with a short and sad ceremony. His mother went to visit the
grave every day for weeks, always running her fingers lightly over the
etched letters of his name and the numbers of his regiment.

Two years went by and the war finally ended. One day Mrs. Owens
received a small package in the mail. She opened it to find her son’s pocket
watch and a short note
from another soldier.

“This was Elija’s. When he got shot, he fell on it and it broke. I didn’t have
time to take care of the body, but I saved this watch he cared for so much. I
kept it safe to send to you. I noticed an odd thing. It stopped the minute he
was killed, But the time it stopped is the same as the number of our
regiment. Isn’t that odd?”

Presentation Details -
After telling the story, re-fold the paper and hold it in one hand. Hold up the
watch with the other hand. Announce that it is not as old, but is like the one

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Elija had. Tell them that you set the time to match the number on his
gravestone—the number of his regiment. Ask the participant to hold the
watch without opening it. Ask her to try to get a sense of Elija’s
presence—to try to listen to see if he is telling her the hour and minute he
died, or trying to tell her the number of his regiment.

Caution her that a regiment would be a three-digit number, so he must

not have died at the 11- or 12-0’clock hour. Ask her to tell whatever time
she thinks he was shot. When she does give you a time, such as 3:27, for
example, have her open the watch and tell everyone the time out loud. The
watch will say 3:27—a match.

As she is opening and looking at the watch, use your nail-writer to add the
three digits to the top of the letter.

Crooked writing will be fine because this was supposedly

written by hand, and long ago. Unfold and show her the hand-written letter
and point out that the regiment number at the top is 327—exactly the same
as the time on watch.

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A Watch Routine Contributed By Luca Wiebe of Germany.

Setup very simple and utilizes the fact that the watch internally sets itself to
crown time when pushing in the crown. So in my example my crown time is
12 and my offline time is 3:30.

This means when I push in the crown at 12 and trigger the offline mode by
turning the watch face down all it does is move the hands 3 and a half
hours forward to 3:30. If I push in the crown at one it moves to 4:30
accordingly etc. Wherever I push it in, the offline mode moves it 3 and a
half hours further.

So here's the setup:

I ask the spectator if he thinks he could set the time of the watch blindly. Of
course they doubt it but I say they can do more than they think, they just
have to believe in themselves. Then I ask them to name any time they
want. Any time. After they name it I quickly subtract 3 and a half hours in
my head and now know where I have to position the hands ( this applies to
crown time 12 and offline time 3:30, other settings need other subtraction,
of course) .

Only then do I pull out the crown and quickly "demonstrate” how the hands
move openly setting the watch to my
calculated time as if it is a random tire. I say something like " just turn the
crown like this, ok? You agree it is not set to your named time, yes?"

Example: They say 7:15, I subtract 3:30 in my head, which is 3:45 and set
the watch to 3:45.

After they agree I secretly push in the crown and turn the watch facing
down, triggering the offline mode. Now I tell them to turn the crown as
much as they like and in any direction they like. Once they're satisfied I
mime pushing in the crown and ask something like "so would you believe
that by your own magic power you could have set it blindly to the time you
named earlier?" ... and after one more very short pause for effect I let them
turn over the watch and tadaa: it's exactly at the time they chose.

Queue the gasps and applause.

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Additional thoughts by: Eckehard Kutzner

After you do Luca Wiebe’s routine you will need to set the watch back to
crown time owing to the internal clock of the watch and the remote NOT
being in sync.
But that's no issue because for your prediction you have to move the hands
anyway. *So you take back the watch and say " and now I will set it to a
very special time... " and you go into the standard mode 1 routine by first
secretly turning on the remote and connecting it to the watch.
This is easy because you can just move the watch around while talking.
Nobody will suspect anything if you first have it face up and then face down
and so on.
That's just normal fidgeting. Then you set it to your crown time without
showing. That also is clearly motivated by the premise of the "bet"

Additional Additional :Thoughts By Michael Lee

*Assuming the remote was in M1 Mode the last time it was turned on.
If not then the remote must be set to Mode M1, I would suggest finding a
motivation to write something down on a blank card and utilizing my
remote in the stack of double blank cards as a ruse.

An added suggestion and this should go without saying : Always turn

on your remote and make sure it is charged, paired and in the correct
mode before your performance.

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My Uncles Watch By Joe Berman

Effect:

Performer walks into the parlour or proceeds to the close up table

complaining about the watch purchased from his dead uncle. Tapping
it and announcing it is broken. Throw the watch onto the corner of the
table. Two or three minutes into your set you bring attention back to
the broken watch that hasn’t moved.

Five more minutes into the set he asks the spectator for a favorite
Time or date. After the spectator announces it and after some byplay
the magician says that their uncle was always fiddling with the watch
and the watch would amazingly be set to the exact date or time
anyone had mentioned.

Attention is brought back to the watch and the time is now that which
was mentioned.

Method:

When the time or date is mentioned the performer, directing the

audience attention to the opposite side of the table from where the
watch has been laying.

Moments after the watch has been set using the remote (usually att
the end of your performance) ,attention is brought back to watch. The
performer reveals the watch now shows the time that the spectator
originally called out.

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I Give you Back Your Time By Joe Berman

Effect:

At the end of the set the performer thanks the audience for their time.

“I thank you for the time we spent together”

“To those who enjoyed what you saw please tell your friends and
family”

“To those of you who did not enjoy what you saw I give you back the
time you spent with me”

The watch that was on the table all the time is held up and the time
goes backwards to the time the set began.

Required:

Infinity 3 in Mod 3

Method:

About 3 minutes before the end of the set enter the first 3 digits of the time
you started your set. Upon delivering the line “ To those of you who did not
enjoy what they saw, I give you back the time you spent with me”

Enter the final digit about 5 - 10 seconds before you hold up the
watch.

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A Card in Time By Joe Berman

Effect:

The magician draws attention to his watch which he declares to be

broken and in disgust places it on the table,

Presentation:

The magician shuffles a deck of cards and has the spectator select a
card which is returned to the deck. The deck is shuffled. The
magician hands the deck to the spectator and asks them to cut off a
small packet of cards, less than a quarter of the deck, and to keep it
safe without counting them.

The spectator is then asked to deal the remaining cards face down in
front of them in a clock formation starting with the 12 O’clock hour.

The magician then asks the spectator to retrieve the pack of cards
that they are holding safe and to count them for the first time.

At this point the magician summarizes what has occurred. The

spectator is asked to reveal their selected card and to turn over the
card that corresponds to the clock hour of the number of cards in their
small pile of cards , if ten cards then the ten o’clock position. This is
their selected card.

The magician then brings attention back to the watch and the watch
shows the same time / position as the selected card.

Required:

A deck of cards and the Infinity 3 Watch ®

Method:

The Infinity 3 Watch ® has the Tick set to off and the watch set to
Mod 1. It is said to be broken and set to 12:30. The time is called out.
I use the old “my uncle sold it to me on his deathbed; I paid for it with
a check that I placed in his coffin” scripting.

The card can be either freely selected or forced, if forced a prediction

is made or you can have a force card engraved on the back of the

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 watch.

Have a card selected and returned at the 13th position,

Have the spectator cutoff less than 12 cards, not count them and not
let you see how many there are.

(IMPORTANT) Count out 12 cards from the top reversing their order.
Using the 12 cards create a face down clock pattern starting with 1
o’clock.

Ask the spectator to count the number of cards they cut off,
emphasizing none including him knew how many cards were cut off.

Input that number in the remote add 00 to get a time.Count to

that position on the card clock face and reveal the card. If you forced
the card reveal the prediction.

Reveal that the broken watch is at the time that corresponds to the
position on the card clock face.

Credit to Thi Dinh and Diamond Jim Tyler

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Ideas Utilizing The Infinity Watch BY MICHAEL LEE

What follows are in the form of ideas, and not fully fleshed out routines.
Use your imagination to bring life to these ideas.

Idea 1.

From a gathered group sitting around a table, you remove your watch and
place it onto the center of the table. From this group you borrow 5-7 bills
In any denomination. From this stack of bills, one is selected, and the last
3 or 4 digits of its serial number is read aloud, ie. 427. After recapitulating
what has taken place, and the fairness of it all, someone is asked to turn
over your watch, and lo and behold the time reads 427!

idea 2.

Performing the classic, “add a number” routine, where the total ends up
being the exact time on your Infinity Watch.

Idea 3

Performer introduces a brand new deck of cards, which is opened and

shuffled by the spectator. The spectator touches any 3 cards. It's these 3
cards that are formed into a random time. This is the exact time that is
predicted on your Infinity Watch.

Another wonderful touch related to the above was suggested by Mr. Joe
Berman, His idea was to utilize children’s flash cards to arrive at a random
predicted time on the watch. A clever, innocent idea.

Idea 4.

Utilizes DFB and the Infinity Watch.

The watch is removed and placed onto the center of the table face down.
Spectator calls out a number between 1 and 100. You open your notes
and not only have you predicted the exact world location but you have
also predicted the exact coordinates where that location is on a world
map, ie, 4 degrees south, 23 degrees east. (ie.4:23 pm)
Those numbers are the exact time predicted on your Infinity Watch.

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Final Thoughts by Micheal Lee

How exactly does the Infinity Watch remote come into play? Again I have
built my watch’s remote into a hollowed out stack of double blank cards.
This suits my needs nicely. Again, no phone is Ever seen or in use, as in
my humble opinion, utilizing a phone is a little too close for my taste to the
Exact methodology utilized. This is the beauty of the Infinity Watch, as the
small remote can be concealed just about anywhere.

Again, let me stress, the Watch SHOULD NOT BE USED OR TREATED

AS A “ONE TRICK PONY.” and use your watch sparingly not to
Doing so will truly diminish the watch's true potential.
Attempt to utilize routines that utilizes 2 or 3 unique, profound moments,
that will be remembered by your spectators for a lifetime.

Lastly I’d like to thank everyone for their contributions to the Infinity Watch
V3 manuscript….Better late than Never !

Please Do Not Share this Manuscript as it was created for

those who have Invested in the purchase of an Infinity Watch.

Special thanks to Rashaun Chan of BLUTHER MAGIC for his

research and development in creating the Infinity Watch.
Lastly, THANK YOU to : Joe Berman (U.S. rep for the Infinity Watch)
Michael Lee (PR) NYC and Eckehard Kutzner (Technical Support, GER)

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