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[[File:doctorwho_watch_701.jpg|link=Doctor Who
{{quote|''"All historians agree that George Washington's greatest regret was not being {{smallcaps| PERMANENTLY INVISIBLE}}. Now you can succeed where the man who invented America failed. Be invisible forever with the Cloak and Dagger Spy Watch!"''|[http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/day04_english.htm The Cloak and Dagger], ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]''}}
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* In [[Kim Newman]]'s ''Diogenes Club'' stories, it's strongly implied that there's something interesting about Charles Beauregard's pocket watch "with the intricate crystal workings". [[The Men in Black|The Undertaking]] refuse to let him into their HQ while carrying it, and he ''certainly'' refuses to let them look after it while he's there. Sadly, the glossary page explaining what it ''does'' has been censored by the current Diogenes chairperson.
* In ''The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything'' by John D. MacDonald, the hero inherits a gold pocket watch that stops time for everyone but the person holding it.
** ''The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything'' was homaged in ''Lady Slings the Booze'' (part of the ''[[
** Also homaged (without credit) in the ''[[Duck Tales]]'' episode "Time Teasers."
* The ''[[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]]'' novel ''Borrowed Time'' has a similar idea, with a twist. The people Mr Symmington and Mr Blenkinsop give their wristwatches to are literally ''borrowing'' the time, and will be expected to pay it back. With compound interest.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The teleport bracelets from ''[[Blake's Seven
* ''[[
** Vortex manipulators (wriststrap teleport/time machines used by Time Agents and River) might also fall under this; one would assume a time machine can tell the time.
* [[Chuck]] has a "government issue watch" that can be used to trace him. He's also seen talking into it as a way of communication.
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