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Oh, and sometimes they even tell the time.
 
Often a result of [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]. Can be used as part of a [[Nonuniform Uniform]]. A subtrope of [[Shoe Phone]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Live Action TV ==
 
* The teleport bracelets from ''[[BlakesBlake's Seven (TV)|Blakes Seven]]''. Apparently they had to be regularly replaced because the cast and crew kept stealing them as presents for their kids.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' got there first, with the teleport-wristwatches featured in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S1 E5 The Keys of Marinus|The Keys of Marinus]]'' (like ''[[BlakesBlake's Seven (TV)|Blakes Seven]]'', written by [[Terry Nation]]). The Seventh Doctor had a pocketwatch scanner, which he used in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S26 E4 Survival|Survival]]''; possibly in other stories as well. The Chameleon Arch pocketwatch in "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" and "Utopia" DEFINITELY counts as a gadget-watch. It {{spoiler|holds the memories and Time Lord nature of a Time Lord who's going ''so'' deep cover he gives himself false memories and even reads genetically as a human or member of any other target species.}}
** 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.