EFFECT:
The
performer shows a transparent clock which has two faces side by side. It looks
something like a chess clock. Each face bears the numbers 1 to 10. Each face
has a single pointer or hand.
A sealed prediction is handed to a spectator for
safe keeping. A second spectator is asked to set the hand of each clock to any
number they choose. Let's assume that he sets one clock at 5 and the other at
9.
Now the performer tells the spectator to move the
hands a total of seventeen times. Each move takes a clock hand from one number
to the adjacent number. He can either move one hand seventeen times around the
clock or he can split the number seventeen into any two numbers and perhaps,
for instance, move one hand four times and the other thirteen times. Any
combination of numbers totaling seventeen can be used.
When the seventeen moves have been made the
spectator calls out the numbers to which the two hands are now pointing. He
totals these two numbers and arrives at the number 11. When the prediction is
opened it reads, 'The two numbers you finished on, when added together, equal
eleven - which is a pair of ones.' But there is more to come.
The spectator is then asked to turn the clock
around. One the reverse side the numbers of the clock are replaced by images of
chess pieces. On this side of the transparent clock the hands are pointing to
two identical chess pieces, two kings for instance.
Now the rest of the prediction is read out, 'Turn
the clock around and you will see that the hands point to identical matching
chess pieces. Another matching pair.'
You will receive
the required prop which is made from transparent perspex which is eight inches long by five inches high
for close up work. It sits in a black perspex base which has a groove cut into
it to take the perspex sheet snugly. The hands are made from plastic and will
stay in place when moved around the clock face. The numbers are printed on
circular labels which are then stuck onto the clock face. The chess piece
symbols are printed on labels too. These are affixed on the rear of the transparent
clock. Extreme care has been taken for the positioning of these symbols is very
important so study the front and rear illustrations of the clock very carefully
(1 and 2).
This is a beautiful piece of mentalism & we know you will love to perform this unique effect.