Watches in Interactive Fiction

• 2604 (2001)

  > x pocketwatch (@ Living Room, South)

  The case is gold, and it looks like it'd be worth quite a bit by itself as an antique, even without whatever's hidden inside. Right now, it appears to be about [number spelled out] minutes past eleven o'clock.

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  404 - Life not found (2011)

  > x watch (@ Hufflepuff)

  The time of day is [time].

• Alcohol solves everything (2007)

  > x digital watch (@ Guest Bedroom)

  It is your wrist-watch. The time is [time].

• Arthur Yahtzee: The Curse of Hell's Cheesecake (2000)

  > x watch (@ Temple of Hell's Cheesecake)

  The SSS wristwatch uses advanced technology to scan the surrounding astral bodies and determine the time wherever you are. It also has a hinged face which acts as a secret compartment. Ah, the wonderful world of espionage.

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  Citizen of Nowhere (2019)

  > x watch (@ Your Log Cabin)

  Your watch reads [time]

• Code Name Silver Steel (2017)

  > x watch (@ Foyer)

  The time on your spy watch shows as [time].

• Cold Iron (2011)

  > x gold watch (@ Fallen Oak)

  • [if untaken:] It is quite inexplicable that a watch should be secreted away in a tree trunk -- but there it is.
  • [else if closed:] It's a fine gold pocket-watch, with a silver stem and knob, although the chain is missing. The watch is closed.
  • [else if clock-time is not secret-time:] It's a fine gold pocket-watch, with a silver stem and knob, although the chain is missing. The watch is open; its face reads 12:00 am.
  • [else] The pocket-watch is open. The face stands open as well, revealing a small secret compartment, which [either] is empty. [or] contains a glass bead.
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  Cragne Manor (2018)

  > x gold wristwatch (@ Railway Platform)

  You gave this to Peter as an anniversary present. It seems to have stopped. There is an inscription on the back.

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  Dr Horror's House of Terror (2021)

  > x pocketwatch (@ Outside Dr Horror's Office)

  This probably used to be a real watch, but now it's just a prop. There's no innards and the hands are glued in place at two thirty. It is [closed or open].

• Dr. Death's House of Horrors (1992)

  > x watch (@ Colonial Village)

  It appears to be broken. It's stopped...

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  Endless Sands (2015)

  > x digital watch (@ The Middle Of Nowhere)

  It looks like it has a lot of cool features. You make a mental note to try them out if you survive past sunrise.

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  Foo Foo (2016)

  > x gold watch (@ Inside Feckless Pawn)

  It catches the light too easily. Domingo must polish it daily.

• From Thanet to New Romney (2020)

  > x digital watch (@ Foyer of Ylloh)

  It's made by Ylloh, a clock-making company. Through the screen's glass, you can see the mechanism that powers it: the hour hand and the minute hand. As you examine the watch more closely, a tiny posh-sounding voice issues forth from the device. "At the third stroke, the time will be [time]." This is followed by three short beeps.

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  Goldilocks is a FOX! (2002)

  > x watch (@ In the enchanted forest)

  • It is about [current time].
  • It's broken and stopped at [time when you broke the watch].
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  Guttersnipe: St. Hesper's Asylum for the Criminally Mischievous (2017)

  > x pocketwatch (@ A hypnotherapy session room)

  This shiny pocketwatch has seen a lot of love; it's buffed and polished and spit-shined until the brass gleams to a mesmerizing shine...shine... shine... You shake your head to focus on the task at hand.

• Hero, Inc Part 1: Calling All Heroes (1997)

  > x digital watch (@ Lounge)

  It's a Counsellor (R) brand digital watch, with standard time display but strangely no buttons. [if wearing glasses] The watch shines with a soft yellow glow. [else] In fact, it doesn't even seem to be set right. [end if] It says the time is 11:57 pm.

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  The House of Mystery (2018)

  > x gold watch (@ Living Room)

  It's for when you need to know what time it is. You've had this watch ever since your grandfather passed away and you hold onto it as a treasured memory of him. Right now the watch hands are stuck because time is irrelevant in a game most of time.

• Identity Thief (2002)

  > x gold wristwatch (@ Senator Tarlette's bedroom)

  A slender gold wristwatch, one of those retro models that has become popular with the wealthy and powerful. Very last-century, but still elegant. The back of the watch has been engraved with the letters "BT" in a cursive script.

• The Isle of Statues (2012)

  > x watch (@ The "Curiosity")

  The watch reads [hour] of the clock and [minutes] minutes, more or less.

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  Jon Doe - Wildcard Nucleus (2019)

  > x watch (@ Car Park)

  This watch has an angle grinder installed. That should break me out of 90% of all hardships, I'd say.

  (Just say CUT SOMETHING WITH THE WRISTWATCH".)

• Playing Games (2011)

  > x pocketwatch (@ Ruined Building)

  A fancy gold pocketwatch with a silver stem. [if closed]The case is closed.[else]It is showing [time in words].[end if]

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  Return to Ditch Day (2004)

  > x wristwatch (@ Control Room)

  It's nothing fancy; just a cheap analog model. It currently reads [time].

• A scurvy gift for Bosn Chuck (2000)

  > x gold watch (@ Inside the ol wreck)

  Well whaddayaknow! Just the thing you need.

• Shades of Gray: An Adventure in Black and White (1992)

  > x watch (@ A Battlefield)

  You keep this watch for sentimental reasons. It hasn't worked for over a year, but it was a gift from your now-departed grandfather. It is eternally stuck at 11:59.

• Sting of the Wasp (2004)

  > x watch (@ Utility closet)

  Frank felt so guilty after spending a month in Tokyo that he bought you this. Honestly, you enjoyed the time apart, but that didn't stop you from playing up the guilt. So far, that little ploy has gotten you a mink stole, a diamond necklace, and a Bentley, but this watch takes the cake. Whoever said that flagrant displays of wealth were tacky must not have seen this. Exquisitely crafted from platinum and diamonds, the only downfall this watch has is that the gems tend to obstruct your view of its face, making it somewhat difficult to read the actual time. Still, it's a small price to pay to be seen sporting such a piece.

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  Trinity (1986)

  > examine wristwatch (@ Palace Gate)

  • Your wristwatch says it's [time to the second].
  • Your wristwatch's digits are flashing randomly.

• Tryst of Fate (1995)

  > x watch (@ On the Floor)

  The dainty wristwatch is made from 18kt gold and shines like the sun.

• Vacationing in Scotland (2003)

  > x pocket watch (@ Library)

  A golden pocket watch that once belonged to your great-great-grandfather, Laird McKinnon. It no longer works but you like carrying it around because it looks nice.

• Default response instances

  • Sentencing Mr Liddell (2011): pocket watch @ Overflow Chamber.

• Synonyms of other things instances

  • Bullhockey! (2018): watches ≡ glass counter @ Brockwood's Store.