> There were also a couple of early '80's TV movies about a guy who had a pocket-watch that
> could freeze time. They were called "The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything" and "The Girl,
> The Gold Watch, and Dynamite". They were incredibly cheesy movies, and in no way
> incorporated even rudimentary laws of physics.

The original "The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything", written back in the sixties, was one of the classic time-freezing stories. I don't know whether it was as cheesy as the movie, but I do recall that the author wasn't trying to write a serious novel or anything.

Paul