Wand, Elder -
wand, fake -
Wand of Destiny -
wands -
"wand, security" -
"wand weigher" -
watch, pocket -
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products -
weather -
whistle -
Whistle, Warning -
window, enchanted -
Wizard's Wireless -
Worm, Whizzing
Wand, Elder
See ELDER WAND.
wand, fake
See fake wands entry
for Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
Wand of Destiny
See ELDER WAND.
wands
See WANDS.
"wand, security"
See PROBE, PROBITY.
"wand weigher"
A brass instrument resembling a set of scales with only one dish; when
a wand is placed in it, a slit in the base
outputs a narrow strip of parchment that identifies the
wand's length, core material, and length
of time it's been in use
(OP7).
(Note: We don't know the real name of this item.)
watch, pocket
A wizarding pocket watch may have an unusual number of hands, or have
symbols other than numbers along the edge of the face, or both.
It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age (DH7).
Dumbledore's pocket watch has twelve hands. Instead of having numbers, little planets move along the edge of the face (PS1).
Ron received a similar but not identical watch for his seventeenth birthday, with tiny moving stars instead of hands and with odd symbols around the edge of the face. It had been bought new (HBP18, DH7).
Harry received a gold watch similar but not identical to Ron's for his seventeenth birthday, with stars circling around the face instead of hands. It had previously belonged to Molly Weasley's brother Fabian Prewitt and was a bit dented on the back (DH7).
Daedalus Diggle has an immense pocket watch, which will screech, 'Hurry up!' if it looks like he's running late for something (DH3).
See also TIMEPIECES.
Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products
See Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
See also ATMOSPHERIC CHARM, METEOLOJINX RECANTO.
Used by a Quidditch referee to signal fouls and timeouts.
See also WHISTLE, WARNING.
A Twigger 90 has a built in Warning Whistle (QA9).
window, enchanted
The underground levels of the
Ministry of Magic have
enchanted windows that show whatever weather is determined by
Magical Maintenance
(OP7).
Magical Maintenance can make them display spectacular weather effects when they are angling for a pay rise (OP7)
The smaller offices do not have them (OP7)
See also ATMOSPHERIC CHARM, METEOLOJINX RECANTO.
Wizard's Wireless
The equivalent of a Muggle radio; the
Weasleys have one of these in their
kitchen. The
WWN
(Wizarding Wireless Network)
is listened to by many in the wizarding world.
Ron brought a small wooden wireless with him on the hunt for the Horcruxes. (Of course, it didn't need batteries or power cables.) To tune it, he would tap it in patterns with his wand, while muttering possible passwords to access Potterwatch broadcasts (DH20, DH22).
One popular program on the WWN is the "Witching Hour, with the popular singing sorceress, Celestina Warbeck". Warbeck is a particular favourite of Molly Weasley's (CS3, HBP16).
Another popular musical group on the WWN is the Weird Sisters (GF22).
See also WIZARDING WIRELESS NETWORK, MUSIC, RHYMES, AND DANCE.
Worm, Whizzing
Joke item,
presumably worm-shaped and makes a whizzing noise.
Evidently a Zonko's product sold in Hogsmeade, and definitely one of the many, many items Filch does not like having in the castle (PA8)
