The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything is a science fiction novel written by John D. MacDonald.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story is about a man who inherits a stopwatch that can literally stop time, for everyone but the person holding it.

The novel was loosely adapted into a 1980 TV movie starring Robert Hays and Pam Dawber.