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the use of the yellow keycard, the info you can find using this (which admittedly takes you off the correct path) can give you a clue of what you need to obtain the Fake ID. The clue is just info that you can store in your very own brain, so when you play on the correct path you can go to one of the three levels of the GDC building to obtain the item (there's a sign and everything), then go to another level to put it to use, then go to yet another level to get your ID.

I do have FakeID and 3 watch pieces. What is the second item? The lighter?

The item to get the key will automatically appear in your inventory when you walk from one particular 'room' on level 2 into another particular 'room' on level 2, as long as you have the 3 watch parts.

You will then need to 'use' the item in the correct room for the ID to become relevant (just a guess, as I haven't yet done it, but I am almost 100% certain this is the case based on the hints in the text and what Ulysses has confirmed to me).

it is not the lighter.

To get an ID try to impress the girl which manages personal ;)

p.s. yes, I did finally discover all the 4 parts to the watch.

It was Earth all along!

Lots of hints for this in the guestbook already, but... here it is again.
to get the winding key, you need:

* a Fake ID
* the other 3 watch parts (mechanism, face, case)
* Another item which is hidden somewhere on the executive level (lvl 2) that will be automatically added to your inventory, if you walk from the correct origin room to the correct destination room.

You then need to use the hidden item in the correct spot to access the key.

To get the fake ID, you need an item which you obtain from the recreational level (lvl 3), which you then take to another place somewhere in the GDC building, and after you've done that, you go to a third different location in the GDC building to get your Fake ID.

If you have the winding key + 3 watch parts, they will be automatically replaced in your inventory with the golden watch.

posh restaurant, and do the conversations mean anything

Latinesque words in the public gardens?

posh restaurant can lead to different pieces of information, although only one combination of dishes will get you a vital piece of information.

names throughout the public gardens is to conceal clues. Most of the words mean nothing, but one is important.

If I recall/understood correctly, you actually need two pieces of information from the restaurant to achieve the "best" ending for the book. Each piece of information requires a different menu combination.

There is only one thing you need from the restaurant . The other information you can obtain there is also available elsewhere. Meanwhile:

you are Douglas Adams in disguise!!! :-D

In order to assemble the watch, is it necassary to be thrown out and harmonized at least once? Or is there a way to enter the BM's room without that happening?

Is it possible to make the Fake ID unobtainable? I've already spoiled myself on its existance and I'm assuming that's what I need, but I wasn't spoiled on how to get it, and I can't seem to find any way to proceed from where I am.