Pocket Watch Symbolizes

nobody knows of a source of reference to this: someone is going to die and an object of a loved cracks?
I a pocket watch that is very special to me. I tried to give it to a friend who was a starter city. it does not accept it, so I reduced. A week later, I opened the face and looked at the time, a crack suddenly appeared. I thought something was wrong happened to my friend. Three days later, I could contact her and she was fine. Are there printed, visual scenes, or anything that would could cause a person to believe that objects cracked symbolize that someone has died?
Yes, sometimes
The escape from nature which clocks and machines gave