Artificer’s Monocle

This glass lens is rimmed with gold and has a fine gold chain attached to an ear clip.

Putting on a monocle is a standard action. While wearing an artificer’s monocle, whenever you successfully use your artificer knowledge class feature {ECS 31} to detect an item’s magical aura or you cast detect magic and have at least 5 ranks of Knowledge (arcana), you can spend 1 additional minute studying the item. If you do, you can identify the abilities of that item as if you had cast identify upon it.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, identify, artificer knowledge or Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks.

Cost to Create: 750 gp, 60 XP, 2 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 72.