definite issues for me

I have definitely had issues with laptops and automatic watches. I owned quartz watches for years without issues.

Over the past couple of years I have tried two Oris models, and a Jaeger le Coultre. All three of them proved to be unreliable due to magnetism issues. I am not talking about a few seconds here or there - the watches would one day be great, and the next day be minutes (or tens of minutes) off. All three of the watches were 'modern', having been manufactured in the past few years. The JLC should not have been affected according to the US JLC technical director - but the problem occurred within a month of owning the piece.

As a last ditch effort to save my passion for automatic watches, I resolved to sticking with watches that have anti-magnetic capabilities.

I am now the happy owner of a couple of IWC's. Both of them (an Ingenieur and a St. Ex UTC) keep great and reliable time.

For what it is worth, I lead a fairly mundane life - there is really no other explanation than working around computers ( I am a software developer).

--Sancerre

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Magnetic Errors

By: justpen : October 27th, 2009-03:30

Hi All, This may have been done to death.... certainly touched on in many posts..... but have any of you had problems with a modern watch becoming magnetized to the point that it needs rectification. I can only say that I have never had a problem with Rol...

definite issues for me

By: sancerre : October 27th, 2009-14:15

They're real.

By: mkvc : October 27th, 2009-15:14

I have not had problems with watches becoming seriously magnetized (that is, off by hours per day), but I have noticed that movements are susceptible to being slightly magnetized, with magnetization changing their rate by 5 - 10 seconds per day. Some move...

Thanks... How can you tell if a watch becomes magnatized....

By: justpen : October 27th, 2009-22:53

Hi and thanks for your reply.. How can someone tell if a watch becomes magnetized. kindest regards, Jack

by observation or w/ equipment

By: sancerre : October 28th, 2009-08:35

It was really easy for me, all of the watches suddenly and dramatically lost accuracy. For example, instead of gaining a few seconds a day, gaining nearly a minute a day. If you take the watch to a dealer, they can easily detect if if has been magnetised ...

Kong started a thread on this

By: amerix : October 29th, 2009-02:24

with the title * Magnetism, Have We Missed Out The Obvious? Laptop-Users Be Aware! Date: Jan 26, 2008,10:33 AM which is a good place to go for a start! I demagnetised a watch yesterday that had been gaining 20 sec per day. Now it's down to only five. amer...

Hi Amerix...How do you demagnetize a watch

By: justpen : October 29th, 2009-06:34

Hi Amerix Tell me how do you demagnatize a watch. Kindest regards, Jack

by banging it on a table

By: amerix : October 29th, 2009-11:31

Well, what I do is to bring a simple and cheap "throttle" or inductance coil - one I have frequently employed to demagnetize the heads of tape and cassette reorders - by first plugging this longish oval device, with no moving parts, and which fits easily ...

Thanks Amery... I am now a wiser and happier man..

By: justpen : October 30th, 2009-16:05

Hi Amery, I am now a wiser and happier man.... . I am sure many screwdrivers have been pointed north and banged in the last 24 hours. kindest regards, Jack

Magnetic and soft inner core?

By: iceheller 1945 ✌️ : October 30th, 2009-02:32

I own a BALL WATCH Engineer HydroCarbon which uses the soft inner core to give the watch more shielding against magnetic effect. I constantly place my watch around labtop and some time stand infront of loud PS15 Nexo speaker and they still work fine. The ...