Velociphile - No longer in the building
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Demagnetising made easy
Jun 08, 2017,11:09 AM
One of the best horological pieces of kit I ever invested in.
Something happened since I was missing the last ten years. When I came back to watches in 2015, I began to realise that pretty much 50% of my watches were getting magnetized in some shape or form that had never previously suffered - even allegedly antimagnetic rated pieces...... It seemed that since the era of the mid naughties the amount of exposure we get to magnetic fields just went off the charts. Smart phones, phablets, induction hobs, security screenings, the list is endless. If you carry a weenie Suunto compass around, you can soon see. So despite having a cheap demagnetizer already, the type you withdraw from.... it's just too much like hard work to accurately demagnetise and in the realms of a science project for my wife of letters.
We needed a one button 'boom - done' solution. We found it in the box above. About the footprint of a slice of bread, it sits in an easy to use location and it's a simple process to plonk the piece on and push the button once which sends the antimag through a single decaying rotative field cycle.
Considering how much we all have invested in pieces etc, this has been a real boon at very little cost.
Velociphile
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Demagnetising made easy
By: Velociphile - No longer in the building : June 8th, 2017-11:09
One of the best horological pieces of kit I ever invested in. Something happened since I was missing the last ten years. When I came back to watches in 2015, I began to realise that pretty much 50% of my watches were getting magnetized in some shape or fo...
I agree
By: Seconds : June 8th, 2017-14:32
Elma is fantastic I have the same demagnetizer. Regards Seconds.
I agree...
By: MTF : June 8th, 2017-16:00
I bought the same model of demagnetiser this year and it has already paid its way in savings from "servicing" fees. Note to self: Placing watches in a bag next to the subwoofer in the boot /trunk of the car is NOT a good idea. Regards, MTF
Here is my demagnitizer...
By: jporos : June 9th, 2017-10:54
not sure how effective it is anymore though... Like your Elma, Velociphile! ...
Another one sold :-)
By: stromer : July 3rd, 2017-15:35
Works perfectly. Btw. Lepsi has an iPhone app to detect magnetism in a watch. That seems to work pretty well too. Thank you for the report, Martin