Great post Kong

Jan 26, 2008,23:01 PM
 

Gotta be more careful now with wearing my watches when working on the notebooks. I guess I've been quite lucky as I have been using notebooks for many many years and have not detect any of my watches running faster.

Cheers,
yn

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* Magnetism, Have We Missed Out The Obvious? Laptop-Users Be Aware!

 
 By: Kong : January 26th, 2008-10:33
Upon reading the thread about Magnetism Effect from Watch-Winder "Navel Gazing - A Question for Watchmakers and Engineers..." by Harry Tan, I suddenly remembered there is a question I've always wanted to share and ask. The little experiments and photos we...  

I am keeping my watches

 
 By: Bill : January 26th, 2008-10:42
But throwing out my lap top. LOL. Only kidding. Lucky for me I am right handed so I don't have to worry about cell phone magnetism. Thanks Kong for the great report and the bad news. Bill

thanks Kong. i spend a lot of the day using my laptop and

 
 By: G99 : January 26th, 2008-12:35
wearing 2 watches i am willing to accept time gain or loss although i havent actually noticed any. but does it do any damage to the watches themselves? Graham

most of the time it's easily fixed

 
 By: Chromatic Fugue : January 26th, 2008-13:36

I knew that there was a practical aspect...

 
 By: Tony C. : January 26th, 2008-14:21
to my collecting vintage IWC Ingenieurs! Thanks for the interesting post. Tony C....  

Kong, useful information. Thanks

 
 By: ling5hk : January 26th, 2008-19:18
Apart from laptop, handphone also has very strong magnetic field. I haven't done any experiment. Don't know how actually it will affect the watch when you hold your handphone with the same hand. Regards Ling

Knows the source of the magnetism & avoid close proximity...

 
 By: Kong : January 27th, 2008-10:19
The distance between the handphone and the phone is far, so has no effect, except when ....you placed your watch side-by-side with your handphone. The strongest magnetic field is at the earpiece (the speaker)! I believe in taking precaution.... a few of o...  

Very interesting post Kong!

 
 By: AnthonyTsai : January 26th, 2008-20:16

great stuff, thanks! (nt)

 
 By: ei8htohms : January 26th, 2008-21:32

Thanks, Kong,

 
 By: masterspiece : January 26th, 2008-22:11

Great post Kong

 
 By: waien : January 26th, 2008-23:01

Doubt so...a soft iron cage also has 'weak points' like....

 
 By: Kong : January 27th, 2008-10:29
the date-window, the hole/s of the hands (hr, min, sec) and the crown. It depends on the strength of the magnetic source So prevention is better. Kong

Not so sure about that.

 
 By: tony p : January 27th, 2008-23:10

Hmmm . . . some of my favorite watches are . . .

 
 By: Dr No : January 27th, 2008-08:48
. . . the Ingenieur, Milgauss, and Railmaster, both vintage and modern . . . I thought it was primarily for aesthetic reasons, but perhaps there was a magnetic subtext as well . . . curiously, Art

Thanks, Kong, great detective work!

 
 By: ThomasM : January 27th, 2008-20:43
I'm particularly sensitive to magnetic fields, and get a headache just from using cell phones - a bona fide, wave pressure migraine just from having an active cell phone operating near my head/ears. But it is a good idea to note that EMI and RFI are relat... 

Good information, Kong. From now on, i will only be...

 
 By: Ronald Held : January 28th, 2008-05:45
wearing quartz watches when doing a lot of work on my laptops.

Not sure about quartz.

 
 By: yw wong : February 4th, 2008-23:02

interestinf findings

 
 By: DaMctosh : February 29th, 2008-09:35