Why isn’t anti-mag better/more commonplace
Every day, across the various watch platforms, I see numerous people dismayed that their quality watches they’ve bought are running at horrid accuracy, losing or gaining 25s a day or more. Almost always this is an issue of magnetism. Now most of these people are just going about their daily lives in normal conditions and not just sticking their watch hand in and out of MRI machines. Now I now there are watches out there that are purpose built to resist high levels of magnetism but why hasn’t the industry as a whole moved to improve the resistance of magnetism in standard fair offerings that can withstand the magnetic rigors of our average, modern, electronic heavy lives?
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Losing time isn't caused by magnetism. If the watch is fairly new and reasonably in good condition then funnily enough it's usually caused by the owner not winding it or wearing it/doing physical stuff as much as they should be.
Of course that's a broad generalization. Each watch can have different reasons for why they're running slow.
Making sure the mainspring is fully wound is my first step in troubleshooting. And I'm not meaning to sound condescending here; that was an issue I personally had until I realized I was grossly undercharging my watches
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Magnetism is definitely an issue, but when you learn that you can solve said issue with such a cheap, small device, aptly named a "demagnitizer", from somewhere like Amazon, it makes you wonder even more about how or why some watch enthusiasts *don't* go and buy themselves one?
Well, silicon hairsprings are more expensive to produce and have a lower lifespan, as far as I know. (see here)
+25 sec a day is within spec of a lot of watches and typically when someone complains of magnetic caused accuracy issues, it's not seconds fast a day. It's minutes fast a day or even minutes per hour.
But magnetism is such a rare occurrence in the grand scheme of watch ownership, it doesn't really qualify any more as a problem worth devoting significant R&D money to. The problem has been solved on the manufacturing end & on the consumer end.
Magnetism is definitely an issue, but when you learn that you can solve said issue with such a cheap, small device, aptly named a "demagnitizer", from somewhere like Amazon, it makes you wonder even more about how or why some watch enthusiasts *don't* go and buy themselves one?
I’d agree, and they should. But a lot of these posts go so far as to call into question quality of the brand/piece when in reality is a very easy issue to take care of. I think most people just don’t want to put effort in.
Losing time isn't caused by magnetism. If the watch is fairly new and reasonably in good condition then funnily enough it's usually caused by the owner not winding it or wearing it/doing physical stuff as much as they should be.
Of course that's a broad generalization. Each watch can have different reasons for why they're running slow.
Making sure the mainspring is fully wound is my first step in troubleshooting. And I'm not meaning to sound condescending here; that was an issue I personally had until I realized I was grossly undercharging my watches
From my understanding a magnetized hair spring will run fast (more common), but a magnetized gear train will run slow. I agree first step should be ensuring proper amplitude through full charging. But enough of these posts go through that rigamoroll and conclude that wasn’t the issue.
+25 sec a day is within spec of a lot of watches and typically when someone complains of magnetic caused accuracy issues, it's not seconds fast a day. It's minutes fast a day or even minutes per hour.
But magnetism is such a rare occurrence in the grand scheme of watch ownership, it doesn't really qualify any more as a problem worth devoting significant R&D money to. The problem has been solved on the manufacturing end & on the consumer end.
Yeah 25 seconds isn’t too bad but when you spring for the cosc movement or even a general sellita sw-300 you don’t want to see it in Seiko 6Rxx territory when it ran at +2 seconds a day when you got it,
Well, silicon hairsprings are more expensive to produce and have a lower lifespan, as far as I know. (see here)
I didn’t know about lower lifespans. But I figured if if the prx with a powermatic 80 can get a “nivachron” (titanium based) hair spring I figure it can’t be that expensive.
It’s a conspiracy, and it permeates everywhere, like your fridge door, your phone charger, and your laptop…
Nothing is safe…
That’s what it feels like !
From my understanding a magnetized hair spring will run fast (more common), but a magnetized gear train will run slow. I agree first step should be ensuring proper amplitude through full charging. But enough of these posts go through that rigamoroll and conclude that wasn’t the issue.
True, it does completely depend on what was magnetized; slowdown being the much rarer instance.
Personally I've never had any issues, but I also have never placed my watches on a timegrapher. My test for quality is "am I getting to places on time"🤣
It’s a conspiracy, and it permeates everywhere, like your fridge door, your phone charger, and your laptop…
Nothing is safe…
Lol. Yup your smart whatever's are most of the time the culprit.
Seriously, I'd be willing to be quite a few peeps store their daily wear mech watch on top, beside, in a bag with their phone, tablet, whatevs.
I have a question. I am sorry if it is a dumb one, and asking instead of answering your question . Does the x-ray machine at the airport magnetize a watch or bad for it?