Have you ever had a mechanical watch get magnetized?

At least twice for my Lorier. One of the times was user's fault.

Had a few others.

One of the only things about #useyourtools , if you wear an automatic watch near magnetic fields (aircraft, rare earth magnets, etc) they might get magnetized.

Doesn't stop me, and it's an easy fix.

Never had a "luxury" so can't tell if that would make a difference.

Havent had a quartz impacted AFAIK.

Yes, had one magnetised, and no, don't know what caused it. 😛

I don't think it's a very big issue despite what the internet might tell you 🤔 But easy to fix luckily! I thought I had a magnetized watch last year. But it was some oil that had shifted around and made the main spring cling to itself. Same sympthoms.. Different price of having it fixed.....

I recently bought a King Seiko from 1971 from an ebay seller in Japan.

Before shipping, the seller sent me a video of the watch on the timegrapher averaging 3 spd.

Once I got it (I live in Spain), the watch was doing 12 spd so I suspected it was magnetized and tested it with a compass: The result was it was magnetized.

I bought a 10 euro demagnetizer and used it on the watch and after 5 seconds, it was demagnetized and it is currently averaging 2-3 spd again.

I proceeded to test the rest of my collection and I found out my Seiko Panda from 1977 was also magnetized to a lesser extent, and my new MM200 was only slightly magnetized.

All these watches have been sent from overseas so I guess they get magnetized from airport scanners or maybe just be flight.

I have read that one of the reasons why Seiko watches did not perform as well as expected in the first Swiss chronograph competitions they participated in in the '60s was that their watches were getting magnetized during the journey to Switzerland, so in successive competitions, Seiko started using antimagnetic boxes and even choosing the flight routes further from the Poles.

Old watches are more prone to magnetization of the hairspring which greatly affects accuracy whereas newer watches use silicon or special metal alloys that are more resistant to magnetization.

My #glashutteoriginal #panoreserve arrived magnetized (+19 seconds per day). Everything was back in order after a quick trip on the demagnetizer.

It happens all the time to me, no matter which watch I wear.

Many electronic devices have a strong magnetic field, e.g. laptops, speakers or gamepads. I try not to wear a watch when gaming and generally avoid putting any of my watches close to speakers or similar things. But I still have to use the demagnetizer like once a month, when a watch runs more than 10 seconds faster than usual.

I answered no, though I wouldn’t know if it was. All my mechanicals are running fine. I think magnetization is a myth.

When I was younger I had a rare earth magnet a little too close to my Quartz watch and realized it was not ticking when in the vicinity.

I've had a few, various reasons,left near speakers, at work etc. Good news I use a cheap demagnitiser from amazon, the blue box one, and it's worked a treat

A less thought of condition that could cause magnetism is static electricity build up. I found frequently my watches were magnetized through the winter dry months. Enough that I would wear quarts watches instead during those times. You wonder where all that static is going to when you take off that polyester cloth sweater or jacket?