Demagnetising?

[Tinker]

How fast would a watch be running for you to consider demagnetising it?

[TheTigerUK]

Depends if I could catch it ? :)

Sorry, gaining minutes rather than seconds per day.

[Qatar-wol]

Depends if I could catch it ? :)

Sorry, gaining minutes rather than seconds per day.

I was about to say, five minutes a day?

I bought a cheap Chinese demagnetiser from Ali Express, and it worked a treat to demagnetise my Panerai.

[rodia77]

It doesn't have to be running fast at all. I demag all incoming watches to make sure I'm getting their true readings, for instance.

[Jocke]

Here I demagnetising a Omega watch with a great result.

https://youtu.be/P8SV7Ogl2Aw

[engrneil]

Here I demagnetising a Omega watch with a great result.

https://youtu.be/P8SV7Ogl2Aw

Jocke - can you provide the type of demagnetising device you are using. There were no comments in YT video. Thanks much,

[Liam4271]

I was about to say, five minutes a day?

I bought a cheap Chinese demagnetiser from Ali Express, and it worked a treat to demagnetise my Panerai.

Our of interest, how much is cheap? Also, is there any risk of causing damage using a demagnetiser?

[Jocke]

Jocke - can you provide the type of demagnetising device you are using. There were no comments in YT video. Thanks much,

Here you have it in UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Etic-ETIC-swiss-made-demagnetizer/dp/B01KFXR0H2

Edit. Saw you are in US.

[Tinker]

Here I demagnetising a Omega watch with a great result.

https://youtu.be/P8SV7Ogl2Aw

Wow, that's impressive, Jocke!

(kjkt3)

[Thewatchbloke]

Our of interest, how much is cheap? Also, is there any risk of causing damage using a demagnetiser?

There's a risk of magnetising an unmagnetised watch with a coil type demagnetiser.

[boywithabubblegun]

Recently noticed that my previously very accurate (+/- 5sec a day) Speedbird GMT was gaining 30-40 seconds a day. Having handled some very strong magnets at work I thought I'd dig out my cheap Anchor demagnetiser and give it a go. Instantly back to -6 sec/day on the timegrapher.

So, to answer the original question, about 30 seconds faster was enough for me to give it a go.

[Qatar-wol]

Here you have it in UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Etic-ETIC-swiss-made-demagnetizer/dp/B01KFXR0H2

Edit. Saw you are in US.

Yeah, mine looks just like that. It arrived from China now working, but I replaced the two-pin plug with a UK three pin, and that did it! I've not used it since, but it's good to know I've got it handly.