Magnetism has a cumulative effect on watches, therefore even if a smart phone, iPad or a laptop has a low relatively low gauss reading, if the watch comes in regular contact it can still, slowly but surely be impacted. I'd recommend one of the generic blue Chinese-made demagnetisers that are readily available online. If used correctly your watches will be fixed very easily.
Very good point that It’s easily reversible. I still think it’s a good idea to avoid putting your watch in dangerous situations. I wasn’t sure about the cumulative magnetism of low gauss magnetic fields. That is fascinating. Thank you for sharing that.
@@Watchcastage Yes it's very wise to avoid placing watches near electrical items full stop. Most modern watches are very resistant, but physics will get its way eventually. Glad to help.
Interesting video - thanks for actually obtaining some real measurements to help gauge the true size of the issue! Maybe you could get more return on your investment if you make another video showing how the magnetic fields drop in intensity with an increase in distance from the object. Just a thought but maybe you could tape the end of the gauss meter probe to a plastic ruler at 25mm (1 inch), 50mm (one football pitch), 100mm (two furlongs) then 300mm (one gallon) from the end and put it against the subjects you measured at point-blank range in this video..?
Very good point. Should absolutely be something a watch owner owns. And that raises a good point about the benefit of the analog watches over digital. If a mechanical watch becomes magnetized it could be reversed, but a digital watch that gets wiped with a magnet is kaput.
Having to do it every time you touch anything is not realistic. I stopped wearing mechanical watches mostly due to this issue. Plus they don't handle vibrations well..
A lot of people talk about how there are magnets in every day items, but having this item-by-item measurement of gauss readings is really eye-opening. Also super helpful to know that really cheap degaussers can be bought for 10$-12$ USD from Amazon!
I'm curious, do condenser microphones measure higher when it has phantom power flowing thru it than when you don't. In short, does phantom power affect the amount of gauss a mic emits.
Oliver, yes sir it will impact the time keeping. I'm not a watch maker and not the most knowledgeable about the inner workings, but I believe the hairspring becomes magnetized and gets stuck together. This leads to the watch gaining a lot of time, or completely stopping. I believe that's why you see manufacturers using silicon hairsprings.
with a bag of spacers to put between the sensor and the item, You can expand your measurement range :) The field strenght decays exponentially with distance.
Anybody know how antimagnetic basic quartz movements are? I am thinking to Seiko Astrons, and 500€-1000€ Citizens, Casio Edifices etc. And yeah... i was into buy a Seiko Alpinist, which is "antimagnetic"... 60 gauss rating... soooo....yeah, that is not enough. 500 should be the bare minimum... Thx for answers!
@@anthonyjack1859 Ah I see, but I am assuming it is not a permanent effect, in the sense once the watch is reset to a reference time, it should function as normal.
There are automatic watches which are antimagnetic. Also, if you don’t place your watch on your phone to take an instagram picture like I’ve seen people do, it’ll likely be fine. Ha. Also, digital watches can also be destroyed by magnets.
