How to Demagnetize Your Watch for Less Than $15 (Automatic Seiko 5) 

Thank you, my Breitling was running 10 minutes fast per day! After watching your video, I bought the demagnetiser, and hoorah it worked!!

Very educational and easy to understand. I just discovered why one of my mechanical watches, Citizen Crystal 7, started gaining time. Thank you very much.

The process starts at 7:54.

I just got a vintage 1940s watch and it's running +240 spd if I remember right, with very low amplitude. There's not even a line on the timegrapher, just dots everywhere. I've ordered a demagnetizer, and I hope it helps some. I'm not holding my breath though.... I'm sure what it needs is a full service (strip, clean, lubricate). Funny thing is almost all my watches move the compass and also the cell phone app. It's like my whole collection box has gotten magnetized some. I've regulated all my watches though and they all run +/- a single digit for the most part. I wonder if my ones that were +50 or so spd before I regulated them, if what I did was compensate for magnetism. I wonder if they'll be real slow after I put them on the blue box. I guess it will be a good learning experience.

How do we know it was magetized before you put it near your phone?

Amazing. Thank you kindly for your time. Great video 😎👍🇺🇸

Excellent video mate, thank you so much.

Thanks for the video. Is there a difference in effectiveness between that blue demagnetiser vs the tunnel ones?

My watch seems to be running faster than usual. (A lot faster) and I don’t know how it could have gotten magnetized but it was dropped twice in the last month but still runs fine (other than running fast) it’s a Seiko snk809. What do you think could have happened?

Is there any harm demagnetizing a watch that wasn't actually magnetized? If you're unsure, can you just use the demagnetizer?

Thanks a lot for the video. Can I pull out the crown of my wach, wich has a hacking movement, instead of waiting for the power reserve to go out? Can i aslo use this tool to demagnetize my screwdrivers?

i've got 2 watches that are magnetised and i've figured out specifically where it is magnetised on the watch. so when i rest it in certain positions, it will run faster. Example, i've got an Orient which is magnetised on the 12o clock area, when i rest it 12 facing up, it loses time but when i rest it dial up, it runs faster by 20+ seconds! Magnetism is such a demon!

Thanks for the great video. My watch suddenly started running 5-15 minutes fast and it is magnetized. The iPhone app was great, and I’m ordering the demagnetizer to be prepared if it happens again.

Definitely the best howto demagnetize a watch on RU-vid. What an awesome app, too. Thank you very much for posting this!!

Great video, thanks for sharing this knowledge.

Hello John, I have an Invicta Pro Diver (Model 9937OB) that has a Sellita SW200-1 movement and it gains a few seconds everyday. Is it posssible that it could be magnetized or does it need to be gaining more than just a few seconds a day? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Can't I just pull the crown out and stop the watch that way instead of waiting for it to unwind?

If the watch is hackable I only need to pull out the crown for all hands to stop then I can demagnetize right?

I downloaded the Lepsi app but when I was prompted for my email it says the code isn't recognized right away, when I haven't entered any code or received it via email. Not sure how this Lepsi works. I just got a Chinese automatic and it's running +56/day. I hope it's just magnetized.

Very interesting video.

What was it running at before you demagnetized it?

Thank you so much!

My Seiko 5 stopped running after I hung it on a touch on lamp . Do you think it is magnetized ?

Brilliant! Thanks for the advice.

Hello, I'm very confused. Not only my automatic watch, but any metal object I place next to a compass causes it to fluctuate. Similarly, my watch and any metal object I place near the Lepsi app shows 'magnetism detected'. How can I believe these tests are legit?

What if you have android?

If I use this on a watch that isnt magnetised will it damage it. I cant access this app and dont have a compass.

Thanks! Mine didn’t come with instructions

I will donate $10 to this guy if he posts a video of him taking that NES off the shelf, plugging it into a CRT, and playing it. "Retro" systems look cool, but they're way cooler if you actually play them. You don't get "nerd cred" for just OWNING them.

Thank you so much for the video!

would a magnetized watch run slow?

Thank you for this video! Very well done!

Hi, and if the watch go slow it's the same problem?

Do you think a watch can get magnetized by going through the mail and being scanned several times at several post offices?

Nice video

got one from ebay and it works!! Thanks for this tip!

Thanks!

this isn’t working for me :(

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For those Who don't have a physical compass it also works with your iPhone compass App

Almost 8 minutes to say, use a cheap demagnetiser? Wow, there I was thinking I sometimes took too long explaining things to get to the point.

WAIIIT u mean old thicc tvs that look like some kind of box and are extreme heavy

Hold on before putting your watch anywhere near your iPhone. Buy a 2$ compass and use that to check what’s magnetised or not, because guess what? The iPhone is a big magnet. That app says nothing at all. It indicated some of my watches that run fine are magnetised, including my Omega Master co-axial which is basically a-magnetic. Facing a cheap real compass: zero effect. So next you’d have people put their watches that are totally fine against that cheap demagnetiser that could actually magnetise the whole case itself. Have you taken advice from an actual watch repair guy before putting the video together?

Give it to me I can demagnotise it , I can wear any watch etc etc

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To much yak, yak, yak.. Just get on with it dude.. Geesh..

8 mins of chit chat wasted my time

John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😘🥰😍❤❤❤😉🤫😊