Yesterday, I got one of those demagnetizers and used it on a 1960s-1970s Omega Geneve handwind watch. The watch is one of those tinker-proof front access types that guys like me can't unscrew the back off to regulate. It is in absolutely beautiful condition, but was running almost 4 minutes a day fast. I had to do the procedure you outlined three times last night, each time setting the watch on my timegrapher to see any changes. It really worked! Today, on my wrist all day and into the evening, the watch gained maybe four seconds, if that. We'll see how it is in the morning after sitting on the nightstand all night, but the difference is astounding. Great video, thanks for sharing!
from an engineering point is far more complicated to do a faraday cage in such a little space. Usually a faraday cage need an important volume of steel to be generated and a separation between the movement and the body with a non conductive material. when the volume is such a small thing as a watch, an effective protection must use some special alloys, usually more expensive than simple stainless steel. As far as i know, it also needs some aditional layer on the glass. On the other hand, as these cages are not fully effective, in many cases is also necessary to replace some key components with no magnetic metals, like palladium All this while the water protection can be achieved with some rubber stops xD
@@DrowSorcerer i am sure you could offer some improved magnetism protection by using some non magntic metals and sealing the mouvement around in rubber and not have any metal of the case touching the mouvement and all of that for not crazy ammounts of money,probably more usefull in our modern digital world than a 200m WR when i never found myself in a situation where i needed to wear my watch while swimming,for lots of people water resistance might be important but it's not to me,30 to 50m resistance is just fine if you don't shower with your watch like a weirdo
I used a decent fluid filled compass (still cheap) to test all my watches. I found it easiest to set the compass down, let it stabilize, then move the watch around it to see if the needle deflected. All my watches moved the needle slightly, some more than others. Degaussing only improved the worst cases in a noticeable way. I think this is normal, a small amount of magnetism is unavoidable and won't hurt watch operation. About every ferrous object in my house would deflect the needle at least slightly, some a lot. A random screwdriver and pair of scissors would drag the needle around the compass, after Degaussing they would deflect the needle slightly, like most of my watches. Fun stuff!
Beware of proximity card readers, like found in skicenters to acces the lift. They usually produce strong magnetic field to be able to read the card from users pocket. Had my watch magnetized by one.
Thank you! Yesterday I so stupidly put my Hamilton Khaki on the magnet of my Macbook cover and it gained two minutes in the hour passed on the magnet! Now it seems ok, but if in the next days it strangely behaves I will try to fix it by the way you suggest in this useful video. Thank you again!
Omg that's was hilarious. I still wouldn't keep my watches so close to the speakers. I've had three watches that needed to be demagnetized. Two where vintage watches that just would not work, and one was running fast. As soon as I demagnetized the vintage watches, they came back to life. It is more common than people think. Great video, cheers
Hi TGV! As a radiologist who wears watches at work, let me correct you on one little thing. X-ray machines (or even CT scanners) do not operate with strong magnetic fields. MRI machines, however, can be a real pain in the neck. You should never ever go near an MRI scanner with your watch on, as they usually operate on a field strength of 1.5-3.0 Tesla, which is pretty brutal. Although the demagnetizer you showed us can be helpful for sure. :)
Just demagnetized my watch using what looks like exactly the same device used in this video. It really worked, passing the compass test. Thank you TGV 👍
Are you sure you have a very important deadline? That outtake ending was something else! We loved it!!! Great video as always. What a fantastic tip. Thank you!
Cool video my watch went back under warranty because it was fast - they sent it back after being demagnetised and now it's within 5 secs a day 👍 I didn't realise how easily it could be done at home, thanks
Great video... Loved the out takes, and informative on magnetism. Did not know you could buy a demagnetizer ... So cheaply .... I did have an Omega that was zapped and was costly to get fixed! Glad to know $7 can fix it. I miss your dog! Cute pup that he is!
Great still pic on this one :-) Magnetizing makes the hairspring stick to itself, flimsy thing as it is, which effectively makes it shorter and thus stiffer. It can cause the watch to become even crazy fast. One thing worth noting is that any steel watch causes some movement in the compass if it's positioned right on the edge. The watch does cause a local disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. What I like to do is position the compass right over the watch and bring it straight down to it. You also need to turn the watch 90 degrees and try again, in case you had it aligned with the magnetic field the first time. Your bloopers are so funny :-)
+esa062 Duly noted, I wish you could of seen the tudor when it was magnetised, didn't matter how it was, the compass went crazy from all angles LOL, oh well, all sorted now. Very true about the hairspring, thats precisely why it get faster, you really know your stuff! Spot on, thank you, Best regards, TGV
Great and very useful video! This video will save lots of collectors plenty of repairing cost as this is a common issue due to our modern lifestyle where we are surrounded with plenty of electronic gadgets. I have demagnetised quite a few of my watches using the same method. Great job!
Hahaha amazing thumbnail tgv! 😂 Great video as always! Also, you are nearly at 40k subs! Congrats so much! Hope you reach one million subs someday. Best regards Erik
So, I bought a watch winder for a decent amount of money and noticed that after rotating several watches through it that, it had magnetized my beater Relic (20 minutes fast after 4 days!). Now, a very cheap watch but, regardless, I wasn’t happy as I had put some expensive watches (A TAG and a Tissot) in it as well. Luckily it didn’t magnetize those. Anyways, I bought a similar demagnetizer off amazon for 9$ and thanks to TGV (After watching this video), I SAVED MY BEATER! Thanks TGV! Love your videos!
Thank you for the video, I just bought a demagnetize because I notice using my compass that some of my watches have this problem. My very best, you are funny, smart, polite and for sure have many other qualities. If any day you decide to visit Los Angeles, let me know, will be a pleasure to hang out with you, talk about watches and show some of our great spots around!!! Thank you very much for this video!
Thank you, very flattered by the kind words. I certainly would love to visit LA one day, I have family there too so I should try and make it over there, please stay in contact, always please to meet like minded people. Best regards, TGV
I recently had a similar experience. I was unhappy with the inaccuracy of my Orient Bambino. When I bought it, the accuracy was just fine. Then I wanted to regulate it myself. Bad news, it was even worse by slowing it down. It was gaining two to three minutes a day. Later I realized that I accidentally magnetized the watch by the metal tweezer I was using to nudge the regulator. So take care of metal tools as well.
While I won't argue that watches don't often get magnetised, I'm somewhat skeptical about how easy the internet claims it is to magnetise a watch. I spent last summer in close proximity to large and powerful electric motors (both pm and asynchronous, to anyone that cares), as well as powerful ferrous and rare-earth magnets and never had an issue with magnetising my Squale 1545. I did take care to not allow the watch to get overly close to magnets, but I think the fear-mongering regarding the issue to be a little excessive. That being said, magnetic fields become weaker in accordance to the inverse square law, so just being a few inches away from the magnet means you should be safe. I may just be lucky though, and better safe than sorry! Also, keep up the outtakes, they are hilarious!
+The Urban Gentry For that little it's probably cheaper to buy it than not! I might have to look into one for myself. And I'm really moaning about the kind of people that do the 'if your watch goes near a magnet it will be ruined' thing, and the 'don't get a watch that isn't more than 1000m water resistant damp' that you get all too often on the internet. John
The Urban Gentry So after reading my comment again I realized that there must be something I was missing... and I found it! After a bit of research I found that the accent is likely older Upper or Heightened Received Pronunciation (RP). TGV helped me learn about demagnetizing watches and British pronunciation!
TGV, Good morning and thank you to you and Grobnob for sharing the fix for magnetised watches. I had considered my Timex Marlin for a loss b/c it was running too fast. My marlin is now back to normal ^_^;
Hi TGV, You make me spilled my coffee! ;) Funny outtakes. I'm going to test my Junghans Chronometer from 1965. It's running over two minutes fast a day... :-/ Best regards, Claus
I wish I had found this a month ago. I magnetized my Victorinox and sent it in. 250$ later they replaced 6gears and now its working again. I’ll be buying one of these today.
Ball watch makes good watches that can high magnetism tolerance. Can vouch for them as I have 2. BWM power reserve and the engineer master 3 aviator. I can post it on the gtv fp if you like.
Never experienced the problem but great video. My Sqaule arrived and I love it. Great finish, unique bezel and dial color, WOW. I bought the brushed stainless and the leather band. I have been rewatching TGV's videos on 100, 200 and 500 watch videos.... Folks if you have not seen the videos, check them out.
I love the day date...and love the nato's, however, I'm sorry to say, I just can't see the little Tudor that way. great piece, and absolutely love the class you give your time pieces. you have been a big influence on my time pieces, as well as personal style and way of life in general. keep up the good work and good on ya.
+Adam Pawlicki Totally understandable about the nato, extremely flattered my friend, its viewers and supporters like you that keep me going! Thank you so much my friend. Best regards, TGV
thx for yet another mostly informative video. Especially the end. I laughed so hard that my wife woke up and came looking what I was watching! You're the best! :))))
I'm so happy I've subscribed to this channel. You are a fantastic chap indeed! You've contributed a huge amount and I would like to say Thank you. I am gaining more knowledge on Horology thanks to you and also have started collecting a few timepieces. Keep up the good work Sir. Greetings from London :) Ajay.
Hysterically funny at the end with your Terry Thomas impression! That aside another great video and yes I am now passing a compass over all my watches...damn that's why my Submariner has been running fasssssst.
Check the corners of your laptop with a compass. Many have strong neodymium magnets to make the case snap closed, at just the positions your wrists will be when typing.
I urge you to do a video like this entirely in the old school infomercial style accent you used in those last five seconds, it was brilliant i tell you!
Nice video, nice choice for a Nato on the Tudor! I got a 80kg pulling force fishing magnet, hence the reason I don't wear a watch when working with that (probably would even break an Aqua Terra). About demagnatizing...could one also (if movement permits) just pull out the crown to its hacking function as the movement stops instead of emptying the power reserve? Cheers. (too many espressos...lol)
Excellent advice. But personally, I'm still getting a watch with a Faraday cage. I don't know but it seems odd that a big clunky demagnitizer has to be a standard piece of equipment to properly enjoy a precise time-piece.
MAGNETISM! Haha Absolutely fantastic video! I didn't think it was that simple! 10 seconds and it's done. Thank you very much, TGV. Best regards, Michele.
. . . Loved the conclusion . . . yes I stopped puting my Seiko SARX033 on top of my iPad cover since the magnet in it switches it on/off. Hmmm what was I thinking. Checked the watch with my campus and all is OK, thanks for heads up.
LOL. We demand a watch review by Hugo Montgomery Charlie-Watson. Maybe when you're bored in the winter...in all seriousness, insightful for a relative novice like me 👍(actually I'm serious about a posh review too haha)
Very usefull tip if you don't own something like a Milgauss indeed (and I reckon a lot of us don't ;) ). Liked the outro too, it seems like you really are having a lot of fun making these videos! Keep up the good work, Governor! And good luck for your work related deadline :)
I was going to be straight forward and say how informative your video was, TGV, but then I saw the bloopers and I forgot what I was going to say. You should do an entire video as Hugo. Frightfully funny stuff, old boy! LOL
What a great advice video. I've been lucky in that I've not ever magnetized one of my watches. But I do realize that it is a common problem. Loved the ghastly, evil magnetism accent/comments. I'd love to see you do a whole episode with you doing it with that voice. Keep the informative (and FUN) vids coming! Cheers ol' boy, John
+John Price LOL, thank you John, I have seriously consider doing an entire spoof watch review in that accent. I will certainly think about it. Stay tuned I guess ;-) Best regards, TGV
Great video Guv! I personally think that if you wear that beautiful Tudor on a strap, it should be an aged/vintage leather strap. But that is just my personal preference and opinion. As always, keep up the great work. Looking forward to the live show. Onward and upward! -Justin
Please do a video entirely in the English character. And you have to start the video with you spinning around in your chair to face the camera and say "whyyy hello chaps" Great video, made my day.
Hi, TGV, Just want to say how much I enjoy your video channel, and consider your opinions and advice on most subjects...not ONLY watches, to be right on target. After watching this particular video, there's but a small but important point I'd like to make, and it is that compasses are in fact magnets themselves, and should not be placed near mechanical watches. Instead, place a non-magnetic steel sewing needle directly against the watch case. If the watch has become badly magnetized, there will be a slight but noticeable resistance or 'stickiness' when you slowly and gently take the needle away from the watch case. The best advice is simply avoid exposing mechanical watches to strong magnetic fields, such as loudspeakers, power transformers, and of course magnets, themselves. Keep up the fine, high quality work as your channel is a breath of fresh air in a world dominated mostly by rubbish.
Magnetism isn't all that bad.
My Casio 91w is a chick magnet.
+Dan Mac LOL, indeed!
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Retro chick or terrorist watch?
Preferably the 'Smart' chicks, of course.
Yesterday, I got one of those demagnetizers and used it on a 1960s-1970s Omega Geneve handwind watch. The watch is one of those tinker-proof front access types that guys like me can't unscrew the back off to regulate. It is in absolutely beautiful condition, but was running almost 4 minutes a day fast. I had to do the procedure you outlined three times last night, each time setting the watch on my timegrapher to see any changes. It really worked! Today, on my wrist all day and into the evening, the watch gained maybe four seconds, if that. We'll see how it is in the morning after sitting on the nightstand all night, but the difference is astounding. Great video, thanks for sharing!
I do wonder why watch manufactures boast about water resistance when a faraday cage would be more useful on a daily basis to most of us?
EXCELLENT point!
I am wondering now too.
Thank you Mark,
Best regards,
TGV
from an engineering point is far more complicated to do a faraday cage in such a little space. Usually a faraday cage need an important volume of steel to be generated and a separation between the movement and the body with a non conductive material. when the volume is such a small thing as a watch, an effective protection must use some special alloys, usually more expensive than simple stainless steel.
As far as i know, it also needs some aditional layer on the glass. On the other hand, as these cages are not fully effective, in many cases is also necessary to replace some key components with no magnetic metals, like palladium
All this while the water protection can be achieved with some rubber stops xD
@@DrowSorcerer cant they just put a foil around
@@DrowSorcerer i am sure you could offer some improved magnetism protection by using some non magntic metals and sealing the mouvement around in rubber and not have any metal of the case touching the mouvement and all of that for not crazy ammounts of money,probably more usefull in our modern digital world than a 200m WR when i never found myself in a situation where i needed to wear my watch while swimming,for lots of people water resistance might be important but it's not to me,30 to 50m resistance is just fine if you don't shower with your watch like a weirdo
I used a decent fluid filled compass (still cheap) to test all my watches. I found it easiest to set the compass down, let it stabilize, then move the watch around it to see if the needle deflected. All my watches moved the needle slightly, some more than others. Degaussing only improved the worst cases in a noticeable way. I think this is normal, a small amount of magnetism is unavoidable and won't hurt watch operation. About every ferrous object in my house would deflect the needle at least slightly, some a lot. A random screwdriver and pair of scissors would drag the needle around the compass, after Degaussing they would deflect the needle slightly, like most of my watches. Fun stuff!
Loved the bloopers! classic
You can sound so posh sometimes... Cracks me up haha great little bloopers at the end, loved it!! Magnetism!!
+Daermon Garrigus MAGNETISM!!!!!! ;-)
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Beware of proximity card readers, like found in skicenters to acces the lift. They usually produce strong magnetic field to be able to read the card from users pocket. Had my watch magnetized by one.
+Sami Antikainen Excellent, thank you for adding that!
Best regards,
TGV
Thank you! Yesterday I so stupidly put my Hamilton Khaki on the magnet of my Macbook cover and it gained two minutes in the hour passed on the magnet! Now it seems ok, but if in the next days it strangely behaves I will try to fix it by the way you suggest in this useful video. Thank you again!
I know this is 4 years ahead🤣
But could update please what happened the days after ? Did it add minutes again ?
Omg that's was hilarious. I still wouldn't keep my watches so close to the speakers. I've had three watches that needed to be demagnetized. Two where vintage watches that just would not work, and one was running fast. As soon as I demagnetized the vintage watches, they came back to life. It is more common than people think.
Great video, cheers
Hello TGV, thanks for posting these vlogs. I had no special interest in watches and now I can watch a half hour video on the topic of watch bands.
+Michael Levine So glad to hear!
Thank you Michael,
Best regards,
TGV
Those last two minutes of the video are just amazing;)! Need to have that more!!!
Hi TGV! As a radiologist who wears watches at work, let me correct you on one little thing. X-ray machines (or even CT scanners) do not operate with strong magnetic fields. MRI machines, however, can be a real pain in the neck. You should never ever go near an MRI scanner with your watch on, as they usually operate on a field strength of 1.5-3.0 Tesla, which is pretty brutal. Although the demagnetizer you showed us can be helpful for sure. :)
Glad you could take the time to answer me, you are totally welcome! My best - Gustavo
Just demagnetized my watch using what looks like exactly the same device used in this video. It really worked, passing the compass test. Thank you TGV 👍
Are you sure you have a very important deadline? That outtake ending was something else! We loved it!!! Great video as always. What a fantastic tip. Thank you!
Bro I'm late to the party that was magnificent. I learned about magnetism just two days ago and have one of these devices coming thanks a lot.
10:45 onwards - LMAO!!! PLEASE do a whole video / spoof review in a similar style :D
This is my all time favourite Urban Gentry video. Informative and entertaining.
Cool video my watch went back under warranty because it was fast - they sent it back after being demagnetised and now it's within 5 secs a day 👍 I didn't realise how easily it could be done at home, thanks
Very educational, cost effective solution to a common problem only on the TGV channel. Thanks for share knowledge in horology.
The info here was great. The bloopers made it outstanding!
Success! Saved a big expense today with that little magic blue box - thanks TGV
So glad to hear!
Thank you Neill,
Best regards,
TGV
Bloopers had me laughing my ass off.
+Zsmart Thank you, so glad to hear. :D
Best regards,
TGV
Great video... Loved the out takes, and informative on magnetism. Did not know you could buy a demagnetizer ... So cheaply .... I did have an Omega that was zapped and was costly to get fixed! Glad to know $7 can fix it. I miss your dog! Cute pup that he is!
Seriously informative, helpful vid for anyone into mechanical watches. Bloopers were darling. Thanks for the useful tip, mate!
Great still pic on this one :-) Magnetizing makes the hairspring stick to itself, flimsy thing as it is, which effectively makes it shorter and thus stiffer. It can cause the watch to become even crazy fast. One thing worth noting is that any steel watch causes some movement in the compass if it's positioned right on the edge. The watch does cause a local disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. What I like to do is position the compass right over the watch and bring it straight down to it. You also need to turn the watch 90 degrees and try again, in case you had it aligned with the magnetic field the first time. Your bloopers are so funny :-)
+esa062 Duly noted, I wish you could of seen the tudor when it was magnetised, didn't matter how it was, the compass went crazy from all angles LOL, oh well, all sorted now. Very true about the hairspring, thats precisely why it get faster, you really know your stuff! Spot on, thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Great and very useful video! This video will save lots of collectors plenty of repairing cost as this is a common issue due to our modern lifestyle where we are surrounded with plenty of electronic gadgets. I have demagnetised quite a few of my watches using the same method. Great job!
+POH TECK HIAN Thank you PTH, excellent point.
Best regards,
TGV
Hahaha amazing thumbnail tgv! 😂 Great video as always! Also, you are nearly at 40k subs! Congrats so much! Hope you reach one million subs someday.
Best regards
Erik
Hugo Montgomery Charlie Watford.... that character is hysterical! Those outtakes made up for the short length. Brilliant as always, good fellow
Very informative! Just bought myself those items in case of emergency lol! Thanks TGV!
+Matt H So glad, best be prepared!
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Hahaha Can we see a full video in that character at the end?
So, I bought a watch winder for a decent amount of money and noticed that after rotating several watches through it that, it had magnetized my beater Relic (20 minutes fast after 4 days!). Now, a very cheap watch but, regardless, I wasn’t happy as I had put some expensive watches (A TAG and a Tissot) in it as well. Luckily it didn’t magnetize those. Anyways, I bought a similar demagnetizer off amazon for 9$ and thanks to TGV (After watching this video), I SAVED MY BEATER! Thanks TGV! Love your videos!
Thank you for the video, I just bought a demagnetize because I notice using my compass that some of my watches have this problem. My very best, you are funny, smart, polite and for sure have many other qualities. If any day you decide to visit Los Angeles, let me know, will be a pleasure to hang out with you, talk about watches and show some of our great spots around!!! Thank you very much for this video!
Thank you, very flattered by the kind words. I certainly would love to visit LA one day, I have family there too so I should try and make it over there, please stay in contact, always please to meet like minded people.
Best regards,
TGV
I recently had a similar experience. I was unhappy with the inaccuracy of my Orient Bambino. When I bought it, the accuracy was just fine. Then I wanted to regulate it myself. Bad news, it was even worse by slowing it down. It was gaining two to three minutes a day. Later I realized that I accidentally magnetized the watch by the metal tweezer I was using to nudge the regulator. So take care of metal tools as well.
While I won't argue that watches don't often get magnetised, I'm somewhat skeptical about how easy the internet claims it is to magnetise a watch. I spent last summer in close proximity to large and powerful electric motors (both pm and asynchronous, to anyone that cares), as well as powerful ferrous and rare-earth magnets and never had an issue with magnetising my Squale 1545. I did take care to not allow the watch to get overly close to magnets, but I think the fear-mongering regarding the issue to be a little excessive. That being said, magnetic fields become weaker in accordance to the inverse square law, so just being a few inches away from the magnet means you should be safe. I may just be lucky though, and better safe than sorry!
Also, keep up the outtakes, they are hilarious!
+John Smith Thank you John,
I do hope your Squale is ok, but as you say, better safe then sorry, for $7 I cant really say no right?
Best regards,
TGV
+The Urban Gentry For that little it's probably cheaper to buy it than not! I might have to look into one for myself. And I'm really moaning about the kind of people that do the 'if your watch goes near a magnet it will be ruined' thing, and the 'don't get a watch that isn't more than 1000m water resistant damp' that you get all too often on the internet.
John
Awesome! The bloopers are frightfully funny!! Very instructive video.
Oh man that was great!!! Thanks for the remedy and advice. Plus, I nearly lost it watching the bloopers!!! What a hoot!
I'm DYING laughing at the blooper reel at the end TGV. Love this show.
A gold faced Tudor on a NATO strap? Hmmm... Reminds me of people wearing gold watches with track suits...:)
+Benjamin Dover LOL, gold watches with tracksuits!!! They do that a lot here in Queens ;-)
Best regards,
TGV
thanks for this excellent video....i finally understand and appreciate why Sinn and Damasko's make a big thing about being anti magnetic
I totally LOVE the blooper reel on this
The outtakes at the end were very funny! The stuffy english gent accent/voice is my favorite.
+Matt W Thank you Matt,
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry So after reading my comment again I realized that there must be something I was missing... and I found it! After a bit of research I found that the accent is likely older Upper or Heightened Received Pronunciation (RP). TGV helped me learn about demagnetizing watches and British pronunciation!
One thing to keep a mind on is that if you have a metal bracelet on the watch, it too can be magnetized. Make sure you degauss the strap as well.
I was wondering what the modern use of something like the Omega Railmaster was, but now I know. Thanks.
Those out takes at the end, your a very funny man, that was gold!
+Ironbarkbushkraft Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Excellent video, and the bloopers gave me a good laugh 😂😂
+thatgiant Thank you my friend!
Best regards,
TGV
TGV,
Good morning and thank you to you and Grobnob for sharing the fix for magnetised watches. I had considered my Timex Marlin for a loss b/c it was running too fast. My marlin is now back to normal ^_^;
Bloopers were so fun, thanks for your candidness :)
tgv.. please keep doing these thumbnails. There's enjoyment even before the video starts! haha
+Eric Yoon LOL, Thank you, Eric, will try.
Best regards,
TGV
Liking the bit at the end there Tristano, very funny outakes etc ☺
+kyndryd spyryt Thank you :D
Best regards,
TGV
Informative with a nice bit of comic relief at the end! Nice job my man!
The bloopers were awesome. Keep them coming.
thanks for the advice and keep having fun. My best!
Great video TGV. Very informative as usual...I enjoyed the bloopers as well.
+Christopher Jennings Thank you Christopher!
Best regards,
TGV
Such a great and informative video. Thank you very much Sir ! Have a wonderful weekend !
Last part was pure class! Please use that baronial persona for all of your coming videos. Cheers! :-)
+jhm smart tv Thank you JHM! :D
Best regards,
TGV
Hi TGV,
You make me spilled my coffee! ;) Funny outtakes.
I'm going to test my Junghans Chronometer from 1965. It's running over two minutes fast a day... :-/
Best regards,
Claus
I wish I had found this a month ago. I magnetized my Victorinox and sent it in. 250$ later they replaced 6gears and now its working again. I’ll be buying one of these today.
Really informative video, TGV! Thanks for the tips. Also, the posh voice bloopers at the end had me ROLLING!
Ball watch makes good watches that can high magnetism tolerance. Can vouch for them as I have 2. BWM power reserve and the engineer master 3 aviator. I can post it on the gtv fp if you like.
MILKWynn i love ball watches. Which ones do you have. I have a trainmaster pulsemeter.
Hello from Australia. Love to watch (ha) a video that both informs and entertains.
Brilliant!
Thank you Mike, too kind :D
Best regards,
TGV
Haha! Loved the ending, thanks for that laugh TGV.
+Felix Johansson Thank you Felix!
Best regards,
TGV
Never experienced the problem but great video. My Sqaule arrived and I love it. Great finish, unique bezel and dial color, WOW. I bought the brushed stainless and the leather band. I have been rewatching TGV's videos on 100, 200 and 500 watch videos.... Folks if you have not seen the videos, check them out.
Bloopers again!, love it.. Great video Tristano!
I love the day date...and love the nato's, however, I'm sorry to say, I just can't see the little Tudor that way. great piece, and absolutely love the class you give your time pieces. you have been a big influence on my time pieces, as well as personal style and way of life in general. keep up the good work and good on ya.
+Adam Pawlicki Totally understandable about the nato, extremely flattered my friend, its viewers and supporters like you that keep me going! Thank you so much my friend.
Best regards,
TGV
Wow! Just realized my watch is magnetized! Thanks TGV!
+Bruno Martins Glad I could help!
Thank you Bruno,
Best regards,
TGV
Very useful video. I was wondering about this very issue.
Solid advice. Thank you for sharing!!!
thx for yet another mostly informative video.
Especially the end. I laughed so hard that my wife woke up and came looking what I was watching!
You're the best! :))))
+Frank Schroth Thank you Frank, please apologise to your wife for me!
Best regards,
TGV
I'm so happy I've subscribed to this channel. You are a fantastic chap indeed! You've contributed a huge amount and I would like to say Thank you. I am gaining more knowledge on Horology thanks to you and also have started collecting a few timepieces. Keep up the good work Sir. Greetings from London :) Ajay.
Thank you so much Ajay, very glad to have you aboard!
Best regards,
TGV
Hysterically funny at the end with your Terry Thomas impression! That aside another great video and yes I am now passing a compass over all my watches...damn that's why my Submariner has been running fasssssst.
Greetings from Ireland. I learned a lot today, thanks.
Ireland! So cool, thank you Bernard, so glad to hear.
Best regards,
TGV
Great tutorial/video on a very underrated topic!
Thanks :)
+Manish Sahay Thank you Manish!
Best regards,
TGV
I'm a fan of all edc. That's why I noticed your kershaw leek made an appearance.
Check the corners of your laptop with a compass. Many have strong neodymium magnets to make the case snap closed, at just the positions your wrists will be when typing.
I urge you to do a video like this entirely in the old school infomercial style accent you used in those last five seconds, it was brilliant i tell you!
+Norwegian Reaper LOL, I might just do that, how about a posh watch review like that?
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TGV
Very funny and entertaining.... loved the blooper outro!!
+MrSpessle Thank you :D
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TGV
Nice video, nice choice for a Nato on the Tudor!
I got a 80kg pulling force fishing magnet, hence the reason I don't wear a watch when working with that (probably would even break an Aqua Terra).
About demagnatizing...could one also (if movement permits) just pull out the crown to its hacking function as the movement stops instead of emptying the power reserve? Cheers. (too many espressos...lol)
+Guideaux Pelages GP! Thank you.
As for the pulling the crown out, good question, I will ask my watchmaker friend.
cheers,
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TGV
Great advice TGV , really good tip. What an Epic ending to the vid, just needed a Pimms . Regards & best wishes.
+Gino Celentano Thank you Gino, haha a Pimms!!!! YESSSSSS :D
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TGV
Excellent advice. But personally, I'm still getting a watch with a Faraday cage. I don't know but it seems odd that a big clunky demagnitizer has to be a standard piece of equipment to properly enjoy a precise time-piece.
MAGNETISM! Haha
Absolutely fantastic video! I didn't think it was that simple! 10 seconds and it's done.
Thank you very much, TGV.
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Michele.
+Michele Calò Thank you Michele!
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TGV
Have you done a video on those aviation wall clocks? They looks really interesting!
. . . Loved the conclusion . . . yes I stopped puting my Seiko SARX033 on top of my iPad cover since the magnet in it switches it on/off. Hmmm what was I thinking. Checked the watch with my campus and all is OK, thanks for heads up.
You are most welcome, thank you Peter
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TGV
I think the demagnetiser instructions say to NOT lay the watch directly on it, but to hold it above the case in a little distance.
LOL. We demand a watch review by Hugo Montgomery Charlie-Watson. Maybe when you're bored in the winter...in all seriousness, insightful for a relative novice like me 👍(actually I'm serious about a posh review too haha)
I like the color combination on the Tudor and the nato.
Thank you Michael :D
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TGV
Very usefull tip if you don't own something like a Milgauss indeed (and I reckon a lot of us don't ;) ). Liked the outro too, it seems like you really are having a lot of fun making these videos! Keep up the good work, Governor! And good luck for your work related deadline :)
+gillmaes Thank you my friend, glad I could help, I must admit, I prefer making vids to my real job! Oh well, will not be long now.
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TGV
My beloved Invicta Pro Diver definitely needs to be demagnetized! Thanks for this valuable tip TGV.
Now off to get a demagnetizer.
I was going to be straight forward and say how informative your video was, TGV, but then I saw the bloopers and I forgot what I was going to say.
You should do an entire video as Hugo. Frightfully funny stuff, old boy! LOL
+Ken Cooper Thank you Ken, I think I will do that! ;-)
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TGV
I know someone who speaks like you're Hugo Montgomery character TGV, he's actually an absolute gent and wares a vintage gold Omega Constellation!!
+darcy gunning Nice! I kind of based it on the British side of my family, OMG they will see it too! Oops! LOL
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TGV
What a great advice video. I've been lucky in that I've not ever magnetized one of my watches. But I do realize that it is a common problem. Loved the ghastly, evil magnetism accent/comments. I'd love to see you do a whole episode with you doing it with that voice. Keep the informative (and FUN) vids coming! Cheers ol' boy, John
+John Price LOL, thank you John, I have seriously consider doing an entire spoof watch review in that accent.
I will certainly think about it.
Stay tuned I guess ;-)
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TGV
Great vid',... Timefactors Speedbird III - affordable watch with a faraday cage -£480 I think... next on my list!
Great video Guv! I personally think that if you wear that beautiful Tudor on a strap, it should be an aged/vintage leather strap. But that is just my personal preference and opinion. As always, keep up the great work. Looking forward to the live show. Onward and upward! -Justin
The blooper reel at the end is hilarious. You should have a posh alter ego show thingy.
10:46 was the best intro by far, Please do your next aprils fools video in that character! Hahaha monocle and tophat optional ^^
Please do a video entirely in the English character. And you have to start the video with you spinning around in your chair to face the camera and say "whyyy hello chaps" Great video, made my day.
good info, thank you
looking forward to seeing the next show
+Johan Nilsson Thank you Johan,
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TGV
Ordered the same demagnetizer off ebay. Hope it will fix my seiko 5 which is running 1+mins per day. Thanks for the great tip tgv.
+Calvin Tan Thank you Calvin, with any luck it should. Keep me posted,
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TGV
Lovely video TGV! As a musician who deals with speakers and microphones on a regular basis, how much risk is there of getting my watches magnetized?
Hi, TGV,
Just want to say how much I enjoy your video channel, and consider your opinions and advice on most subjects...not ONLY watches, to be right on target.
After watching this particular video, there's but a small but important point I'd like to make, and it is that compasses are in fact magnets themselves, and should not be placed near mechanical watches. Instead, place a non-magnetic steel sewing needle directly against the watch case. If the watch has become badly magnetized, there will be a slight but noticeable resistance or 'stickiness' when you slowly and gently take the needle away from the watch case. The best advice is simply avoid exposing mechanical watches to strong magnetic fields, such as loudspeakers, power transformers, and of course magnets, themselves. Keep up the fine, high quality work as your channel is a breath of fresh air in a world dominated mostly by rubbish.
Thank you so much my friend, really makes it all worth it to hear that, you have no idea.
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TGV