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Re: Magnetized???
In Response To: Re: Magnetized??? ()

: You sound like you WANT to have your watch
: magnetized! That is not something that you
: should want--it is bad for the watch. A
: typical symptom of magnetization is that the
: watch suddenly starts runing unusually fast
: or unusually slow.

: When accidental magnetizing occurs to a watch,
: it is usually because the watch was placed
: in or near a very strong magnetic field.
: Very little consumer electronics generate a
: strong enough field to do this. It usually
: takes exposure to industrial grade
: electrical equipment (large transformers and
: such) or a very strong magnet to cause this
: to happen.

: The solution is to take the watch to a jeweler
: to be demagnetized. They do this by
: essentially reversing the process--exposing
: the watch to a controlled magnetic field in
: such a way that it removes the magentism
: from the watch.

Thanks Derek, No, I didn't want my watch to be magnetized; I just wasn't sure what that meant from my reading of other posts.

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