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Re: wearing your watch when working on pc?
In Response To: Re: wearing your watch when working on pc? ()

: ACTION: Seismic Sam slaps Jeff around with a
: large trout, just for the halibut!! (;>)

: Yeah - the computer stuff is bogus, along with
: a lot of other things. I'd be more worried
: about the EM fields in the airport security
: than I would a computer. BTW - The metal
: detectors don't pick up on my Ti SeMP AT
: ALL! The other thing that DOES NOT affect
: Omega watches is marine radar, and I had a
: chance to prove that for myself on the
: forward deck of a sailboat at night while
: just beyond the breakers of Maverick's (Half
: Moon Bay) at night, in an irregular 7 foot
: chop with no moon or stars and a light fog.
Go to watchuseek forum and under omega read the post by georges z who posts her also and seems to know watches states - chrono calibres are sensitive to electronic device's like pc, etc? this makes no sence if they can moon walk with one? or is the reason they were 5 mins. late returning to earth? i have mine on as i write this, hope my omega doesn't stop...

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