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Re: Air Port Metal detectors
In Response To: Re: Air Port Metal detectors ()

: Airport metal detectors do nothing to my Ti
: SeMP, and as a matter of fact they don't
: even pick up the presence of the watch
: itself. In addition to being ungodly strong
: and corrosion resistant, titanium has no
: magnetic properties whatsoever.

I'm not saying there is a problem but remember that you're talking about the case. Inside the case, the mainspring is probably some sort of steel and many of the other parts are probably stainless steel. I think the problem would arise if internal parts became magnetized and then had trouble moving past each other.

Personally, I've never had any problems with my watch becoming magnetized with countless trips through airports.

I'd be curious to hear what others have done which resulted in problems with magnetism. I want to know what to avoid.

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