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Re: Likely a very simple cause...

: Could this be a result of magnetism? Maybe the
: watch became magnetised after coming into
: contact with the computer, swipe card
: reader, fridge or some other object? Thanks.

Magnetism *can* cause that to occur in mechanical watch movements. But the current Seamaster models are all heavily shielded against magnetism, so it would have taken an unusually strong magnetic field to have done that.

The only reports of magnetism related problems I've received have been from people who have to do work in very close proximity to high voltage power transformers--such as found only in large power plants or factory/industrial wiring closets and at the top of long distance power transmission poles.

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