My kid magnetized my Seiko Orange Monster (SKX781). I was sitting on the sofa minding my own business and he runs up and slaps a strong bar magnet he was using for his science fair project right on top of my watch.
It was just for a second, I thought.
Professional divers are anti-magnetic, I thought.
Well I was wrong.
The watch started running fast immediately. I timed it over several days and it was about one minute fast per day.
Ruh-roh.
So after asking locally for someone to demagnetize and being disappointed in the responses (change the battery one person said to me), I decided to buy one of those demagnetizers off eBay. It wasn't very expensive, especially since I sold my kid to the circus. Not really, but maybe.
After waiting for weeks for the international shipment I was disappointed to find there were no instructions. I went online and found some guidance. I tested first with a magnetized screwdriver I had and it seemed to work fine. So off I go to the watch.
First I found a compass in the house and was surprised to find that the watch was magnetized enough to deflect the compass needle. Cool, now I had something to tell me immediately if the demagnetizer worked.
So I put the watch on the contraption and pressed the button. Did this a few times with slightly different processes. Ultimately, I got the watch case demagnetized but was very confused when I found that when I put it on the bracelet, it was magnetized again. Eventually I figured out that one of the spring bars was also magnetized so a few hits on the demagnetizer and that was good to go too.
After one day of timing I was very happy to see that the accuracy was back down to less than 10 seconds per day.
Take that evil mechanical watch gnomes.
I made a video demonstration showing what I did. Hopefully I can help some others.
Feel free to drop a comment or question.
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Thanks!
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