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Old 13 August 2014, 09:31 AM   #1
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Tudor Pelagos Demagnetized Results



A few months back I picked up a brand new Tudor Pelagos which was running at an amazing +2 seconds per 24 hours consistently. During the past few weeks, I noticed that it had accelerated to +6 seconds per 24 hours consistently, which although still was within COSC specs for a non-COSC spec watch, I was curious as to how it was able to jump that much and considered the movement to just have "settled in". The good news was that the timing was consistent. The bad news is I wanted more accuracy.

I started reading up online about the potential of the watch being magnetized. I do a pretty good job of keeping the watch away from any type of magnet, and thought that in addition to being cautious, the watch was made out of titanium it was amagnetic.

I put the watch up to my iphone compass and saw a bit of movement but nothing drastic. I then realized that I wear the watch a lot when using my Macbook air, which has a magnetic power port, and a magnetic lid. To spot check if the watch was really magnetized, I bought an electronic demagnetizer from Amazon and ran the Pelagos through it last night at 9 PM. It is 6:30 PM the next day and the watch has only gained about 1.5 seconds which means that it is back on par with the original timing.

I'm pretty pleased with the results and wanted to share this with all of you in case you ever catch your watch running fast due to potential magnetism. I know people talk about huge swings like gaining +1 minute per 24 hours, or +1 minute every couple of hours, but my belief is that it doesn't even need to be that drastic of a move for the watch to have been magnetized.
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Old 13 August 2014, 10:50 AM   #2
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Wow that is a really cool thing you did. I wonder if the Tudors have that blue hairspring which is suppose to help in a magnetic field
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Old 13 August 2014, 11:00 AM   #3
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Umm, I don't think your watch was magnetized. There's plenty of reasons for potential variation that have nothing to do with using your laptop. If it were true, millions of people would be running around w/ magnetized watches. None of the magnets on your Mac should be strong enough to cause a problem, unless there's something weird about titanium that makes it more vulnerable to exposure.
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Old 13 August 2014, 11:02 AM   #4
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also, when the brain is running at peak performance and your neural networks are emitting an electromagnetic pulse, it can affect a watch. This is the real reason brilliant scientists prefer the anti-magnetic Milgauss. Those with lower IQs than geniuses can wear pretty much any model.
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Old 13 August 2014, 11:12 AM   #5
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also, when the brain is running at peak performance and your neural networks are emitting an electromagnetic pulse, it can affect a watch. This is the real reason brilliant scientists prefer the anti-magnetic Milgauss. Those with lower IQs than geniuses can wear pretty much any model.
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Old 13 August 2014, 11:15 AM   #6
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But when you handle your MacBook Air or are typing your watch does not go near the magnets, only the clasp......so I doubt that has been the problem....

Do you have a photo of the demagnetiser your purchased and what did it cost?

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