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20 July 2017, 05:37 AM | #31 |
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20 July 2017, 06:19 AM | #33 | |
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20 July 2017, 07:05 AM | #34 |
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20 July 2017, 08:26 AM | #35 |
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I wear my Rolex inside a 10MW generator (3 meters diameter, 15 tons of rotating mass, 6.3kV and HUNDREDS of amps).
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20 July 2017, 08:27 AM | #36 |
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20 July 2017, 08:37 AM | #37 |
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I did get my Panerai (with sapphire caseback) magnetized once at a library check out stand. It scanned the book's barcode and zapped the book so it could leave the library without setting off the alarms. Watch ran funny after that but was easily fixed by a local AD.
I've not had any problems with 3 Rolexes (steel casebacks). Also the new ones have the antimagnetic hairsprings. |
20 July 2017, 10:23 AM | #38 |
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20 July 2017, 10:32 AM | #39 |
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Wow.
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20 July 2017, 11:32 AM | #40 |
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This string is cracking me up
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23 July 2017, 01:42 AM | #41 |
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I've magnetized a 1980s Rolex date just in the lab so frequently that I eventually gave up on mechanical watches. I got a Milgauss GV a few years back and it's never been magnetized but since the case of the latter is a bit too thick I got an Omega 15'000 Gauss. The Omega is not as accurate as the Milgauss so if the new 3235 movement is more resistant to magnetism than 3135 (Rolex seems to imply it is), then I'd trade my Omega in for a steel datejust 41. Does anyone know how many Gauss the 3235 can endure?
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23 July 2017, 01:52 AM | #42 |
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This YouTube video (https://youtu.be/elq8p8ZVCUk ) shows how a magnet can stop a watch so this is a real issue for people working in labs. After being magnetized a watch will accelerate suddenly and be off by hours. Despite the Omega PR stunt in the video, the Milgauss has enough resistance for me (you'd have to be in the MRI tube while its running to get 15000 Gauss exposure) but your typical Rolex can't even go into the lab. The problem with Omega's co-axial is its inferior accuracy and the service cost of $750 they charge. That's why I'd trade it in for a Rolex date-just 41 if I knew how much magnetism resistance it had.
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23 July 2017, 02:25 AM | #43 |
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I was not me... I know better than that...LOL
My watch roll was on my kitchen table and someone coming to do magnetic therapy accidentally placed his strong magnets close to the roll while I was not looking. Anyway everything is running fine a week later, which is a testament to modern Rolex watches being very robust in the presence of external magnetic fields. The Parachrom hairspring used in modern Rolexes is a paramagnetic alloy that is unaffected by external magnetic fields (and very shock resistant). The hairspring (and balance wheel) is the guardian of time in your watch because it's oscillations determine the accuracy of the watch. So thankfully Rolex has created a hairspring to handle the modern world of electricity and magnetism. If you work around magnetic fields, better to get a milgauss for constant exposure but this little accident showed me Rolexes can handle short term exposure to high gauss magnetic fields. |
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See this (https://youtu.be/elq8p8ZVCUk) YouTube video of a test of the modern Rolex Milgauss (it has he Parachrome blue and a Faraday cage) vs the Omega 15'000. It's a shame Rolex hasn't posted a similar video of their date just 41 vs the Milgauss to show they have matched Omega. Such a video would get me to trade my Omega for a Rolex. Omega has other "master co-axial" watches with the same magnetism resistance so even if the Omega is less accurate some folks will go to them for that feature alone despite Rolex being better in every other property. I also have IWC watches with magnetism resistance (~400 Gauss in the pilot watch line). The IWC match Rolex is accuracy.
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Wow, I thought you were cleaning your watch in the washing machine. I was about to tell you I would worry more about it getting banged up pretty bad in the spin cycle.
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24 July 2017, 01:03 AM | #46 | |
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