oicu812 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 A while back, I bought a Smurf Sub-C from IndyWatchGuy. It has an Eta 2836, and ran from spot on, to +3 seconds a day, a very nice piece. I started noticing lately that it was slowing down, and had started being 10-15 seconds slow. Hmmm. After a lot of head scratching, and figuring that it will need an expensive service, I started to think about other possible causes. After digging around in my watch toolbox, I found an old compass, the kind that they used to include as prizes in Cracker Jack boxes. I thought "Why not, might as well check for that" I waved the watch over it. And the compass spun like a top. Interesting. So I went on Ebay and found a brand new Chinese demagnetizer for $10. Holding the watch on it, I hit the power button for 10 seconds, lifting the watch straight up in the air away from it in the last two. I did the compass check, and the needle didn't wiggle a bit. And she has run +2 seconds over the last 24 hours, sitting dial up. It's really nice when a cheap fix works! O 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 :clap2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Well done. Apparently, quite a few watches become affected in this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 First point of call in watchmaking when assessing a movement, demagnetise Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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