Magnetism isn't all that bad. My Casio 91w is a chick magnet.

I do wonder why watch manufactures boast about water resistance when a faraday cage would be more useful on a daily basis to most of us?

I used a decent fluid filled compass (still cheap) to test all my watches. I found it easiest to set the compass down, let it stabilize, then move the watch around it to see if the needle deflected. All my watches moved the needle slightly, some more than others. Degaussing only improved the worst cases in a noticeable way. I think this is normal, a small amount of magnetism is unavoidable and won't hurt watch operation. About every ferrous object in my house would deflect the needle at least slightly, some a lot. A random screwdriver and pair of scissors would drag the needle around the compass, after Degaussing they would deflect the needle slightly, like most of my watches. Fun stuff!

Loved the bloopers! classic

Yesterday, I got one of those demagnetizers and used it on a 1960s-1970s Omega Geneve handwind watch. The watch is one of those tinker-proof front access types that guys like me can't unscrew the back off to regulate. It is in absolutely beautiful condition, but was running almost 4 minutes a day fast. I had to do the procedure you outlined three times last night, each time setting the watch on my timegrapher to see any changes. It really worked! Today, on my wrist all day and into the evening, the watch gained maybe four seconds, if that. We'll see how it is in the morning after sitting on the nightstand all night, but the difference is astounding. Great video, thanks for sharing!

You can sound so posh sometimes... Cracks me up haha great little bloopers at the end, loved it!! Magnetism!!

Beware of proximity card readers, like found in skicenters to acces the lift. They usually produce strong magnetic field to be able to read the card from users pocket. Had my watch magnetized by one.

Seriously informative, helpful vid for anyone into mechanical watches. Bloopers were darling. Thanks for the useful tip, mate!

Hahaha amazing thumbnail tgv! 😂 Great video as always! Also, you are nearly at 40k subs! Congrats so much! Hope you reach one million subs someday. Best regards Erik

Omg that's was hilarious. I still wouldn't keep my watches so close to the speakers. I've had three watches that needed to be demagnetized. Two where vintage watches that just would not work, and one was running fast. As soon as I demagnetized the vintage watches, they came back to life. It is more common than people think. Great video, cheers

Hi TGV! As a radiologist who wears watches at work, let me correct you on one little thing. X-ray machines (or even CT scanners) do not operate with strong magnetic fields. MRI machines, however, can be a real pain in the neck. You should never ever go near an MRI scanner with your watch on, as they usually operate on a field strength of 1.5-3.0 Tesla, which is pretty brutal. Although the demagnetizer you showed us can be helpful for sure. :)

I'm DYING laughing at the blooper reel at the end TGV. Love this show.

This is my all time favourite Urban Gentry video. Informative and entertaining.

Oh man that was great!!! Thanks for the remedy and advice. Plus, I nearly lost it watching the bloopers!!! What a hoot!

Those last two minutes of the video are just amazing;)! Need to have that more!!!

The info here was great. The bloopers made it outstanding!

Are you sure you have a very important deadline? That outtake ending was something else! We loved it!!! Great video as always. What a fantastic tip. Thank you!

Informative with a nice bit of comic relief at the end! Nice job my man!

Awesome! The bloopers are frightfully funny!! Very instructive video.

Hello TGV, thanks for posting these vlogs. I had no special interest in watches and now I can watch a half hour video on the topic of watch bands.

Really informative video, TGV! Thanks for the tips. Also, the posh voice bloopers at the end had me ROLLING!

Great video TGV. Very informative as usual...I enjoyed the bloopers as well.

Just demagnetized my watch using what looks like exactly the same device used in this video. It really worked, passing the compass test. Thank you TGV 👍

Great video... Loved the out takes, and informative on magnetism. Did not know you could buy a demagnetizer ... So cheaply .... I did have an Omega that was zapped and was costly to get fixed! Glad to know $7 can fix it. I miss your dog! Cute pup that he is!

Such a great and informative video. Thank you very much Sir ! Have a wonderful weekend !

Glad you could take the time to answer me, you are totally welcome! My best - Gustavo

Very educational, cost effective solution to a common problem only on the TGV channel. Thanks for share knowledge in horology.

Very informative! Just bought myself those items in case of emergency lol! Thanks TGV!

I'm so happy I've subscribed to this channel. You are a fantastic chap indeed! You've contributed a huge amount and I would like to say Thank you. I am gaining more knowledge on Horology thanks to you and also have started collecting a few timepieces. Keep up the good work Sir. Greetings from London :) Ajay.

Bloopers again!, love it.. Great video Tristano!

Excellent video, and the bloopers gave me a good laugh 😂😂

Cool video my watch went back under warranty because it was fast - they sent it back after being demagnetised and now it's within 5 secs a day 👍 I didn't realise how easily it could be done at home, thanks

Bloopers were so fun, thanks for your candidness :)

Great and very useful video! This video will save lots of collectors plenty of repairing cost as this is a common issue due to our modern lifestyle where we are surrounded with plenty of electronic gadgets. I have demagnetised quite a few of my watches using the same method. Great job!

thanks for the advice and keep having fun. My best!

Thank you! Yesterday I so stupidly put my Hamilton Khaki on the magnet of my Macbook cover and it gained two minutes in the hour passed on the magnet! Now it seems ok, but if in the next days it strangely behaves I will try to fix it by the way you suggest in this useful video. Thank you again!

TGV, Good morning and thank you to you and Grobnob for sharing the fix for magnetised watches. I had considered my Timex Marlin for a loss b/c it was running too fast. My marlin is now back to normal ^_^;

The bloopers were awesome. Keep them coming.

Liking the bit at the end there Tristano, very funny outakes etc ☺

10:45 onwards - LMAO!!! PLEASE do a whole video / spoof review in a similar style :D

This is so good I had to watch it again, lol! Keep it up mate!

thanks for this excellent video....i finally understand and appreciate why Sinn and Damasko's make a big thing about being anti magnetic

So, I bought a watch winder for a decent amount of money and noticed that after rotating several watches through it that, it had magnetized my beater Relic (20 minutes fast after 4 days!). Now, a very cheap watch but, regardless, I wasn’t happy as I had put some expensive watches (A TAG and a Tissot) in it as well. Luckily it didn’t magnetize those. Anyways, I bought a similar demagnetizer off amazon for 9$ and thanks to TGV (After watching this video), I SAVED MY BEATER! Thanks TGV! Love your videos!

Solid advice. Thank you for sharing!!!

Do you have to let the watch wind down before demagnetizing it or can you simply use the second hacking to stop the movement?

Hugo Montgomery Charlie Watford.... that character is hysterical! Those outtakes made up for the short length. Brilliant as always, good fellow

Thank you for the video, I just bought a demagnetize because I notice using my compass that some of my watches have this problem. My very best, you are funny, smart, polite and for sure have many other qualities. If any day you decide to visit Los Angeles, let me know, will be a pleasure to hang out with you, talk about watches and show some of our great spots around!!! Thank you very much for this video!

Hey tgv! great video! just a query though, say your submariner or something with a full metal bracelet got magnetised would you have to take it off so you can lay it flat on the demagnitiser or could you prop it up at a different angle?

thx for yet another mostly informative video. Especially the end. I laughed so hard that my wife woke up and came looking what I was watching! You're the best! :))))

Hello from Australia. Love to watch (ha) a video that both informs and entertains. Brilliant!

I love the day date...and love the nato's, however, I'm sorry to say, I just can't see the little Tudor that way. great piece, and absolutely love the class you give your time pieces. you have been a big influence on my time pieces, as well as personal style and way of life in general. keep up the good work and good on ya.

Bro I'm late to the party that was magnificent. I learned about magnetism just two days ago and have one of these devices coming thanks a lot.

Those out takes at the end, your a very funny man, that was gold!

Great tutorial/video on a very underrated topic! Thanks :)

Very useful video. I was wondering about this very issue.

Hi TGV, You make me spilled my coffee! ;) Funny outtakes. I'm going to test my Junghans Chronometer from 1965. It's running over two minutes fast a day... :-/ Best regards, Claus

Very usefull tip if you don't own something like a Milgauss indeed (and I reckon a lot of us don't ;) ). Liked the outro too, it seems like you really are having a lot of fun making these videos! Keep up the good work, Governor! And good luck for your work related deadline :)

Success! Saved a big expense today with that little magic blue box - thanks TGV

Great video Guv! I personally think that if you wear that beautiful Tudor on a strap, it should be an aged/vintage leather strap. But that is just my personal preference and opinion. As always, keep up the great work. Looking forward to the live show. Onward and upward! -Justin

Haha! Loved the ending, thanks for that laugh TGV.

While I won't argue that watches don't often get magnetised, I'm somewhat skeptical about how easy the internet claims it is to magnetise a watch. I spent last summer in close proximity to large and powerful electric motors (both pm and asynchronous, to anyone that cares), as well as powerful ferrous and rare-earth magnets and never had an issue with magnetising my Squale 1545. I did take care to not allow the watch to get overly close to magnets, but I think the fear-mongering regarding the issue to be a little excessive. That being said, magnetic fields become weaker in accordance to the inverse square law, so just being a few inches away from the magnet means you should be safe. I may just be lucky though, and better safe than sorry! Also, keep up the outtakes, they are hilarious!

good info, thank you looking forward to seeing the next show

I recently had a similar experience. I was unhappy with the inaccuracy of my Orient Bambino. When I bought it, the accuracy was just fine. Then I wanted to regulate it myself. Bad news, it was even worse by slowing it down. It was gaining two to three minutes a day. Later I realized that I accidentally magnetized the watch by the metal tweezer I was using to nudge the regulator. So take care of metal tools as well.

Very funny and entertaining.... loved the blooper outro!!

Great advice TGV , really good tip. What an Epic ending to the vid, just needed a Pimms . Regards & best wishes.

Great still pic on this one :-) Magnetizing makes the hairspring stick to itself, flimsy thing as it is, which effectively makes it shorter and thus stiffer. It can cause the watch to become even crazy fast. One thing worth noting is that any steel watch causes some movement in the compass if it's positioned right on the edge. The watch does cause a local disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. What I like to do is position the compass right over the watch and bring it straight down to it. You also need to turn the watch 90 degrees and try again, in case you had it aligned with the magnetic field the first time. Your bloopers are so funny :-)

The outtakes at the end were very funny! The stuffy english gent accent/voice is my favorite.

I was wondering what the modern use of something like the Omega Railmaster was, but now I know. Thanks.

Nice quicky video TGV! :D

Bloopers had me laughing my ass off.

Never experienced the problem but great video. My Sqaule arrived and I love it. Great finish, unique bezel and dial color, WOW. I bought the brushed stainless and the leather band. I have been rewatching TGV's videos on 100, 200 and 500 watch videos.... Folks if you have not seen the videos, check them out.

I seriously LOVE the bloopers hahahah! Frightfully hilarious! :D

What a great advice video. I've been lucky in that I've not ever magnetized one of my watches. But I do realize that it is a common problem. Loved the ghastly, evil magnetism accent/comments. I'd love to see you do a whole episode with you doing it with that voice. Keep the informative (and FUN) vids coming! Cheers ol' boy, John

Thanks a lot TGV! Very useful video! Loved the end too! I wonder what your neighbours think when they hear you talking by yourself lol... cheers!!!

Good vid Tgv . Useful info.

MAGNETISM! Haha Absolutely fantastic video! I didn't think it was that simple! 10 seconds and it's done. Thank you very much, TGV. Best regards, Michele.

I totally LOVE the blooper reel on this

Hahaha Can we see a full video in that character at the end?

Hi TGV - Thanks for the informative video. I didn't realize there was a DIY resolution for magnetism. Always enjoy your blooper vids. I think you have that English accent down pretty well now after all those videos.....;) Cheers!

Last part was pure class! Please use that baronial persona for all of your coming videos. Cheers! :-)

Just watching this since having problem with magnetism. Love your channel. OK, so you mentioned that the watch needs to be stopped to be demagnetized, is that correct? Ball Skin Diver III, Submariner, Turnograph are anti-magnetic? Keep up the awesome informative videos.

Thanks for the informtime video. I have a question related to stopping the movement before demagnetizing the watch. Would using the hacking feature of the watch be considered ok to stop the watch before demagnetizing?

Hysterically funny at the end with your Terry Thomas impression! That aside another great video and yes I am now passing a compass over all my watches...damn that's why my Submariner has been running fasssssst.

Another useful video Gov !!

Good stuff. love the behind the scenes moments at the end ! lol :))

Wow TGV great advice! Need to get me one of those :)

Great video! Could I ask you something, sir? Will a quartz watch get magnetized?

A gold faced Tudor on a NATO strap? Hmmm... Reminds me of people wearing gold watches with track suits...:)

Great piece of advice. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent advice. But personally, I'm still getting a watch with a Faraday cage. I don't know but it seems odd that a big clunky demagnitizer has to be a standard piece of equipment to properly enjoy a precise time-piece.

Thankyou, this is very useful to me.

thank you for the info! important one. I new about demagnetizing but did not know about compass check. Compass is that sensitive? now - really suggest to come up with bloopers ones in the while. opens up the dark side of the governor :)

Very nice video my friend. All the best, JAS

+theurbangentry great informative video. I never knew how to get round this problem.

Really enjoyed the video! Very informative :)

Very good. Thanks for the vid!

I was going to be straight forward and say how informative your video was, TGV, but then I saw the bloopers and I forgot what I was going to say. You should do an entire video as Hugo. Frightfully funny stuff, old boy! LOL

Thanks! Very helpful video.

Greetings from Ireland. I learned a lot today, thanks.

Great info and a very funny ending!