Hello folks,


Does anyone know if anti-magnetic springbars exist?
If so where to find them?

Thanks & Regards
M


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I'm curious as to what you would think they would do.

 

+1 ?

 

Looked around a bit for titanium springbars--it appears that they don't exist. No choice but to go with steel I guess.

 

Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying. I'm no native so it might be a language barrier.
Would you be do kind to explain?


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Yes titanium was my best guess too.
Haven't found any either...

Thanks for your reply though.


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Why do you need anti magnetic spring bars?

 

I wish it was...

Geniously thought out. I would - however - have provided more background and a more scientific problematization on the subject.

Hmmm... "windup"... that subject has some potential. As in winding up watches.

 

Well, my reason for asking is rather hypothetical.

Ok, let me phrase my question differently while giving the answer:

Imagine the magnetic characteristics of the spring bars mess with a complication of the watch - what would be my option to avoid inaccuracies of the complication through the magnet field of the bars?

I thought anti-magnetic bars would be the best option if they existed.



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..?

I'd imagine that unless made out of rare earth magnets, the magnetic characteristics of spring bars aren't that massive...

 

Time to break out the SQUID magnetometer

 

You may have invented a solution looking for a problem!

Quick, get these into production and onto the Hodinkee shop.

 

Thanks for all the humorous replies.

Even though some of you can't imagine it, but I have a valid reason for asking my question.
There are people out there working on prototypes of more complex watches than yours or mine.

So I thought I'd help them out asking a community that might know if something like those exist, before starting to go trough the trouble of producing the part themselves.

Anyhow, the consensus seems to be that there are no such spring bars.


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Thanks for providing some context, but I'm afraid I still don't fully understand. If you produce a watch with antimagnetic properties (either through shielding the movement or through the use of silicon materials for relevant parts), wouldn't it simply be irrelevant if the springbars were to carry some magnetic charge?

 

To be honest, I'm not familiar with the details of the project and I don't know exactly if I'm allowed to tell the little I know.

Apparently normal spring bars influence or might influence the "performance" of the watch.
I'm no scientist though.

I was just asked if I knew another way to find out if those things exist other than google.
I thought this forum might...sometimes people work on the craziest things and you'll never hear about it.

Apparently nobody is working on non magnetic spring bars because it's no concern to the usual watch companies.






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Hmmm ... a wrist mounted device that's adversely affected by small magnetic fields ... ? Has to be an incredibly sensitive Hall switch or sensor where casing isn't sufficient protection ... measuring ... flux? Dammit .... you're inventing a time machine, aren't you??

 

Maybe the real need is not the influence of the spring bars on the watch but rather the bars on the environment surrounding the watch. Might be important in a scientific experimental environment.

Or maybe your friend/colleague is playing magnetic levitation games.

 

You got me.
This is the prototype :



The strap will be mounted between the skids. All I need are the spring bars!


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Or vice versa. If one were doing precision work in close proximity to a strong magnet (say, an active MRI machine) and one would need a watch for some reason, one could design a titanium-cased watch with exclusively silicon internal parts (...or maybe even a 3D printed watch!) so as to not only prevent damage to the watch, but also prevent one's arm from being pulled towards the magnet. Still, if such a watch were to have steel spring bars, I imagine if the magnet is strong enough and one were close enough, it could have an effect. That could be a reason to want titanium spring bars.