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·Hi! Looking for some watchmaking opinions since I'm afraid I messed it up. 🤦
I just received a watch with a T17 movement. It was running fine until I decided to demagnetize it. I have one of these cheap demagnetizers and whenever I buy a vintage watch I do a pass or two just to make sure that the watch is not magnetized. It was fully wound before I did the pass. Immediately the watch stopped working. If I shake it very gently it starts running again very fast for like a full minute rotation and then the seconds hand stops again at around the same position as before. Shaking gently will repeat the process. I'll take it to a watchmaker when I get a chance to find what's wrong but until then it's gonna bug me.
Do you think this somehow broke something irreversibly in the movement? Thank you for your comments 😀
I just received a watch with a T17 movement. It was running fine until I decided to demagnetize it. I have one of these cheap demagnetizers and whenever I buy a vintage watch I do a pass or two just to make sure that the watch is not magnetized. It was fully wound before I did the pass. Immediately the watch stopped working. If I shake it very gently it starts running again very fast for like a full minute rotation and then the seconds hand stops again at around the same position as before. Shaking gently will repeat the process. I'll take it to a watchmaker when I get a chance to find what's wrong but until then it's gonna bug me.
Do you think this somehow broke something irreversibly in the movement? Thank you for your comments 😀
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