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OMEGA announces the first truly anti-magnetic watch movement

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  • #2
    MiCr0
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    i'm all for technology, and "new-is-better" but that's the most boring product announcement ever.

    is this even more niche than a 5000m dive watch


  • #3
    Bullseye1
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    Its obviously Omega's attempt to move into Rolex Milgauss territory.
    http://www.rolex.com/en#/rolex-watches/milgauss


  • #4
    Bullseye1
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    In fairness I think its a rather elegant looking watch and an alternative to the Aqua Terra.


  • #5
    Anjobe
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    Rolex Milgauss? This can resist magnetic fields 15 times stronger than any puny Milgauss! I suspect some form of competitive arms race going on here.

    From a technical point of view I would be interested to know how they did it (movement made entirely of non-ferromagnetic metals?), but in reality if you are anywhere near a 1.5 tesla magnetic fields any metallic items (like a steel wristwatch) are going to be strictly verboten. I also suspect this may be a tad costly.


  • #6
    Wibbs
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    MiCr0 wrote: »
    i'm all for technology, and "new-is-better" but that's the most boring product announcement ever.

    is this even more niche than a 5000m dive watch
    Yea I'd be with you on this one. I suppose some jobs and environments would require such a watch, just as the Rolex milgauss and others before fulfilled such a requirement. Certainly pilots watches needed it and seem to be the first to advertise it as a "plus". Back in the day in unshielded cockpits with static and other issues they were needed, especially when they were relied upon for navigation. The nuclear industry would be another and certain medical fields.

    I suppose materials wise they could go ceramic for many of the parts? In the past the way to avoid magnetising the movement was by enclosing the movement in a Faraday cage thus isolating the gubbins from influence. I think the Rolex does it that way? IWC's do and one of my 1930's pilot jobs has a soft iron sleeve around the movement.

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  • #7
    Homer
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    There's a SERIOUS amount of nerd speak going on here :p


  • #8
    Menas
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    Homer wrote: »
    There's a SERIOUS amount of nerd speak going on here :p

    Yeah, its great isnt it?:D


  • #9
    unkel
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    Meh. Take this "first truly anti-magnetic watch movement" :rolleyes: into an MRI scanner or near any strong electromagnet and it will be toast...

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  • #10
    Anjobe
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    unkel wrote: »
    Meh. Take this "first truly anti-magnetic watch movement" :rolleyes: into an MRI scanner or near any strong electromagnet and it will be toast...

    Not necessarily. Clinical MRI scanners go up to about 3 T but some are below 1.5 T. The limit for a "normal" electromagnet is about 1.6 T, above that requires a super conducting magnet.

    This watch is going to survive all but the most extreme field strengths and the only place any one is likely to encounter them is inside an MRI scanner. At that sort of field strength it would be impossible to wear a watch anyway - the force on any ferromagnetic components would be so strong you would just end up with your wrist stuck to the magnet, even if the movement was still ticking away!


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