Are watches damaged by magnets? I hope not because magnets are common. Yes a guitar does have some powerful Alnico magnets in the coil.
If this were a problem I think we would have heard about it. My guess is that watch parts are non-magnets brass and stainless and glass and so on. Not plain steel or iron. But maybe there are cheap watches made with stamped steel part? I don't know. In any case my experiment of placing the watch nest to the pickup caused no damage. Next time I get a chance I'll haul the guitar over to the HP counter and see if I can't measure the watch tick period. Something to consider is that most pickups are biased with a fairly strong > magnetic field. > > Don't know if this would cause any damage or changes in operation of a > mechanical watch but something to consider... > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
