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-----Magnetism of electroplating processes
Will electroplating magnetize a watch in any way. Does it effect an electric watch?
Carl HortonAccents of Gold - Portland, Oregon, USA
2003
I'm guessing that you are talking about brush plating in this context. I don't believe it will magnetize a watch or affect an electric watch as a rule. But any time you put a magnetic material in the vicinity of a magnet or an electric current there is always some potential of magnetizing it; if there wasn't, it wouldn't be possible to build a magnet or an electric motor.

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