2014 Basel Watch Fair technical analysis of the antimagnetic

Since last year, Omega released the world's first bee needle watch with a true magnetically shielded mechanical movement at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. More and more people are beginning to notice the importance of magnetism prevention in the digital age. Anti-magnetism watches From this point of view, it has also started a brand new phase. Ordinarily, the development of a new technology from R & D to the emergence of real commercialization is often a long process, ranging from three or four years to as many as seven or eight years. But unexpectedly, Omega actually only took a year, it will be applied to most of the anti-magnetic technology watches, which can not but admire.

Before the introduction of this watch, all brands in the response to the anti-magnetic watch problem, only one approach is to use a soft iron inside the casing put on a sleeve, because the soft iron material into the magnetic field easily magnetized , Out of the magnetic field, you can immediately demagnetization. But this has the following disadvantages: First, it will lead to thicker and heavier watch; Second, because it is fully wrapped, the watch can not be made through the back, so you can not appreciate the beauty of movement; Third, Crown needle only through the soft iron sets to connect with the movement, so any soft iron sets are perforated, are less than 100% of the seal, which is a temporary solution to this problem. So we can come to the conclusion that the previous anti-magnetic table is "sleeve" anti-magnetic, rather than table anti-magnetic. Let's take a look at what Omega is doing.

The release of the Si14 silicon hairspring in 2008 is the crucial first step in the development of the anti-magnetic movement. Now a new upgraded version of the balance wheel movement components are used called Nivagauss antimagnetic material, coaxial escapement plate of stainless steel material replaced by non-magnetic material, damping shock absorber spring also by the amorphous Made of state metal. Now Omega's anti-magnetic movement can be as high as 15,000 gauss or even strong magnetic field. Ordinary anti-magnetic table can withstand magnetic field strength of 60 to 80 Gauss, a very small number of anti-magnetic table can do 1000 Gauss.

And what I want to say is how we measure the antimagnetic performance of the antimagnetic meter through these units of measure. Now the antimagnetic meter on the market mainly relies on two kinds of measurement units to describe the antimagnetic performance of the meter. One is Gaussian, of course, occasionally Tesla, 1T = 10000 Gauss; one is A / M, the former is the magnetic induction, the latter is the magnetic field strength, the two can not be converted between the two.

The difference between the two is that the magnetic flux density is an interaction force, which is the stress relation between two reference points A and B. The magnetic field intensity is the amount of the unilateral body, regardless of whether or not the B-side participates. So from a physical point of view, the use of magnetic induction to measure the performance of anti-magnetic watch is still more scientific.

The good news is that in the past year, Omega has succeeded in mass production of anti-magnetic technology, this innovative technology has been applied to all sizes, all kinds of watches. Named Master Co-Axial Caliber, this extraordinary new family includes the 8400/8401, 8500, 8511 and 8520. If you think the model is too tired, just watch the bottom of the watch More than 15,000 Gauss written is the anti-magnetic watch. In addition each equipped with a "to Zhen coaxial movement" watches are entitled to up to 4 years of service guarantee. Let's take a look at the gorgeous lineup of Omega Magnetometers this year.

The first is the Hippocampus 300 watch that returned this year. Its 41mm case has a variety of metallic options including stainless steel, platinum, grade 5 titanium and 18K Sedna gold. Among them, the table all the watches are engraved with "Si14" (silicon)) and "Anti-Magnetic> 15000 Gauss" (anti-magnetic over 15000 gauss) words. In addition, depending on the material used for the diving scale, words "Liquidmetal" or "Omega Ceragold" will be engraved separately.

Stainless steel watch, titanium watch and two-color watch are equipped with 8400 movement, and 18K Sedna gold and platinum to create the watch is equipped with a special luxury handling 8401 movement.

Anti-magnetic movement is not only applied to the men's watch, the same is true of the women's watch, this section CoComax Axial 34 mm watch is the newest Hippocampus Aqua Terra family, the smallest watch, case material 18K Sedna gold with stainless steel, gold Equipped with stainless steel or pure stainless steel three options.

The 34 mm Hippocampus Aqua Terra 150 meter watch with the 8520 "Co-Axial movement" is water-resistant to 150 meters and should be regarded as the world's first women's anti-magnetic wrist watch.

Among the many vintage watches, this classic wrist watch is the most exciting, with its 40mm polished slender case with 18K Sedna gold, gold or platinum and other materials to choose from, equipped with the new Omega 8511 Coaxial to the core movement, using a Si14 silicon hairspring, three-tier coaxial escapement and Omega unique anti-magnetic technology.

All the high-tech equipment can be described as a lot, in addition, I also found that the 8500 took off Tuo Tuo not only the beauty, but also has become so slim, the movement layout at a glance, I feel like became the most beautiful Omega after 19 orders Manual movement, but also the history of the first anti-magnetic function is a formal table.

We may ask, a common watch has such a high diamagnetic strength, in the end there is no point, because we can not meet such a strong magnetic field in daily life. My answer is, it makes sense, and is very necessary. In the future, the anti-magnetic performance of a watch is more important than the accuracy of its travel time. First of all, we have now lived in an era of mobile interconnection. The electronic devices around us are constantly increasing. And within 10 years, I believe people will enter the era of wireless charging to complete the legacy of Mr. Tesla, the father of electromagnetic. By that time, the magnetic field around us will only increase and will not decrease. Secondly, as people's living radius continues to expand, they will definitely go to more extremes of environment after experiencing travel and exploration. Under such circumstances, a strong magnetic field is inevitable. It will make your electronic equipment Completely failure. Therefore, the future of the watch market is anti-magnetic watch market!