Frank Dresser wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
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Actually, no it won't. Rolex uses a self winding mechanical movement.

Even the good fakes use automatic movements.

Only the cheaper fakes would be harmed by EMP. And that's
questionable, given the steel case sheilding.




I wasn't aware of the show but I gather it's about what happens in a small
town after some sort of super-duper EMP pulse, more intense than the
Starfish prime test which couldn't even manage to burn out mass quantities
of early 60s germanium transistor radios.

Wow. An EMP pulse strong enough to destroy everything with a circuit board,
yet has no effect on everyone with a central nervous system.

I think I'll stick with domestic shortwave radio for doomsday info. It's
every bit as misinformative as TV, but far more entertaining.

Frank Dresser

Frank and Telemon, I have great respect for your knowledge and the
accurate posts you both have made over the years.

EMP could be a nothing or a very real threat.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/report/1988/CM2.htm

While I dislike Wiki, in this case the data agrees with that I gleaned
from
many open sources such as, but not limited to military and telecomm.
And it is in one easy to digest meal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMP_Pulse

I do know the US military is very concerned about EMP. I helped a
contractor
install a radio relay and I was impressed by the, even by my standards,
fanatic
steps taken to manage EMP. Double farrady cage, every i/o line was
either
optical or had multi-stage polyphaser EMP clamps. Much beyond what is
required to survive mere lightning. I am not revealing anything here
that isn't
already easy to find.

If there is interest I will post the links to some of the various
military manuals
that go into way too much detail about the risks and steps that SHALL
be taken
to mitigate EMP. This really belongs in a survivial group more then
this group.

Terry