Ever wondered what would happen if you chucked an Apple Watch Edition in between two of the strongest rare earth magnets you could buy? Known for destroying a fair share of gadgets, TechRax has taken Apple’s most expensive Watch to the test with an effective 650 pounds of crushing force.
Check out the video to see for yourself.
Neodymium magnets are found in lots of applications, and the largest of the lot can be found in MRI machines, electric motors, generators and more often than not in your headphones and speakers for the smaller ones.
Surprisingly despite being smashed, most of the Watch survived but the screen is effectively destroyed. However on plugging it in to charge the watch still gave an indication that it was receiving power so it is actually still working to an extent. Given the strength of neodymium magnets this size, anything would have a crushing end as even those a few cubic centimeters wide already cause physical injury when mishandled.
So should you attempt this at home? Probably not unless you have way too much cash to burn.
