Probably not...though I once reversed the polarity on my old Boy Scout Explorer Silva Compass.

I was playing around with a magnet & the compass, & "stripped" the compass down the magnet, as if I were trying to magnetize a screwdriver shaft. It worked, somewhat to my chagrin. I repeated the manuver after a couple of minutes, reversing the polarity again--thereby restoring it to normal function--lest I forget what I'd done & tried to use the thing in that state.

Learned an important lesson...& had some fun, too. :-)

David