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submitted 1 year ago by mouth_brood@lemmy.one to c/watches@lemmy.ml

Citizen Eco Drive Satellite Wave

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[-] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There’s a seiko kinetic watch in my collection that charges a capacitor with a rotor, and turns off the hand movement when it senses no activity for a period of time (I don’t remember how long). Eventually, the capacitor went bad and the watch doesn’t hold a charge anymore. It probably lasted me 12 years before this happened. It still holds a place of honor in my watch box, but I haven’t been able to wear it for probably 6 years.

[-] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know about Seiko, but you can get the Citizen capacitors replaced for a fairly reasonable charge. My wife's Eco-Drive needed a new capacitor after about 15 years. Mine is still going strong on its first after 25 years.

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