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Good morning.
I’ve had my eye on a dressier (at least dressier than I typically wear) kinetic watch. I realize that the life of the watch depends on a certain amount of movement, but I’m wondering what the minimum weekly “recharge” requirements would be.
For instance, I could wear the watch daily during this time of the year, but during the spring and summer, I have situations where I’d be working in dirty conditions for several days out of the week, and in those cases, I’d probably wear my G-Shock instead.
If I could commit to wearing the kinetic at least on the weekends, would that likely maintain the charge?
I suppose another option would be to strap the watch onto my steering wheel when not wearing it.
Thanks for any input.
Subbed because I’ve been wondering the same the same thing if I decide to buy something fancier that won’t be a daily piece.
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I had one once that I wore every waking hour and it still seemed to loose time. It was probably just a bad watch but it has turned me off of buying any more especially since I have a couple of watches and rotate them.
They also make watch winders which should solve your problem.I have had a few Seiko Kinetic before. If you can wear it maybe 2 to 3 days a week with moderate activity. Its probably good enough to keep it running. Depends on which model it is and thus the power reserve, to get the the full 6 month power reserve, you will need a lot of motion to charge it up. Since I wear my watches in rotation, back in the days, I would wear my Seiko Kinetic on my runs to charge it up. It still took a good 3 runs of 10k to get the watch from 7 days to 6 months power reserve.
It really depends on the watch. Nothing wrong with letting it stop, less wear on the watch. If it is a multi function watch that would be annoying to wind and reset regularly, then you can get a watch winder that will keep it running while off of your wrist. The one I have is an old Rolex from the 60s, it will basically run over night and most of the next day once I take it off.
As mentioned above, you can get a watch winder…Also mentioned it depends on the watches power reserve, which a kinetic watch should be a lot! Enough to last weekend to weekend. But it depends on the brand/quality…
Also, I assume you are not talking about an automatic watch? In that case you’d need a winder or just to wear if for a few minutes and set the time.
As mentioned above, you can get a watch winder…Also mentioned it depends on the watches power reserve, which a kinetic watch should be a lot! Enough to last weekend to weekend. But it depends on the brand/quality…
Also, I assume you are not talking about an automatic watch? In that case you’d need a winder or just to wear if for a few minutes and set the time.
Very true there on kinetic, they do work differently than a automatic. Guess I did gloss over that a little.I have multiple kinetic watches and as long as I wear them one a week I’ve had no problems. The only one I ever had problems with is my seiko 5 which even if I wore it every day does not keep good time.
From what I read, watch winders doesn’t work with Kinetic watches cause they don’t generate enough motion for charging.
For recharging battery, its best to keep it with some charge than having it depleted. It just makes the battery last longer.
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From what I read, watch winders doesn’t work with Kinetic watches cause they don’t generate enough motion for charging.For recharging battery, its best to keep it with some charge than having it depleted. It just makes the battery last longer.
From the WatchUSeek forum:On the flip side, having a very large power reserve also means that a lot of wrist motion is required to charge the LiOn cell to its fullest capacity. The original capacitors in the early Kinetic watches had a rather small storage and it needed about only 800 swings of the watch to charge it to its maximum reserve of 3 days. This reserve is still longer than the average mechanical movement’s reserve between 30 to 55 hours.
The Maxell LiOn cell with its maximum 6-month reserve on the other hand, requires at least 24,000 swings of the watch to get it to its full charge! Which means to achieve this, you have to wear the watch as frequently as possible. Alternatively, you could invest in a special charger such as a Seiko Energy Supplier.
A Seiko YT02A Kinetic charger. It can charge a 5M-caliber watch in 3 1/2 hours from a fully discharged state
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From a small sampling of research, I expect a standard auto winder is a waste of money for a kinetic.
ATB,
SamThanks for all the input. This thread has been an education in watches for me. At least now I can distinguish between an automatic and a kinetic. After lots of research, I think I may want one of each (plus a solar). Just have to decide which I want first!
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