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So I have the CFH special:
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Which I love to bits.
But I often think that when it comes to the time to change the battery, I'm facing a big bill to keep it waterproof, almost as much as buying the automatic version.
However, with my suit/dress watch (2006 Tag Aquaracer chrono) I get fed up as after 48hrs its stopped and I have to adjust it, wind it up and so forth.
Is that the same deal with the seiko or do they last longer and how much "deeper" are they than the quartz version (my Tag is pretty chunky)?
What you are looking for is a Kinetic or solar powered watch.
With radio control.
Why every watch in the world isn't the above is a source of wonder to me. Self-powered and always accurate to a second or two is just how watches should be.
Do Seiko do one that looks like that ^^?
That's nice that is.
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Why not Kinetic? Because the capacitor only has a life of about 10 years at which point it's more work and cost them a battery change.
My question is why they don't use the battery quartz movement ice got in z couple of seiko
- perpetual calendar
- high frequency Quartz (much more accurate than standard)
- change hour hand without minutes for time zone change
-supposedly 10 year battery (though I've never got anything like that)
Google 8f56
I like that, perfect except the glass looks too "gloss" to be sapphire crystal, nothing in the details about that either.
the CFH special
Was helping out in the LBS the other day, as I often do, and was serving a customer who said, "Oooh, I like your watch!" pointing at the aforementioned. He asked what it was, I told him. He said, "That's really nice. I like the look of that". I pointed him up the road towards the shop I bought it from.
I did wonder if he was someone on here! 🙂
According to this, the crystal is "Hardlex". What ever that is.
How 'waterproof' does it need to be? I have a battery Omega Seamaster and fiscal circumstances led me to opt for the local jewellers £10 battery over the £150 back to Omega and re-seal option. Done it a couple of times now. Still waterproof for swimming and showering, just maybe not 300m diving.
Well, rain, sweat, excess beer and the occasional splash in a holiday pool. Not all at once mind.
I'm wearing a seiko 5 auto military type thing like this:
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I take it off at night but never have to wind it (wave it around as you can't actually wind it), unless I wear my other watch for a couple of days.
They do all kinds of variants.
I often think that when it comes to the time to change the battery, I'm facing a big bill to keep it waterproof, almost as much as buying the automatic version.
The general public think there's a dark art to 'resealing' a watch. There's not. It's a simple o-ring located in a groove in the case which gets compressed when the caseback is tightened. As long as the o-ring is seated correctly then it should be good for at least 10 years, but high street jewellers and authorised dealers would rather tell you that it needs resealed at every battery change and charge you silly money to replace a 20p o-ring.
Just take it to Timpsons or wherever and pay a fiver for a new battery and don't worry about the resealing bollox.
What about an Eco-Drive? Just bought a couple off of eBay. Both boxed and in great nick. One was 35 quid, the other was 50. Having used them for 3-4 weeks now they both seem to hold accurate time very well.
Thanks Fudd.
I'll do that I think, not that - 4 years and counting - it's showing any signs of slowing down. Brilliant watch been through thick and thin from smacked with a chain whip, submerged in deep mud, sweated soaked on a turbo and drowned in the Med. And like CFH comments, people still ask about it when it's spotted. 🙂
5th - appreciate the feedback. I alternate watches so sometimes one will sit in a drawer for a couple of days which is when the tag runs out and I have to go through the winding process. It's a minor first world problem having to wind up a posh watch in the morning, but a frustration at times no less.
You can get watch winders (a box that waggles them around).
I'll echo how easy it is to change a battery and swap a seal though. A few quid for a spanner/tool thing and you're set.
What about an Eco-Drive?
I have one in the drawer. I really like the watch, and haven't a bad word to say about the eco drive. My issue is with the shit citizen mineral glass, which scratches to buggery just by looking at it. They don't make a sapphire for it, so in the drawer it will stay.