seiko kinetic watch - The premise for purchasing a seiko kinetic watch was the relief of no longer having to bother with batteries and the fact that the watch should deliver reliable timw without fault - This was the case for a 3-4 year period, then all o

seiko kinetic watch - The premise for purchasing a seiko kinetic watch was the relief of no longer having to bother with batteries and the fact that the watch should deliver reliable timw without fault - This was the case for a 3-4 year period, then all of a sudden the watch would either stop or lose several hours while I was sleeping.

seiko kinetic watch

The premise for purchasing a seiko kinetic watch was the relief of no longer having to bother with batteries and the fact that the watch should deliver reliable timw without fault.

This was the case for a 3-4 year period, then all of a sudden the watch would either stop or lose several hours while I was sleeping.

I checked the watch and although it often showed a full charge ,if I took the watch off it would stop within a half hour.

Yesterday I went to the local seiko service center and within 5 minutes was told my watch would need a new capacitor and an overhaul which was a $75.00 charge.

I can buy a lot of batteries for $75.00 and even if Iwere to have it repaired it seems as though this is an inherent problem with their kinetic watches.

When a person buys the Cadillac of watches, one expects quality and durability.

If this watch was a car it would have certainly been recalled. Seiko has been making this product for several years and appears to have done nothing to improve it.

Perhaps seiko should study the history of the Ford Edsel, and review the reults of poor quality.

Last of all I think I will purchase another Casio watch. Not as famous as seiko but a lot cheaper and I have a Casio sitting in a drawer still running on the same battery that has outlived 2 seiko watches. Casio now offers solar powered watches or watches with a battery life of 10 years.

Unless seiko does something to change my mind, we have to remember that 30 years ago hardly anyone knew about seiko and perhaps it will return to oblivion.

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Just bought one (Kinetic Prepetual) for the same reason, still new and never wore it. SEIKO recommends that the wtah needs to be worn at least 10 hours a day. Mine is still in the Box (ticking) and here are my observations: After shaking the watch for about 2 mins, timed it to the TV weather channel ans let it sit over night. in the morning I found my watch to be behind 4 to 5 seconds but after shaking for a min or so it caught up....to about less than a second apart --- strange