cazalea
[Seiko Moderator]
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At least 10 years ...
Hey, car parts are not guaranteed ten years, it's more like 7 years for them.
We can't expect a company to look only to its past, and if we take care of the products they can last longer.
If we never use them (like I failed to use some of my kinetic Seikos) they might last less time.
But there are replacement cells, capacitors, etc for the kinetics.
And we have developed ways to use newer batteries in the Accutrons of the Sixties and Seventies.
Yesterday I wore a Rolex much older than I am, and my local Tourneau dealer said fat chance getting parts for it.
And it's mechanical.
So I guess we could just
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal..."
and not worry so much about technology making our watches out of date.
Besides if we are just care-takers for the next generation, let them worry about the watches that are obsolete.
Cheers
Mike
Concerns about mechanical driven capacitor watches. Seiko, Citizen, Ventura.
Bernard, for a quartz watch to last 10-20 years...
Seiko parts availability: 10 years
