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It’s a simple quartz movement run by a re-chargeable battery.
Jun 07, 2019,05:33 AM
The battery is charged by the rotor spinning, but there’s no mainspring nor escapement.
Prior to the change to a Li-Ion battery, Seiko used to use a capacitor.
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A Hybrid
By: Denes_Papp : June 7th, 2019-02:32
It conwerts your hand movements to electricity that powers a quartz watch.
I have a Seiko Kinetic Diver 150m
By: renerod : June 7th, 2019-19:02
It is bombproof and has the feeling of a higher price watch. I only had to change the rechargeable battery for a new capacitor and it has been running for more than 25 years without a service. But I have never taken the time to investigate more about this...
Oh, hell...
By: halgedahl : June 8th, 2019-09:10
Spent entirely too much time at this, but learned a lot (your intent, no doubt). SO here's my best shot: SBCG003 quartz; Automatic (rotor) regenerating system; LiOn batt w/overcharge prevention; low energy warning; train wheel setting; instant date set; 1...
Kinetic Chronograph in MORE THAN 25 WORDS
By: cazalea : June 8th, 2019-10:08
Fred has crammed an awful lot into a single sentence (or string of word-fragments). And he is right, I was trying to get a few people to help spread a little extra Seiko input beyond snap-shots on the forum there. To make this chronograph work, here's wha...