Seiko

Seiko introduced the 9T82 movement around 1998. It's a combination of a kinetic power generator, a power storage cell, a quartz movement for timekeeping, and a mechanical chronograph movement for time recording. In theory, it's a bit like the JLC (etc.) m...  

.. but it certainly makes it to my "list" for the future acquisition. Thanks for the introduction. Interesting! Ken

Thanks for this great report. Concerned that the movement has to be disassembled to replace the energy cell and that the service cost is a whopping $1k. But a fascinating watch nevertheless. Dean

With all respects to the original poster, I think the repair cost is a little inaccurate. I have repaired non chronograph Seiko watches from the same time period (3M22-0D39) and it ranged from 100-200. Additionally I currently have an SLQ-007 (similar to ...