Spellbound
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Interesting read
Mar 14, 2014,17:07 PM
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
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SEIKO PROFILE SERIES: KINETIC CHRONOGRAPH
By: cazalea : March 13th, 2014-20:17
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...
Interesting read
By: Spellbound : March 14th, 2014-17:07
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
Seiko repair costs
By: Magnvs : June 7th, 2015-20:44
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 ...