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Kinetic watches. Seiko. Do they work?
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cosiant
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Ota Solgryn
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On August 12 2009 21:47 cosiant wrote: My dad bought a Seiko watch about 10-12 years ago, and it still works. Really good they are. Was it a kinetic one? | ||
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cosiant
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Ota Solgryn
Denmark2011 Posts
On August 12 2009 21:50 cosiant wrote: I think so, if by kinetic you mean those watches that you have to shake every few hours. yesh | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
On August 12 2009 21:47 cosiant wrote: Really good they are. Buy one you must. | ||
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Ota Solgryn
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mdb
Bulgaria4059 Posts
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + But while I was shaking it one time, it dropped on the ground and broke. | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
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Hammy
France828 Posts
And yes they are quite reliable, but a watche's marksmanship scales with it's price, so try looking into what you want to buy before making the purchase. Also, why are you talking about Seiko watches specifically? | ||
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StorrZerg
United States13919 Posts
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Ota Solgryn
Denmark2011 Posts
On August 12 2009 22:52 Hammy wrote: The good kinetic watches aren't supposed to be shaken (although some people do that anyways, but it can damage them). You're supposed to be able to turn the crown to wind the spring manually. And you only have to do that if you haven't worn the watch for 48h or so. Otherwise it winds itself automatically with the small daily hand movements you do (that's the whole point of an automatic watch...). And yes they are quite reliable, but a watche's marksmanship scales with it's price, so try looking into what you want to buy before making the purchase. Also, why are you talking about Seiko watches specifically? Because thats the ones I've been checking out. For intance I think this one looks really cool. http://www.seiko-specialist.dk/cms/cms/Mærker · ure/SEIKO/Arctura/page25/watchSRN009 Also, you say they can be damaged when shaken? Are they more fragile than normal battery driven watches? Because I wear my watches all the time. For intance I play ALOT of table football where a lot a shaken is going on with my hands and fast wrist movements. Would this dmg these kinetic watches? | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On August 12 2009 22:54 StorrZerg wrote: Mine has something like that but i never have to shake it, just powered by normal motion. That is true. But for people like us that stays indoor playing starcraft and browsing teamliquid most of the time, the watch will need an extra boost. =) | ||
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Hammy
France828 Posts
This isn't an issue anyways, since most automatic watches have a manual spring winding mechanism. However, if I wore an expensive watch i'd probably take it off anyways before playing babyfoot, pingpong, squash etc... I know that as a kid I broke all of my watches (I wore swatches mostly, so it's isn't much of a reference...) while doing sports. That's why I stopped wearing watches alltogether until recently. | ||
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Dagor
Germany64 Posts
And here a little medical history lesson for those who are interested. For a long time only the very expensive watches had mechanism like you described. So if you had a rich person coming into your office and you suspect him of having an early form of Parkinson's Disease, you could ask him if his watch worked normally in the last month or so. That is because one of the more common symptoms of early Parkinson's Disease is that you don't move your arms while walking. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 12 2009 22:52 Hammy wrote: And yes they are quite reliable, but a watche's marksmanship scales with it's price, so try looking into what you want to buy before making the purchase. Uh... that's not really true anymore. Sure, if you get a crappy Swiss or American company the price may matter, but if you go Casio/Seiko/Citizen/etc. they'll all be excellent. | ||
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imDerek
United States1944 Posts
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cosiant
Canada616 Posts
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ImNotBisu
Canada142 Posts
It's a bit annoying adjusting the time after not using it for a day or so sometimes. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 13 2009 01:58 cosiant wrote: Wasn't there a small clip on 'How it's made', where they showed the process of making a Seiko watch. It was really awesome, and meticulous. Yeah, Japanese make damn good watches. "Swiss made" means nothing anymore. | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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Ganfei
Taiwan1439 Posts
On August 12 2009 23:47 Jibba wrote: Uh... that's not really true anymore. Sure, if you get a crappy Swiss or American company the price may matter, but if you go Casio/Seiko/Citizen/etc. they'll all be excellent. As far as I can see, you just agreed with him after saying he's wrong. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 13 2009 09:54 NoobsOfWrath wrote: As far as I can see, you just agreed with him after saying he's wrong. A $20 Casio will run better than a $100 Timex. | ||
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