Posts in the Seiko Kinetic Repairs Category at Watch Services

Seiko Kinetic watches are manufactured to a high standard and if taken care of will last for years. But one common fault we often have to deal with in the workshop is the complaint that the watch continues to always jump two seconds at a time.

Here are a few reasons:

• How active is the user? Is the watch being moved enough in order for the oscillating weight inside to charge the capacitor? An automatic watch winder may be helpful here. These are available on eBay for a reasonable cost. Or from your high street jeweller, usually at a much greater cost. £40 is a reasonable price to pay for one. You site the watch on the winding machine and it will turn slowly to wind the watch up.

 

• The capacitor may be spent. Regretfully they do not last forever and after three to five years they degrade. If a capacitor cannot retain enough power then the watch may only work when the watch is worn. If the watch is taken off, or does not get enough movement then the capacitor will drain very quickly. In this case the capacitor will need to be replaced. In some cases, Seiko has released a Lithium ION upgrade.


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The Seiko Kinetic watch was the first watch to convert kinetic movement into electrical energy. Technically, the principle is much the same as a manual automatic watch, but instead of winding a mainspring it charges a capacitor (or Lithium ION battery).

The movement of an oscillating weight inside the watch, which moves freely in response to the movement of your wrist, will charge the capacitor. Since it’s launch in 1988, Seiko has sold in excess of eight million Kinetic watches and they have rolled the technology out with their Perpetual Calendar watches and their Chronograph range.
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