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[Hilario]

Hi, I have an old Seiko kinetic sports which I bought in US around 15 years ago. As it was not working anymore, I changed the battery last month and just last week it stops working agin. Just noticed that when I changed that battery, this like a counter weight even if its very smooth, its not swinging continously. Does it means to swing continously while in use or just steady? Also, even if its a new battery, the battery check will only be on 5 secs. will it be ossible to know how to fix it. Im not a watch technician but a marine engineer. buyI can work on precision things. Thanks in advance

[Nucejoe]

Welcome to the forum.

Sounds like faulty charging unit.

[Hilario]

2 minutes ago, Nucejoe said:

Thanks for the help Nucejoe. May I know how to fix or replaced the charging unit of my Kinetic?

Thanks again

 

 

[jdm]

42 minutes ago, Hilario said:

 As it was not working anymore, I changed the battery last month and just last week it stops working agin.

Have you fitted a common silver battery, or the correct rechargeable battery, sometime improperly called a capacitor?
A Kinetic watch would run just fine for a long time with a common battery, that is often done when unable to obtain the correct rechargeable battery, or the charging unity is faulty.
If you have fitted a rechargeable batter one would have to know what exactly was done, as having it working for a month and then stopping is a bit strange.
So let us know in regard to the question above, and is also a good idea to posti pictures of your watch, on the mov't side.

 

[Hilario]

36 minutes ago, jdm said:

Have you fitted a common silver battery, or the correct rechargeable battery, sometime improperly called a capacitor?
A Kinetic watch would run just fine for a long time with a common battery, that is often done when unable to obtain the correct rechargeable battery, or the charging unity is faulty.
If you have fitted a rechargeable batter one would have to know what exactly was done, as having it working for a month and then stopping is a bit strange.
So let us know in regard to the question above, and is also a good idea to posti pictures of your watch, on the mov't side.

 

Hi JDM, Thanks for the help. I bought the battery/capacitor that I fitted from Ebay. It cost me £20. Pls find attached pictures for my watch and the battery picture from ebay

[jdm]

Maybe the battery came well charged but the charging unit is faulty as suggested above. One test that can be done would be testing the charging coil using a low voltage multimeter. Details can be in the technical document for the mov't but one can't even tell what it is based on the blurred picture.