solar powered wrist watch

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Just a heads up really if you own one. I had mine for about 15 years before it stopped working. At theshop I took it to after sending it away ???? they said it cant be repaired. In the last couple of days i got to thinking solar power = charging up a battery, so maybe all it needs is a new battery. I looked up the battery type and still available so ordered from Amazon and managed to stop that order and ordered another. Now this is where I nearly slipped up , same battery @£23 single charge---- same battery rechargeable £28. so I have to ask myself why sell a battery charged up by solar power just once?? seems stupid to me.
the watch has been to so many countries with me and never let me down so got quite fond of it although I did buy another.




So when the new battery comes I already have insulated the metal tweezers to stop shorting out the battery as I don't have plastic ones

 

[arclight]

I had a Casio solar powered and radio controlled Wavemaster for about 15 years, also. An impeccable performer ! Two months ago the sweep second hand got out of sync. with the minute hand which (illogically - some will say) annoyed me intensely. Internet research produced many solutions all of which were worse than a headache and did not work. I decided to get rid of it. No amount of throwing it onto a concrete surface would stop that watch. I smashed it with a hammer and cracked the face, but that tough boy just kept going. I then left it in a bucket of water overnight ....... that stopped it so I concluded it was only fit for the bin.

 

[camerassassin]

I've worn a Casio Wavemaster for the last 13 years - it was my husband's and he'd had it for at least 7 years I reckoned it was 20 years old. Has been superb and never faltered till it did 'run out ' of battery earlier this year. Left on a sunny windowsill it did recover only to fail again about 3 months ago. I took it in to a watch lab place in Glasgow and was told it was the capacitor that was the problem. Snag was sealing the watch properly afterwards - so I happily paid them the £43 [ I think] it cost and got my watch back a few days later. Still going strong and I hope it continues for another 20 yeas or so

 

[Nod]

Got a selection of Citizen Eco-Drive watches and rediscovered one yesterday. It had been in my holiday camera bag since we got back last September and I am reloading it for tomorrow. A moment or 2 after the watch "saw the light", it started ticking again and an hour in the sunshine seems to have filled it up. I'll have to remember to take it out of the bag when we get back so it doesn't run out again!

 

[mj4456]

Got a Seiko kinetic, no longer holds a full charge for 6 months as it used to, asked in AD about a new battery, the quote was about 3 times the purchase price, I’ll wait till it fails and get the back off then and see what I can do.

 

[Pixbarmy]

Any watch spares:-

Clock Watch parts batteries jewellery findings Tools Equipment

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Used them for years.

 

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Udate

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new battery came this afternoon and the watch is working again. Just goes to show you can't trust the b*****d jewellers in bexhill high street who said it was unrepaiable . just got to see if it stays up working as the battery is rechargable with the light

 

[Steelo]

Handy to know this, I love my Citizen Eco-Drives

 

[realspeed]

Handy to know this, I love my Citizen Eco-Drives

if diy best to use plastic tweezers and earth yourself . I actually didn't have either so used a pen knife tooth pick and some blue tack. Also as a double check look for the movement stamped just below the winder to the left by the retaining screw . Here is this one E111M as well as the battery number MT621 on mine

The battery might have a very small connecting tag so has to go in at the correct position. at the bottom og the battery the plate has a slight recess ,that is where about the tag goes on mine

underside of battery showing tag amay be bit different on yours
Hardest part was the retaining spring arm that sits on top to hold in position




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[realspeed]

watch still going, now on my wrist for the day to see if movement stops it

 

[Neilc28]

if diy best to use plastic tweezers and earth yourself . I actually didn't have either so used a pen knife tooth pick and some blue tack. Also as a double check look for the movement stamped just below the winder to the left by the retaining screw . Here is this one E111M as well as the battery number MT621 on mine

The battery might have a very small connecting tag so has to go in at the correct position. at the bottom og the battery the plate has a slight recess ,that is where about the tag goes on mine

underside of battery showing tag amay be bit different on yours
Hardest part was the retaining spring arm that sits on top to hold in position

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My eco-drive was condemned by the jewellers and Citizen, as the battery was fine however it was the eco-drive component that had failed.

I now have an Apple Watch and although it’s a nice bit of tech, it doesn’t really feel the same. I’ve got a breitling chronomat but that’s certainly not an ‘everyday’ watch for me, the eco-drive was a great everyday classy timepiece and felt great on the wrist, weighty and balanced

 

[Steelo]

My eco-drive was condemned by the jewellers and Citizen, as the battery was fine however it was the eco-drive component that had failed.

I now have an Apple Watch and although it’s a nice bit of tech, it doesn’t really feel the same. I’ve got a breitling chronomat but that’s certainly not an ‘everyday’ watch for me, the eco-drive was a great everyday classy timepiece and felt great on the wrist, weighty and balanced

Yep, I'm the same, minus the Breitling, tried a few smart watches and just can't get away with them, whereas my Eco-Drive just feels nice to wear and is my every day watch.