Some Of The Reasons You Should Consider A Kinetic Watch

by Gregg Hall

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Kinetic watches are becoming all the rage. Aside from the fascinating fact that the watches that don’t need batteries or winding, they also feature what Seiko calls the Kinetic Auto Relay, which will conserve power if the watch does not move for 72 hours.

Inventing a watch that runs solely by human movement is a huge advancement in technology. The watches no battery are movement from the wearer causes the pendulum to turn, which in turn makes the pinion spin. The watch also contains small capacitors that the generator charges.

Some of the models that Seiko watches kinetic offers include the Kinetic Perpetual. This conserves the energy in the watch.

How Seiko Kinetic Dive Watches Compare to the Solar Powered Variety

by J Allen

On the one hand, kinetic energy generation requires movement, whereas, a light-powered watch, such as Citizen watches Eco-Drive model, is obviously more passive, and thus requires fewer moving parts.

Seiko added a battery to store the excess kinetic energy. Instead of kinetic energy, Citizen developed a way to utilize light as a power source. On the faces of their Citizen Eco-Drive watches, it places tiny solar cells that transform light into electrical energy. This energy is then collected and stored in energy cells, like a battery, that will supply power for extended periods, even without light.

Either energy source will work fine. I suppose if one left the watches Citizen solar in a drawer long enough, it would finally stop from lack of light, but then so would a Seiko kinetic watch from lack of movement.