On 25/01/2013 20:38, alan wrote:
On 25/01/2013 12:56, polygonum wrote:


Experience of that general nature was one reason I chose a Citizen Eco
Drive watch [2]. No battery to replace. [1]

[1] I know it does have some sort of energy storage battery

If its one of those watches that has a generator driven by your arm
movement don't let the storage (wet capacitor?) discharge and remain
discharged for weeks or you may find that it refuses to hold a charge
again.

I had a fairly expensive Seiko Eco drive watch fail in this way after
around 3 years. When I enquired about repairs the cost was almost the
same as a new watch. Apparently the repair consists of replacing all the
innards. Research on the web revealed many unhappy customers with short
lived watches that "never required another battery".


No - it is light powered. And has some sort of shutdown mechanism (if I
have it right, put it in a dark drawer and it will stop even moving the
hands ater a while to conserve power).

--
Rod