For Those Who Work On Kinetics

[bobm12]

Hi guys I just found this interesting way of charging kinetic watches:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYTTqftcvk

 

No more US$275 Seiko Charger!

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

[ro63rto]

I use a Philips Imageo base. The one with 3 candles. Cost me £5 on the bay and i can charge 3 at a time.

Edited January 4, 2015 by ro63rto

[bobm12]

Good thinking ro63rto, could you post a picture? I may want to get one too!

[ro63rto]

Only have a closeup of mine.

The watch sits upright. You can use foam to wedge it so it stays put smack in the centre of each ring.

Took 4 days to fully charge mine.

Edit.

Its the base from this set.

Edited January 4, 2015 by ro63rto

[bobm12]

Thank you ro63rto! I'll check those out on ebay, I believe it is what I was looking for!

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

[ro63rto]

Thank you ro63rto! I'll check those out on ebay, I believe it is what I was looking for!

Cheers,

Bob

One thing to point out though.

I have not opened it up to bypass the timer feature so every few hours i have to press the reset (red led) to resume charging. One day I'll get round to it.

[Geo]

Good info Roberto and thanks for the photos. :-)

[bobm12]

Excellent ro63rto! Got it. I'm on the look out for a bargain price on that one already!

[ro63rto]

Excellent ro63rto! Got it. I'm on the look out for a bargain price on that one already!

Got mine for £5 plus £2 delivery for base only. Plenty out there a few months back.

[Lee]

Personally I don't muck about, I use a YT02A

[Mark]

Personally I don't muck about, I use a YT02A

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Are those obsolete now, or do they still make them?

[ro63rto]

Are those obsolete now, or do they still make them?

Long gone AFAIK.

When they do turn up you have to sell a watch to get the funds to buy it.

This is a useful made for the job alternative.

www.dakotawatch.com/index.php/req-charging-stand.html

[Mark]

Actually its been pointed out to me that you can find them still on eBay.

[ro63rto]

Actually its been pointed out to me that you can find them still on eBay.

Yes, NOS, but at those prices.....

[WillFly]

I've only had one kinetic watch (a Seiko Arctura chrono), and had no trouble in keeping it running when it was off the wrist. When it did run down, it took a few hours to get it back to an even tick - rather than the 2-second jump that the second hand makes when it's underpowered - but apart from that it ran more or less continuously on a day's worth of normal wrist time..

 

It always seemed odd to me to save battery costs by buying a kinetic - and then use an electrically powered winder to keep it going! In the end I sold it as the chrono function was faulty, and got a solar powered Seiko instead. I much prefer solar power.

[Lee]

Are those obsolete now, or do they still make them?

I got mine from A.G.Thomas some time ago, but their website is such a mish mash, it would probably pay to phone them.

 

I don't think Seiko have ever officially sold them, I just think that occasionally the suppliers acquired them.

[bobm12]

I have seen them in esslinger and ofrei, maybe even in borel but the price....the quote in my first post is from esslinger! Too rich for me and I don't even have one kinetic yet....although some will be refurbished soon. :)