camrok
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Post by camrok on Nov 14, 2015 19:03:24 GMT -8
(Updated from my poor Siri dictated post published earlier.... Sorry) Normdiaz's post on kinetic solar watches by Citizen got me thinking about some of the other variations of combining watch technology. Hamilton released this auto LCD watch in 2010 and whilst it doesn't have a capacitor that stores energy like a Seiko kinetic it still converts energy to be transferred as current to drive an LCD display. It has an auto equivalent power reserve of 80 hrs compared to weeks and months like a Seiko kinetic. www.wristwatchreview.com/2010/02/10/hamilton-pulsomatic-automatic-digital-a-classic-futuristic-watch/ There is on eBay for $400 usd BIN. Original rrp was around $1500 usd Cam |
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Adrian-VTA
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Post by Adrian-VTA on Nov 14, 2015 20:50:36 GMT -8
I'm in the camp that doesn't like the "automatic quartz" concept a lot. I see all the downsides of a mechanical watch being put into an otherwise mostly bulletproof and low maintenance watch concept. I've done work on some kinetics, and while a cool movement, the capacitors die within a few years and need replacement, cost more than a battery and take more time to replace. So really, you lose the benefit of a battery. You also have a bunch more points of failure. I'd say these are cool for the gimmick factor but I can understand why this sort of tech will never take off on a large scale. I've got some electric watches in my fleet now waiting on work which fall in the same camp. Normdiaz's post on kinetic solar watches by Citizen got me thinking about some of the other variations of combining watch technology. Hamilton released this auto LCD watch into thousand and 10 and waltzed it doesn't have a long storage capacity like a kinetic it still converts energy to be transferred as current to drive an LCD display. www.wristwatchreview.com/2010/02/10/hamilton-pulsomatic-automatic-digital-a-classic-futuristic-watch/ There is on eBay for $400 usd BIN. Original rrp was around $1500 usd Cam |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2015 15:16:59 GMT -8
I'm in the camp that doesn't like the "automatic quartz" concept a lot. I see all the downsides of a mechanical watch being put into an otherwise mostly bulletproof and low maintenance watch concept. I've done work on some kinetics, and while a cool movement, the capacitors die within a few years and need replacement, cost more than a battery and take more time to replace. So really, you lose the benefit of a battery. You also have a bunch more points of failure. I'd say these are cool for the gimmick factor but I can understand why this sort of tech will never take off on a large scale. I've got some electric watches in my fleet now waiting on work which fall in the same camp. Normdiaz's post on kinetic solar watches by Citizen got me thinking about some of the other variations of combining watch technology. Hamilton released this auto LCD watch into thousand and 10 and waltzed it doesn't have a long storage capacity like a kinetic it still converts energy to be transferred as current to drive an LCD display. www.wristwatchreview.com/2010/02/10/hamilton-pulsomatic-automatic-digital-a-classic-futuristic-watch/ There is on eBay for $400 usd BIN. Original rrp was around $1500 usd Cam I have to agree. Auto quartz/kinetic is a solution to a problem that simply doesn't exist. Whenever I get my hands on a kinetic these days, I simply convert them to run on a standard battery. No more worries about keeping them charged up. They are always read to go even if they have sat unloved for a year or more! |
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