Thanks very much! The button at the 2 o'clock position is supposed to do what please
My wife's uncle gave me this as he is no longer using it at 90 years old馃槼.
It know very little about Seiko watches so would be grateful knowing about its age and any info folks can share ?
These are from early 90s and movement of your arm generates power stored in a lithium capacitor. They can last 5-10 years before needing replacement of capacitor.
Show us photo of back can give more info including reference number and date.
Shake it back and forth for about 2 minutes then press the pusher at 2:00. The charge indicator is how far the seconds hand moves.
They are great if you wear them regularly. The technology was superceeded by solar cells in early 2000s so they are a bit of Seiko historic niche.
I have one of these kinetics also. The only issue I have is that it runs down fairly fast if not worn daily. Motion actually generates electricity to charge the capacitor that runs the watch. A standard watch winder won't charge it. Seiko made a special inductive charger but they're quite expensive on Ebay if you can find one. According to online lore, certain toothbrush chargers would impart a charge when placed on the watch but I didn't have much luck with that. It's a whole rabbit hole you can go down if you're interested.
