Citizen Eco-Drive no longer holding charge

[Funk]

I've got a Seiko Citizen Calibre 2100 Eco-Drive AV0031-59A which I think could do with a service. I've noticed the charge indicator drops very rapidly even once charged so I'm guessing the battery's just not holding a charge as long any more (is it even a battery or some kind of capacitor?).

It's one of these:



How much should I be expecting to pay for a service for one? I thought about having a crack at the battery myself but it specifically says on the back "DO NOT fk WITH" so I'm going to assume that's there for a reason!

Any recommendations or should I be sending it off to Citizen UK?

Edited because stupid.

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 17th September 08:16

[Funk]

*facepalm*

I have no idea why I wrote Seiko. Long day.

I have several of both and for some reason I just had Seiko on the brain. It's definitely the right model number, I guess I should probably send it to Citizen.

What a fking idiot.

On a side note, I've had it around 10 years so I'm aware of the fact it needs light to charge it; the issue is that even having been left in sunlight to charge, it's not holding that charge for very long.

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 17th September 14:17

[Funk]

It's still running just fine (time/date are spot on) but you can see the charge needle is swung to the left. After leaving it in the sun for a while it charges up but pretty quickly returns to where it is now.

I'm not sure how much Citizen would charge to service, I emailed them a couple of days ago to get a quote. I'm also going to ask them to straighten the alarm indicator as it's been on the cock since I bought the watch (it points a little too high).



Still one of my favourite watches after more than a decade!