£££ for just taking a look

[shagracer]

my 4 year old Seiko arctura kinetic (£250 when new) has stopped working, went back to shop and ask if they would take a look, and was told it would cost min of £110 just for a look and a clean

Edited by shagracer on Sunday 1st May 08:02

Edited by shagracer on Sunday 1st May 08:04

[RemainAllHoof]

I'd put money on it being the capacitor rechargeable battery. About £30 for a replacement on ebay IIRC.

[shagracer]

kinetic's are self winding, i didnt think they had batteries

[stefd]

Kinetics are "automatic quartz" watches. They use a battery to store the charged energy as opposed to the spring used by a purely mechanical watch.

I've just googled Kinetic Repair and come up with this site: http://www.kinetic-repairs.co.uk/

They appear to have a good feedback on feefo http://www.feefo.com/reviews/Kinetic-Repairs-UK/?i...

Edited by stefd on Sunday 1st May 08:39

[shagracer]

thanks, will check them out
cheers for now