Lee's Watch Thread for MM'ers of Impeccable Taste

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Nice, that looks great. It looks like the smart watch trend is finally starting to pick up steam. I thought mine was cool it just never got any wrist time, was more of a novelty.

I FINALLY got back from service the Seiko SKA347 I have had for the last ten years. It was one of the first watches I had before I really became a "watch guy" and it sat unworn in a drawer for a few years. My wife found it a few years ago and liked it so much that I sized it for her (girls wearing a man's watch is HOT!). Unfortunately it wouldn't hold a charge and according to the manual you're not supposed to need to change the battery (or so I thought). I thought I fried it when I wore it in the lake a while back even though it's water resistant. It's a cool piece though, the Kinetic movement is like a hybrid quartz movement and it has a power reserve indicator that activates when you push the top right button.

My guy is, like probably most watchmakers, infuriatingly in the stone age when it comes to customer service and communication with customers but he does good work and he does it cheaply. I dropped this off with him the same time I gave him my TAG about a month ago and I had to hound him hard to get this back before Valentine's Day. It turns out you do have to replace these batteries eventually and Seiko sent him a bum battery the first go around so it was a parts waiting game. With a new battery, movement cleaning and polish we are back to near its former glory!

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And a bonus shot of a crazy expensive but cool Kinetic wireless watch battery charger! I don't know when Seiko first invented this but it was available for sure back in 2009 and they have been making Kinetics since the late 90s I believe. That's high tech stuff for back then! Watchmaker got it for free from a Seiko rep for all the service work he does.



Wifey gonna be happy!