Not deer related..... Eco Drive watches?

[Oh6]

I brought a Citizen Eco-Drive watch about 17 years ago and for the last 10 years have worn it as my every day watch.

I have never had it serviced and it has always kept good time.

My only criticism is that in the last couple of years, it struggles slightly with maintaining charge through the winter months. I think that this is because the battery is now old and less efficient and because it spends more time hidden under long sleeves and starved of the light that it needs to re-charge.

When I can get round to it, I will send it off for a service.

 

[norma 308]

I always wear "animal" watches with fabric Velcro strap. Been shooting and in the construction industry as long as I can remember and they last at least 7 to 10 years for just £40

+ 1 for animal changed strap to rubber though as the Velcro stank after a while had mine 14 years at least and 3 battery changes
​norma

 

[Brithunter]

Good information....................... thank you.

I don't normally wear a watch at home during the day but put it on when going out. So it will spend a lot of days on my desk in natural light so this should not be an issue for me. Some days I will still wear/carry a pocket watch of which I now have a couple. One Quartz battery powered the other two normal wind up one of which is new the other a vintage CCCP marked on.

 

[TotalNovice]

I have a WR200 titanium which has'nt missed a beat in almost 3yrs, great watches...

I have the same watch, it is without doubt the best watch I've ever owned.
Just wish I could figure out how to see what the date is!

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[Uncle Buck]

Good information....................... thank you.

I don't normally wear a watch at home during the day but put it on when going out. So it will spend a lot of days on my desk in natural light so this should not be an issue for me. Some days I will still wear/carry a pocket watch of which I now have a couple. One Quartz battery powered the other two normal wind up one of which is new the other a vintage CCCP marked on.

I would'nt worry to much Brit on a full charge the Eco-Drive can lie in total darkness for
around 150 days (so you can stick it in the desk drawer if you want...!

I have the same watch, it is without doubt the best watch I've ever owned.
Just wish I could figure out how to see what the date is!

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Don't have an issue with mine although the digits are perhaps a bit on small side'
a wee trip to specsavers might be the order of the day TN.

Rgds Buck.

 

[Harry mac]

I brought a Citizen Eco-Drive watch about 17 years ago and for the last 10 years have worn it as my every day watch.

I have never had it serviced and it has always kept good time.

My only criticism is that in the last couple of years, it struggles slightly with maintaining charge through the winter months. I think that this is because the battery is now old and less efficient and because it spends more time hidden under long sleeves and starved of the light that it needs to re-charge.

When I can get round to it, I will send it off for a service.

​My old watch got like that once when it had been starved of light. I pulled out the winder to stop the watch and left it for 24 hours on a sunny windowsill. Sorted.

 

[Rake Aboot]

Sorry old chap but there is no way I could spend half a years income on a watch.

​I had also never heard of either make until you posted their names.

Both are German watches and can be bought for very reasonable money, they are superb quality automatics.

Worth a look.

Also, Christopher Ward are a British company making beautiful autos , again for cracking money, using Swiss movements.

 

[Oh6]

​My old watch got like that once when it had been starved of light. I pulled out the winder to stop the watch and left it for 24 hours on a sunny windowsill. Sorted.

I agree it is simple enough to solve (although I have never bothered to stop it), like you I just leave it on a window sill for a day or two to charge it up.

It isn't a serious problem as it only started in the last couple of years and only slowed to a 2 second tick a couple times last winter.

 

[stag1933]

Well guys, I had an Omega Seamaster for about 35 years. It was a prize won at an International clay shoot.
It was an automatic winder, the estimate to service it frightened me so I sold it to a gent on here who is highly delighted with it.
Currently I am using a `quartz` with a black scale, prominent white numbers and white pointers. It has date facility also.
It is an ASCOT , guaranteed for 3 years and cost me £8.99 from Aldi Stores.
Being 80 and partially sighted it suits my purpose perfectly.

HWH.

 

[Brithunter]

Tried cheap watches and even though the watch works I have to bin then due to the case being eaten away by sweat. Have kept my Timex expedition as I can still wear it for a short time before it get too irritating on the wrist.