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Old 01-30-2007, 10:14   #16
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Well...mine has been sitting in the sunlight for daylight hours of 2 days now....still shows only a medium charge.

Me thinks I got a bad apple...

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I've had the same G-Shock for about 7 years, battery is fine.

Unless you're fixin to become stranded on a deserted island don't worry about batteries in watches. Get rid of the solar watch. TS
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Old 01-30-2007, 16:56   #17
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What, no self winding watch?? Wouldn't that make more sense than a battery watch?
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Old 01-31-2007, 00:28   #18
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What, no self winding watch?? Wouldn't that make more sense than a battery watch?
Good point-guys used "regular" watches for YEARS...some still do! A couple of things to consider with most self winding watches on the market today...
-FEW are shock resistant...until you get into the thousands of dollars for quality Swiss timepieces. Standard watches aren't made to be beat up with many of the riggors of training and actual combat. The watch hands get knocked off the post rather routinely in previous Casios and Timexs I have owned. One or two good bumps are OK....a hundred is a bit much to ask for $30.
-concussion / shock waves from explosions can alter the self winding mechanism in watches that have "less than quality" watch innerds. The cog latchkeep junction can be momentarily stretched / deformed and slow the watch's movement so it no longer keeps accurate time. This is one reason that self winding aerospace watches like Omega and Breitling have patented mechanisms and cost thousands of dollars. They work irrespective of both absolute gravity and g-forces on the timepiece. Not to mention all those fancy numbers printed around the inner bezel .
-missing the conveniences: countdown timers and chronographs on non digital watches are difficult to both see and operate. It is much more convenient to be able to see a large number display than it is to count the number of times the little hand went around while waiting for something to go boom.
-cost: Much rather forever lose a $30-$100 digital than a $300 (basic Seiko)-$5000 (basic Rolex) self winding quality timepiece.

This is pretty much the extent of my basic research-so if you need anymore info-I would have to defer to someone smart like TS or TR

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Old 04-24-2007, 14:18   #19
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Eagle5,

You may have a bad watch, my G solar works fine, even when stowed away for awile.

Is it still under warrantee? If so you may want to send it back while you can. Electronic shit don't get better!

My biggest gripe is the damn 16mm band, as you can't mount a good (zulu) band on it.
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