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Originally Posted by dannyp
You make an excellent point here! And, if being worry-free is a consideration, aren't there some quartz Cartier watches now that are supposed to go more than a decade in between battery changes?
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They recently introduced a new model Tank Must, which gets a solar recharge through photovoltaic cells behind the black Roman numerals. They are eco-friendly (plant-based material used in the strap etc) and allegedly could go 16 years before the battery or cells die and need replacing.
While we can applaud the idea of new tech being good for the environment (albeit perhaps no more ecologically sound than a traditional mechanical watch), from a practical point of view it's hardly going to be a problem to get a battery change every few years - and going the non 'solar' route will give a greater choice of watch style, metal, bracelet/strap etc. I suspect the new models will be more popular with millennials than grandmothers.