another seiko thread(kinetic/automatic)

[fat-sam]

whats the difference between kinetic and automatic please???

Originally Posted by fat-sam

whats the difference between kinetic and automatic please???

kinetic has a rotor that moves to keep the battery for the quartz ebauche charged. Automatic has a rotor that keeps the mainspring wound and is 100% mechanical. A kinetic will tick one tick per second while an automatic will tick eight or so ticks per second, giving the illusion of a sweep motion.

[fat-sam]

Originally Posted by Atomic

kinetic has a rotor that moves to keep the battery for the quartz ebauche charged. Automatic has a rotor that keeps the mainspring wound and is 100% mechanical. A kinetic will tick one tick per second while an automatic will tick eight or so ticks per second, giving the illusion of a sweep motion.

your cool... you like, know loads of stuff

cheers

[C.J.]

Originally Posted by fat-sam

your cool... you like, know loads of stuff

cheers

No he doesn't

Originally Posted by C.J.

No he doesn't

No I do know lots of stuff... but it's mostly useless information.

[fat-sam]

Originally Posted by Atomic

No I do know lots of stuff... but it's mostly useless information.

no such thing as useless info....
i spent the whole of christmas eve trying to explain to my missus that the christmas pudding dated back to pagans and was a symbol of the sun and to with do winter solstice etc.... to which she replied:
'your quite sad, lay off the rioja till tomorrow'

[mrbieler]

a veritable cornucopia of useless trivia....

[astcell]

Actually he has been waiting YEARS for someone to ask that question since he learned that fact himself.

Originally Posted by astcell

Actually he has been waiting YEARS for someone to ask that question since he learned that fact himself.

Thanks for letting the cat out of the bag, you wanker.