History/Functionality - Seiko Spring Drive Movement

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Re: History/Functionality - Seiko Spring Drive Movement

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Phil,

How does the Bulova fair for battery consumption, generally ?

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reggie747 wrote:Phil,

How does the Bulova fair for battery consumption, generally ?

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With my Bulova Sea King diver, same movement, they say about 2 years.

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I think that's right - 2 years is what I've heard. I have only had mine a year and so far it's still running. Accuracy about +5 seconds since September but no way of knowing how old the battery is. I'll have a better idea sometime in 2019.
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