Seiko Kinetic watch is not holding charge. How to fit a new capacitor. 7M22
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This video shows how to remove the old capacitor from a Seiko 7M22 watch. And how to fit the new capacitor. But this watch also had another fault stopping the capacitor from charging - find out how I fixed it.
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I have been watching a few videos of this gentleman, he is one of my very few favorite watchmakers, calm, collective and straight to the point!
I have watched several videos on changing the capacitor and this man is by far the best instructor I have seen. Clean fast work, prepared and some of the best photography period. Excellent tutorial.
Thank you very much for your kind words Carl
I have the same problem with my watch but where shall I take it for fixing
Watch Repair Channel Hello, i have a problem id like to inquire about. i have a Seiko Kinetic SKA085 in all gold, with this same charging issue. the watch is automatic with no winding function, and i was wondering if the process to replace the parts is the same and where to purchase those parts at. thank you!
Great video. Informative .
Ufo
This video had more tension than the recent cinema movies haha! Great job!
I just replaced my capacitor, I wouldn't have known what the problem was or much less how to fix it if it were'nt for your video. $14 bucks and a little time and my 10-year old Seiko is back in action! Thank you Sir!
Sam
Where are you buying these ginuine parts at? And are you disassymbling to get the correct part numbers?
Mark, thank you much for this video. I just had a vintage kinetic brought to me for service and, having never worked on one, it was very helpful and reassuring to see what I would be looking at and doing beforehand. I belong to your forum as well, and these videos of yours are valuable guides. The other members reference them for various situations. Thanks again.
Bravo! Marvelous! I was actually on the edge of my seat & holding my breath while observing the intricacies of your work!
I was totally fascinated, The last watch I repaired was a Fisk when I was 12; I am now 77 and believe I can still do it thanks to your video.
I just did this today on my Seiko Kinetic, the replacement capacitor is now a lithium-ion battery that recharges instead of just a capacitor holding up a few days worth of charge. Brought mine back to life!
Thanks, I have one of these to troubleshoot for a customer and being old school and repairing strictly mechanical watches I am pleased to see they have “old school” problems too!! Thanks so much!!
Thanks so much for this video. I recently found a Seiko Kinetic dive watch in some old dive gear I had in storage. It was’t working and the rubber strap had crumbled away. After watching your video, I opened the watch and removed the capacitor and case o-ring. I got replacements for both and after reviewing this video again, installed the new parts. It’s now running great.
Thank you so much for this video. Finally got around to fixing my Seiko Arctura Kinetic which has sentimental value. Followed the video step by step. Once I had filed my smallest screwdriver thin enough for the screws it all went perfectly. The watch is now ticking away happily!
Thanks for video. You sure make it look easy. I'm a first timer at replacing a capacitor in my 5M43 and don't know anything about watches. Took about a half hour following your video. Wow, those screws are super small. Plenty of Seiko parts on line.
Thank you for a superb tutorial. Carefully following your video, I have just changed the capacitor in my Seiko Kinetic and it is working well first time!!
Trickiest bit was getting those small screws back in the cover plate.
What size flathead screwdriver did you use?
Thanks you very much. After close to 8 years of not wearing my favorite watch I replaced the capacitor and I can wear it again. Those screws are tiny though, it's like brain surgery for your watch.
ChromeFenix Well done - that's really excellent.
Thanks, man. This video gave me the information, and, more importantly, the confidence, to replace the capacitor in my beloved Kinetic dive watch. 10 Stars!
Many thanks - you make it look so easy working with those little screws - took me little longer that you but this great video gave me the confidence to take my 20 year old watch apart - determine which capacitor I needed and get the sentimental timepiece working again. Looks like I don't need to get an iWatch :-)
Excellent tutorial. By far the best how to explained and demonstrated. Thank you
Well done video. Verbal Detail as well as visual detail on your video is world class! Thank you so much! Bob
Outstanding video. Very clear / crisp closeups. Thanks.
Amazing craftsmanship! I wish I could do this so competently. This is an awesome video!
Many thanks and happy holidays - I revived one of my favorite Seiko Arctura Kinetics!
I'm glad I watched this admirable video: Now I know I won't attempt the repair myself - Not only do I not have the tools; I'll probably mess it up due to insufficient eye-sight and/or lacking steadiness and fine-control of my hands. It's good to see some people have these great skills. I guess I'll have to pay one of them. 😊
Yes, I was glued to this from start to finish and a great job done. You make it look so easy.
Many thanks.
Gaius
Would you not feel the need to find and remove the broken part of the pivot? Is there not a risk of a loose item inside the case causing potential future damage?
My thought exactly
Fantastic. You just saved me £150 for watch repair. Thank you.
An excellent succinct tutorial video presentation, one of the best.
I have a Kinetic watch for twenty years, it may also need a new capacitor soon, but it's still stylish and keeps perfect time.
I couldn't help but hold my breath when you where doing this, I thought, 'one good sneeze and the whole shebang ends up in the bin'. Your a braver man than me.
Thanks mate.
After losing two of the tiny screws I finally got it together.\ and it works!
Those screws sure do travel a long way when they go.
I found one on the floor about a meter away and the other amongst some papers on the far corner of my desk.
Phew.
I bought the Seiko Kinetic 100M for my dad on Father's day back in the 90's. It's still like new. My dad took good care of it. It's mine now and it's been sitting in a safe since 03. I just performed micro surgery on it to upgrade the capacitor. After it charges, I hope it runs for months.
My parents bought me a kinetic after graduating from college. I loved that watch and after four years it needed the capacitor changed. It only cost me 100 bucks and lasted another four years. I sold it and got 150 for it. You can’t beat a Seiko.
Just what I needed! Well done, sir!
Just found your channel. I'm hooked. Great videos so thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge
Professional quality video. Informative so I'm armed with knowledge when taking my watch to the jeweller. Thanks for posting
Excellent demonstration
Good clear explanation nice voice
Thanks
Thankyou for yet another great video. I've just managed to get the movement working in Seiko I bought as Spares and repairs. Turned out it was the coils - I wouldn't have known to try replacing this part.
I could not stay awake for this
Just used this video to change the capacitor in my 5M42 - 0B80. All good apart from the 60 year old eyes. Thanks for the upload
I love you're videos men they are very helpful, thanks for sharing this information with us !
I went to watchrepairtalk. Someone there kindly gave me the details of the capacitor for my Seiko Kinetic. Then I bought a capacitor off eBay and also a kit. And then I had also to buy a tool to take the back off the watch! Battery about £12. Kit £12. Back tool £5. The instructions here are very good. Quite a challenge, all the same, but it worked. I do have an OptiVisor magnifier, which helped. Good idea to put screws in a box as you work, rather than just let them roll around. If you drop them you might never find them. Last time I sent my watch away and it cost me £50 plus postage.
That is some beautiful work. Thanks for the video!
excellent video.I put a watch like this into a jewellers and it cost me $95 to get fixed.As I own several of these I will now tackle it myself
Thanks for share your knowledge!
Thanks, excellent video. Beautifully done.
Awesome video.
Thank you so much for making it.
So informative and concise.
Thanks for this helpful instruction.
Having replaced quite a few capacitors on Seiko Kinetics the first thing I do is to check the voltage in it as sometimes you can get a faulty one, all the new capacitors that I have purchased have always had quite a bit of charge in them which is enough to restart the watch when fitted it also takes the guess work out, the sheared off spigot may have been all that was wrong with the watch, how do you know that you haven't thrown a perfectly good capacitor in the bin? because it wasn't at fault, The video itself was very steady and clear one of the best I have ever seen on Seiko Kinetics.
As a knowledgeable customer in the field of electronics, I would have requested that he also change a very old capacitor. Even if not being used, capacitors can break down physically and/or electrically. Also, you need a sophisticated capacitor checker to check all parameters of a capacitor. Finally, the part is not expensive. A new capacitor can help ensure longer life between servicing.
Many thanks. Keep teh videos coming.
Very interesting detailed video with impressive visualization.
One might add that, once you have reached the generator rotor, also the charging coil (which was defect in my case) lies free to be replaced.
Propably it's a quite common defect as people scratch the coil with the screw driver when replacing the capacitor - be warned...
You are awesome.. You make it look so easy !
Excellent thank you i did it!! Maybe not as quick as you and hit the pause a few times! Thanks for this
Brilliant Video feeling very confident on having a go with my Kinetic but ive also found broken pivot on my charging rotor how did you retrieve the broken bit out please?
Very good vids, as a collector of mainly Seiko watches I get a few non-runners, so I think I'm going to try some repairs myself
Many Thanks.
I have literally just done this repair on my own watch.Many thanks for the upload,and as suggested I used a sharpened match stick as peg wood... ha.
I really like the idea to use a paste to hold the screws!
Good idea!
Thanks!
Hi. Great clear video, so that leads me to the question: What scope are you using please? I'm in the process of sourcing a scope for micro-electronics and micro-mechanics, and this scope fov looks good enough. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Enjoyed this. Thanks.
thanks for tutorial I now have a working watch ☺
very interesting and intricate work well done sir
A couple of notes, about this battery replacement. First, the smallest jewelers screw driver still had to be taken down some on emery paper to fit the screws. Second, your video is at much higher magnification than is obvious. Third, no one told me that the battery was going to want to jump back out after it was in place. It can fling the those tiny screws farther that you would imagine. Three hands would make it much easier in that case, with someone holding the battery down with a tooth pick. This will free you to do tweezers and the screwdriver. Thanks again!
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amazing to watchand now I understand how the kinetic works. The second hand was sweeping but not aligning with the second markers on the watch face - can it be re-aligned?
Got the capacitor changed and watch seams fine.great video but you make it look easy,but i got there in the end but it was touch and go for a while.thanks.
A great little video!
Very good demo. Less talk more demo. kudos for you.
I just picked up a seiko kinetic at a value village for ten bucks and after wearing it for a bit it now works 👍
Great vid, just what I need!. Where can I find a charging rotor from?
How frequently do you recommend servicing a Kinetic movement and what oils do you recommend? I've got a 5M23 that needs a capacitor replacement and I'm contemplating on servicing it as well.
Fantastic video, thank you
Very nice! Thank you
Hola ,soy relojero profesional 40 años de experiencia y ver estos videos son muy interesantes ,me gustan .Atentamente un placer por mi parte enhorabuena .Thanks forever !!!
Very interesting.. You make watch repair look easy. I know very well it isn't.. I've never actually seen one of these watches, but I do remember the commercials for them 😁
I think you had to look for the broken part of that pivot. It may make problem inside the watch in future.
logically, it would have been sitting in the jewel. There's no space for it to go anywhere else.
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This video really makes me want to get my Kinetic Windward out of the plastic baggie it's been in for the past 5 years and put it back together. I need to pick up a new bezel gasket for it. The Kinetic movement is so neat!
A week later and my Kinetic Windward is now back in full service! Thanks Mark! :)
Great video thankyou
Well done ... Thanks a lot
Great video. Can I ask if the broken piece of the charging rotor pivot was found before replacing with a new one?
Fantastic video, helpful and clear advice coupled with very good camera visuals. My 15+ year old kinetic is working and keeping time whilst on my wrist but will stop after 3 to 4 hours when I take it off before going to bed. Does this sound like a capacitor issue?
Thank you - saved me a lot of £££££ - excellent video
Great video - well explained. I have just changed the capacitor in a second hand Seiko Kinetic I bought on eBay. I wouldn't have attempted it without this video for guidance. It is great to give new life to these watches.
Thats a gen.rotor.. nice1
nice job. i recommend wearing rubber gloves or finger covers to avoid static electricity or oil from your hands getting inside the watch. i also recommend getting a jeweler's magnifier because even with reading glasses, i find it hard to get those tiny screws seated and secured. finally, it really helps to have dedicated watch repair tools to open and close the watch securely and hold the case while opening and closing. i have replaced capacitors in citizen eco drive and seiko kinetic watches. first repair, a trial run on an old and cheap eco-drive, somehow irreparably damaged the movement, probably tweezers contacting something adjacent to the capacitor.
Very good Mark 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great tutorial, helped diagnose fault with my late father's watch. The charging rotor pivot is broken, can you recommend from whom I can buy a replacement in the UK. 👍
Its intresting.. Thank you..
Good Wreck Great Performance 👍❤️
excellent video. camera work is fantastic. very well narrated
Great video
Great job!
Dear sir your videos are always great. Please do a video on simple Chinese Quartz analogue mechanism dis-assembly, cleaning, testing and assembling. This would be a great help for people doing simple mechanism repair. Regards,
Thanks for the vid, where can I find link to buy this new charging rotor which is same type of mine.
Thank you for the video. A few more steps than replacing Citizen Eco Drive capacitor. What would you recommend a modern Citizen eco drive, Seiko Kinetic or Quartz in terms of servicing?
Perfect work BRAVO AAA !!!!!!!!!!!
Thank u vry much for a informational video.
Wat if after replacing the battery watch is working only by wearing it, and stops after a while wat could be the problem?
Very new to this! What type of watch is this, and why the capacitor?
Are there any videos on lubrication points for the kinetic watch? The rotor on mine doesn't seem to be as free moving as it used to be, and I was thinking it needs some oiling for the gears and bearings. Would it be applied through the slot showing the 5 bearings in the center?
Great video and job. You have to have very steady hands to do this and have the proper tools. I just fixed a rear turn signal on my scooter and after had a hard time figuring how and what to take off. Then had to remember what screws went with what and lost a clip somehow and could find and must’ve fell while I was putting the scooter parts back together several times to have everything line up/ put back as it was.
So I was looking to buy a Seiko kinetic and had one I think when they first came out in the late 90s. So you mean these older kinetic technology watches will no longer hold a charge and need to replace the capacitor? I wonder of Seiko still make kinetic watches? I winder how how this would cost to have it done and get the new parts?
Again, great video and job and the close camera coverage.
Thanks again.
How did you get the broken charging rotor pivot pin out?
Rodico
Great video. New capacitor arrived. To my dismay, my smallest screwdriver (1.5mm) is too large to fit the slot of the screw. Can you recommend an appropriate size? Link please? Appreciated.
Subscribed :), great video.
I am a watch mechanic for the past forty years...experienced with thousands of different watches that I got to be serviced by me...Truthfully I am telling with you with respect that it's a variable thing we had to go through...!!! Thank you so much for your good clarity videos... Also for your soft dialogue...!!!