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Old 28 December 2006, 06:36 AM   #1
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another seiko thread(kinetic/automatic)

whats the difference between kinetic and automatic please???
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Old 28 December 2006, 06:40 AM   #2
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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.
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Old 28 December 2006, 06:54 AM   #3
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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.

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Old 28 December 2006, 07:11 AM   #4
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your cool... you like, know loads of stuff

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No he doesn't
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Old 28 December 2006, 07:12 AM   #5
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No he doesn't
No I do know lots of stuff... but it's mostly useless information.
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Old 28 December 2006, 07:26 AM   #6
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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:
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a veritable cornucopia of useless trivia....




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Actually he has been waiting YEARS for someone to ask that question since he learned that fact himself.
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Old 28 December 2006, 11:25 PM   #9
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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.
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