. 23 Answers SOURCE: The Citizen Eco Drive watches use special recharchable batteries. I started collecting a couple of watches and I noticed sometimes a jeweler replaces them with an ordinary battery. The watch will work and at the same time it will try to recharge this one until it explodes! In newer models they made it harder to use the non-rechargable ones by adding a special connector or clip to the rechargable battery types. Okay, if you say your battery goes bad, or watch does not run okay? It may have lost the charge over time.
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First thing to try is to leave it on the window sill so the dial is in the sun. It will start ticking, but please leave it out there for 3 days to a week. The seconds hand will tick irregularly in steps of one and two seconds, to show you it wants you to readjust the time, as it knows it has lost time. Adjust the time and it should run smoothly. The seconds hand should run in single second steps, if it takes steps regularly, but every 3 seconds or so, it tries to tell you that its power level is going down. It will be able to continue for one or two days, but you should get it into the sun more often. Charging the battery under a lamp is possible, however this heats up the watch and this may reduce battery life.
As long as the watch keeps running I believe it should keep good time. It is quartz anyway. If this is not the case, and a good sunbath does not help, the mechanism could be running heavy, possibly due to overheating the watch; no help there. If you need to know more about the Eco Drive, look for detail tech manuals for all types here: Those are great watches as long as you remember it needs light to charge. Posted on Jun 25, 2009. 101 Answers SOURCE: Here is how to correct the 0 Position for your watch.
While your the crown of your watch is down in the starting position, turn the crown until the mode hand (this is the circle at the bottom of the face) reaches CHR At this time now pull out the crown until it clicks two times, two the second setting of the crown. This will bring the watch to the 0 position correction function. You can turn the crown clock wise to correct the hour hand. Press the a button to switch hand to second, or press again to switch to minute.
The location of the case number of each watch depends on the characteristics of that watch. Since the case number is stamped in small characters, it may be difficult to read. Notes for Manuals: The images for explanation may look different to your watch but the functions will be the same.
Then use crown again to correct 0 posi.