my seiko kinetic is 13 years old and after turning back and forth 100 times it onlyruns for 5 min.

jim, September 2010

Your watch almost certainly contains an old type Kinetic capacitator which they found only had a 5 year life. Seiko have an upgrade which can be fitted at a Jeweller for about £100 or you can buy a kit on Ebay for £20 and fit it yourself (You have to be quite compendant in watch repairs to do this). The new component has a life of 20 years (or so they say!)
Depending on the value of the watch I'm afriad to say, it may be just as well to buy a new one!

Garyb, November 2010

what are you turning back and forth ?does this watch contain a battery/capasitior
any of my auto-watches I give 10 to 20 turns clockwise on the crown wheel then fit to my wrist , my wrist movement then moves the internal counter weight to wind the watch.

wirecutterman, October 2010