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Originally Posted by Apache
Also, the down side to any solar powered watch is replacing the capacitor when it stops holding a charge. Yes it happens to more solar watches than most people realize. Depending on the manufacturer of the watch and the person replacing said capacitor, the cost can run 25 to 100 times more than the cost of a battery. It is also more involved to change out a capacitor compared to a battery.
Apache
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I have a Junghans Solar 1 that I bought about 1990. The capacitor needed changing after 18 years, and just like you said, it was expensive (maybe $75, I forget). I could only find one person who would take on the job, and had to trustingly send it away to him.
My free-after-boxtops Kodak "Olympics Official Sponsor" watch from the '80s, with quartz movement, got more compliments than any watch I've owned, and is still ticking away with admirable accuracy. Had I known it would last so long, I never would have bought any other watch.