The newer Kinetic quartz watches ( I bought an original 1995 model) do not use a capatitor like the originals did, they use a lion-litium battery. While this is an improvement, somewhat, it is also problematic..

While the Lion-litium battery can be replaced at a reasonable price, it has it's drawbacks. If it completely runs down, it cannot be fully charged again, and thats the problem, most of these Kinetics sit around in stores or wharehouses for months, if not years and when you buy it, the watch will take about 2500 shakes to get it running where it will keep a full charge.

You will have to wear this on a daily basis to keep it running, and if after a few days of inactivity it stops running you will have to give it a couple of hundred shakes to get it running where the second hand ticks by the second and not a double click (indicates low charge).

Forget the idea of a watch winder (like would would use on an automatic) they rotate way to slow to even keep even with a kinetic.

My advice is, if your not going to wear this watch everyday (I have several watches) get a battery model or an automatic instead. A dead automatic can be hand wound 30-40 times and be ready to rock and roll, while this kinetic needs 250 shakes to to get it going!