Battery chemistry does not work exactly like that. The cell starts to degrade once it's manufactured, internal resistance grows and the battery discharges on its own. After 10 years you should have the seals renewed anyway and the watch cleaned. A battery change is part of that service interval.

 

well said, +1. Use that battery and enjoy your watch!

 

As stated above, it's pointless to bother.

 

I knew it, I'm nuts

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You're not nuts, Olly... oh, wait, I forgot, we're all nuts. Nevermind.

Actually your idea is quite reasonable for a 1-3 year watch battery. It could double the life at least. Many coin cells have a shelf live of 5 years or more. However you still risk leakage and such over longer durations and that could really hurt the watch. We all know quartzies have the benefit of accuracy, ruggedness, affordability, cheap maintenance and "always" running, perfect for grab&go and beaters. My quartzes get less wear than mechanicals, perhaps they lack the romance in my mind. However, they serve well when I need those other things. Pulling the crown sort-of reduces the convenience I guess. :-s

 

No, never


cheers

 

i'd like to try that on my gshocks. hmm... although it is quartz there is no crown to pull to stop the time.

 

You just need one of the G-shocks that stops the hands automatically, and then sets itself when you pick it back up like mine - the G-1500-1A.

I don't typically wear quartz watches, but this one I gave my dad for his birthday in 2011. He wore it every day.

Chris

 

given all the above - just let the wild animal run freely, like it was intended.
Isn't it just great to pick up a watch, put it on your wrist and know the time is correct (and possibly date and day too) even if you haven't worn it for three weeks?

 

No, you're not, unless watch shops are nuts too. From what I have seen, it's standard procedure in many watch shops to pull the crown out of quartz watches in display.

 

That's so that watches with a 1-3 year battery life aren't half dead by the time they're sold. It also reduces wear and tear on the mechanical components of quartz analog watches.

 

I like to sneak up on them and either pull, or push the crown in or out, whichever the case may be. They never even know it's coming, and it gives me endless satisfaction to know I have absolute dominion over them.

 

Hahaha perfect

 

Yes . I pull the crown.

 

I don't reset one automatic watch... if I don't wear it, I wind it. I let my quartz watches run.

 

Nah, I leave mine running.