Awwwwwwwww, heck! That's beautiful!
Ted said:That watch is sweet! What are the little metal knob things sticking out on the back side of the strap near the spring bars?
Ted
Sir said:Very nice but I suggest you do NOT follow the example of the previous owner and let the secondary battery "deep cycle down". Eco-drives work best when they receive a daily light bath to keep them charged -- in fact, they are designed to operate this way and Citizen recommend it. You cannot "overuse" the eco-drive function, as over-charge protection is built in.
Running the secondary battery right down can in fact kill it and/or make the watch impossible to restart when exposed to light again. Your best bet when not wearing the watch is to leave it in a safe place exposed to indirect light, such as under a skylight or away from the direct rays of light through a window.
Looks good on that strap!
That is correct, the reason being to prevent heat build-up. An adequately lit bedroom should be fine. You'd be amazed how little light is required to keep these babies topped up.bradystraps said:When I'm not wearing, it would be on a nightstand. The room is not very bright in the daytime but should be good enough to keep the watch going I assume? You say to not leave in diect light though for days at a time, correct?
AFAIK, they were made specifically for a Japanese scientific expedition to Antarctica between 1998 and 2001. Japan has an Antarctic research station called Showa which has been the site for many such expeditions, now numbering 51 in total. The Mission Antarctica watch was specifically designed to cope with Antarctic conditions, including (of course) extreme cold, prolonged darkness (hence the eco-drive with its long power reserve), and high resistance to magnetism (at 16,000 gauss it's more than 3 times the usual value of 4800 gauss).OtherJohnUK said:Did anyone ever find out what the Mission Antarctica 1998-2001 on the back refered to?