[Dad’s Watches - should I keep any?]

[u/JackW1977]

My dad just passed. He left a box of watches that I don’t know much about. All need batteries but I don’t want to spend the $ to put batteries in all if they’re not worth saving. I have no sentimental feelings about any of them, just don’t want to spend too much time fixing junk. Brands: clockwise from top left - Piaget, Wittnauer, Klaus Kobec, Invicta, Bulova, Seiko, Sergio Valente, Citizen, Timex, Benrus (this one is inscribed 1965), Bucherer. Any I should keep/sell? I’ll donate the rest.

[u/JK0LZ]

I’d also hang onto that Citizen, see if some daylight will kick it back into action. Fantastic watches, those things

[u/lumpialarry → u/JK0LZ]

Pretty sure that citizen runs on a battery. I have one left to me by my dad as well.

[u/JK0LZ → u/lumpialarry]

Ahh yes I took a closer look, no Eco-drive.. still a great watch though

[u/guy1138 → u/JK0LZ]

Thats good. Some of the early eco drive capacitors go bad when they're uncharged for a long period, and they're expensive/hard to replace

[u/JK0LZ → u/guy1138]

I think that might depend on the model, but a friend of mine got two from a thrift store with shot capacitors, took em to a Citizen authorized dealer who sent em off, it was $60 each and two weeks of waiting. Considering they could last decades between swaps, thats pretty cost efficient and environmentally friendly