This was a birthday gift from my wife and kids 2 years ago. The transparent series is for me the iconic Swatch look of the 80s/90s. If it were just me I would have chosen the fully clear one. But this one with a strip in the back makes it go well with jeans.
@hakki501 absolutely right about bringing to your friendly technician (or Seiko service center). From my experience with 2 Kinetic watches that both had their own issues, there's no link between the battery life and the rotor performance. The rotor on one did "slow down" which I would attribute to age (20+ years). My watch tech did a quick tune-up and rotor works fine now.
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