Me too, RP. I'm drawn to things that are technically unusual - like Tissot's T-Touch and Breitling's one-button Aerospace - but put off by the thought of expensive servicing every time the battery expires. So I probably won't bother.
I think solar power is the way forward for purely practical watches. Very impressed with the way the Citizen Perpetual A-T I travel with puts itself to sleep if I don't wear it for a few weeks, then whirrs into life as soon as it's exposed to light again. And, as RP points out, if there's nothing to replace, there's no need to open the case, possibly for as long as 20 years.
Seiko's Kinetic movement has some of the same advantages, but with moving parts that inevitably affect longevity and reliability. A colleague has an old one that he's clearly fond of, but it hasn't exactly been low-maintenance.
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