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Does the Oysterquartz have an EOL (end of life) indicator for the battery?

April 26, 2017battery eol indicator life oysterquartz

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Does the Oysterquartz have an EOL (end of life) indicator for the battery?

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While some modern quartz movements have EOL indicators for the battery (such as the second hand moving in two-second increments), the 5035 and 5055 do not. The most common “symptom” of a battery nearing its end of life in an Oysterquartz is erratic timekeeping. The typical accuracy for an OQ is +/-2 to 5 seconds per month. If you start getting significantly more drift than this, the battery is probably about to go.