This Festina Mechaquartz watch has a mechanically charged quartz movement, a little like a Seiko Kinetic.  Model reference 6540/3.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

From the supplied paperwork, which has the model number of this watch on it, we can accurately date this watch to being sold in August 1999.

CONDITION

Seiko launched the world’s first self powered quartz watch, the AGS (latter renamed Kinetic), and the idea is simple.  Rather than a battery that goes flat every 2 years, you use a capacitor and the automatic rotor that might power a mechanical automatic watch instead charges the capacitor.  So if the watch does stop you just give it a shake and the capacitor charges itself again.  The idea was refined (or copied, depending on your viewpoint) by various different brands.  The movement in this Festina for example is a Miyota, a subsiduary of Citizen watches.  The capacitors last around ten years, and we will fit a new one before the watch is sent out – this will take a few days from after the order has been received.  Festina also borrowed some design ideas from other brands – the blue wavy dial is reminiscent of the Omega ‘Bond’ Seamaster and the bracelet looks like the Longines Sportwing, but being a Festina they are made a lower price point.  The bracelet is fairly long and our sister website, SpareLinks.com, may have extra links if required.  The bracelet has been cleaned in our ultrasonic bath.

This watch will be supplied with the original presentation box, papers and our Certificate of Authenticity.

Please see the HD video for more detail.  All photos and videos are part of the description and are of the actual watch unless mentioned.  We do not photoshop any pictures, and the images are copyright of birthyearwatches.com and should not be used without permission.

​SIZE

Width with crown  39.7 mm

Width without crown  37.1 mm

Between lugs  19 mm

Lug to lug length  40.9 mm

Case Thickness  10.8 mm

Bracelet will fit a maximum wrist size of 188 mm.  The bracelet can be sized for you if you give us your wrist size when placing the order.

All sizes are approximate.  The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.

Included with this watch is a 2 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon.  By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.

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