Whys my solar watch ticking twice per second

Put the watch in any form of light for some time. Sun is best but not necessary. When the second hand stops running, it is a sign that the capacitor is low. The eco drive is a solar powered watch. When exposed to light, it converts the energy from the light and stores it in an internal capacitor which is really a battery that will last about 20 years.

It will be ticking in two second intervals, This is because it is very low on power. It should keep correct time and eventually settle down. It needs a long exposure to a nice bright sunny day and it will be fine once it has a good initial charge.

Yes, absolutely correct , all automatic watches tick and the fake Rolexes just tick a bit slower so it is more visible.

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Hope this will helped you fixing the time of your Citezen divers watch. Just foolow the instruction below.

Change your Citizen watch's time zone without actually moving the clock hands. On the digital display, change the city that displays on the watch, which sets the time to the different time zone. The Citizen also has a calendar, timer, chronograph and LED lights. Since it is an Eco Drive watch, it is solar powered so you never have to replace the batteries unless its backup power source dies.
Difficulty: Easy Instructions

1. Pull the setting knob (crown) out one "tick" for setting mode.
   

2. Set the mode hand to "WT-S."
   

3. Pull the crown out one more "tick."
   

4. Press the top button on the right side of the watch for the city setting mode.
   

5. Press the lower button on the right side to "SET" the city.
   

6. Turn the crown to select a different city, which changes the time zone.
   

7. Push the crown all the way back in to finish setting the time.
   

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It sounds like one of the hands is pausing as it brushes against something. It sounds like a treasured watch. I would take it to a professional watch repair shop. Mine was losing a minute or two per hour from the hand being slightly bent. Good luck!

This watch has got a power reserve of 180 days. When the reserve is low, the seconds hand starts to tick in a 2 second interval.
For more info on your watch go to:
http://www.citizenwatch.com/COA/English/rechargeguide.asp

mcdevito75 here, I see in your question, SOLAR if that means the watch is operated from the sun"s energy, you first have to get the watch going (ticking) before you can set the time, Instead of a Battery your watch has a capacitor that holds onto the sun"s energy and releases it, makeing the watch go (tick). After the watch goes, you need worry about 2 buttons, MODE & SET. Press MODE and see display Flashing, now press set to set each function, (hour, minute etc.) presss MODE after ecah function is set to move on, once all functions are set, press MODE for steady display, also if thew watch is new, look for a small piece of plastic just under the crown, remove that plastic and push crown down to start watch. Hope this helps.

the mode button controls the different functions of the watch. time, alarm time, stopwatch, timeset, alarmset, in a repeating cycle. Make sure you are on the time function (seconds ticking and changing every second, but not flashing twice per second. This is the normal mode that shows the time.

It may be that the battery is getting near the end of its life.

I have a similar solar modle Ive had since 1995 , about 4 years ago it started loosing time and the second hand started double ticking. I sat it down out side on a cool summer day for the hole day in the bright sun and never have had a problem since. knock on wood! It was also runover by a car last year and still works good. I wont ever get ride of it. Hopefully this helps u guys out