Something wierd just happened with mine. I had recently bought a X-metal/CF Time Bomb off Ebay, and spent a few nights after receiving it trying to give it a good charge by swinging it about 15 minutes a night. Much to my dismay, by the end of the week, the thing still managed to stop. Considering I did get an earlier generation Time Bomb without the large O clasp, I chalked it up to maybe the rechargeable battery being near shot and not holding a good charge, so I let it go. Tonight I pull it out to fondle it a bit ;-P and was trying to be careful not to power it up since I don't intend to use it for now. Imagine my surprise though when the hand starts moving...in normal single ticks. I probably moved it enough to rotate the rotor exactly half a turn, which I know normally would not be enough to get it to do single ticks. If it were completely drained, it should be doing the two ticks per second thing. Does the Time Bomb actually have sleep capabilities then? Pretty much all of Seiko's kinetic movements have this capability for instance...and I've always suspected that the Time Bomb could actually just have a Seiko kinetic movement inside of it despite all the gibberish Oakley marketing says about it. Just like how their Judge/GMTs have a outsourced Swiss movement.

As far as I know, Seiko is the only manufacturer that does kinetic movements. But I'm not a watch-guy. Don't know about the sleep-capability, though.
Sounds to me you're just lucky to have it move again.

Does the Time Bomb actually have sleep capabilities then? Pretty much all of Seiko's kinetic movements have this capability for instance...

I think you mean Seiko's Kinetic Auto Relay watches.. those are the one's which will go to sleep and then once shaken(even a bit) come back to life. But in those the hands would move fast(i.e. not in one or two second intervals like you mentioned) to the correct time as soon as it is shaken. It sounds to me like you're rechargeable battery has reached the end of it's life now and needs replacement.

It's probably not honding charge.. though I think there's a way(watch specialists would know) whereby you can "kick start it" or at least check if the battery is still functional. The other option might be to get an electric watch winder and leave it on that for a couple of days straight.

you have to wear the watch to keep it charged. Has it just been sitting since your gave it the initial charge? That should solve your problem, if you don't wear it for a couple of days just give it a little shake, doesn't have to be very long either. Hope this helps and good luck

Questions about the TimeBomb? Ask TERRORISM.

No, there are no sleep capabilites to the TimeBomb (unfortunately). When I first got mine (about 7 or 8 years ago) I too was shocked when it "stopped running" after what I felt was an adequate charge. I was so concerned, in fact, that I sent it in to Oakley for testing. A couple weeks later I received it back in the mail, along with a note stating that nothing was wrong with it.

It appears that the inertial generator inside the watch stores more energy for some swings than others (i.e., full rotation of the inertial generator seems to equate to greater energy storage vs the inertial generator moving only "a bit"). If you have honestly charged the Bomb for 15 minutes a day for a week, it should hold a charge no problem. But then again if you're not getting that inertial generator to rotate enough when you swing the watch, you probably won't be generating much of a charge.

As far as the internal components, to the best of my knowleddge the are 100% Oakley - that is to say, none of the technology was "borrowed" from Seiko or any other watch manufacturer.

Hope this helps.

yeah if you shake it for 15 min or so, and you don't wear and let it rest it will stop very quick..

like it was said you have to wear it for a good 2 days straight or so and it will last longer when it is on display.. but it will stop sometime

Thanks guys for all the responses. I try to keep my 3 Time Bombs going as I've heard letting the rechargeable battery in kinetics drop to nothing is very detrimental to its charge capacity lifespan, as is just storing it in a stopped state long term. And I agree that with the amount of shaking I give them sometimes, it's disheartening to walk up to it one day and see that it still manages to stop. I don't really wear mine much during weekdays as it's just too heavy of a watch for a desk job (even the titanium ones, which really don't feel like how titanium watches should feel), so it only gets worn on weekend outings. I do also own a Seiko Kinetic Auto Relay watch, awesome technology. You can manually stop the watch to conserve power, and a few shakes will cause its hands to zoom to the correct time. Just imagine if Oakley would do a Time Bomb 2.0 using such technology *drool*.

It uses a capacitor, not a battery, so there shouldn't be the common memory problems associated with batteries.

I think you just need to wear it longer. I wear mine pretty often- sometimes everyday of the week. I remember I went 2 weeks without wearing it once and it was still working on a single tick when I got it back out...

Dann's right about it being a capacitor.. but I think even that can get "degraded" and lose it's ability to hold charge over time. If you follow the above tips and still don't see an improvement, it might be wise to have it checked out. There should be a way to test it and possibly fix(or reset it).

a few shakes will cause its hands to zoom to the correct time.

Yep, that is quite a cool feature to watch and a good conversation point too. Which model Seiko do you have Vertigo?