seiko kinetic & servicing

hi

i was told that seiko kinetic is the best of both worlds: charges from your movement and doesn’t need batteries but is accurate as quartz

my question is, i know that automatic watches need regular servicing, do the kinetics need to be serviced like an automatic?

and does the kinetic movement charge a battery which will eventually die like a solar watch or is it something different which should last longer than a solar, more like an automatic with no battery?

thanks WUS

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