A feature that shows when the watch will soon need a new battery or winding . A battery reserve indicator on a quartz watch informs the wearer when the battery is low. Often this is indicated by the seconds hand moving at two or three-second intervals. Seiko's Kinetic watches are quartz watches that do not have a battery (see Kinetic ). When a Seiko Kinetic needs to be wound, the seconds hand will also move in two-second intervals.