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It depends. Most work on a spring action which winds the spring, these old-fashioned types are Mutar as long as they are running when Shabbos begins. However, the Seiko Kinetic (and maybe others) generate electricity by the movement of your wrist, and these should not be worn on Shabbos (even though their may be grounds for leiency).