Calendar Search - Seiko 6M13 Instructions Manual

CALENDAR SEARCH
.
By setting the date, month and year
from
Janu ary 1,
1400
to December
31,2499,
the
day of the week of
the
designated date
will
be
indicated
by
the
tail
of the second hand.
Note:
The calendar
of
the watch follows the Julian calendar from January
1,
l40OtoOctober 4,1582and
the Gregorian calendarfrom October
15, 1582
to
December 31, 2499. This is because the Julian calendar
was
revised
to the Gregorian calendar on October 4,
1582,
which
corresponds
to
October
14
according
to
the Gregorian
calendar.
Therefore,
if
a
date
from
October 5
to
14
of
1582
is
set
in
the
CALENDAR SEARCH
rnode, it
will
be
automatically
advanced
to
15,
and "Friday"
will
be indicated
as
the day of the week.
*The
year when the
Gregorian calendar
was adopted differs from
country to country.
o Turn
the crown to
set
the mode indicator to "SEARCH".
The
tails of the
hour, minute and second hands indicate the current month, last 2 digits
of the year and day, respectively.
How
to
read
the
calendar
in
"CALENDAR SEARCH" mode.
lCrown at normal positionl
Ex.) Tuesday, August 6th,
1991
Last
2
digits
of year
lCrown
at
extended positionl
Ex.) August 6th,
1991
First 2
digits
of year Day
of the
week
Last
2
digits of year
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Crown
Eh
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t,
,
Normal
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