F100 User's Guide
This watch is solar-powered. Expose the dial to light and use it sufficiently charged.
To see details of charging time, specifications, and operations, refer to the instruction manual:
Component identification
Hour hand
Function hand
• Day indication
• Power reserve
level
(in five levels)
• Summer time
setting
(ON/OFF)
Place name/
time zone
Second hand
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustration above.
Receiving the satellite time signal
Manual reception 1 (time required: 3 to 20 seconds)
Outdoor signal reception is recommended for receiving satellite time signal.
1. Push the crown in to position 0 .
2. Press and hold the lower right button Ⓐ until the second
hand points to "RX".
The previous reception result is first indicated and signal reception starts.
After finishing reception, the second hand indicates the reception result
for 2 seconds and returns to normal movement.
Indication
The reception succeeded.
OK
The time and calender have been corrected.
The reception failed. The time and calendar was not
NO
corrected and the time indication returns to the status
before the reception.
Manual reception 2 (21 to 13 seconds)
Reception to adjust the time and calendar when the leap second has been
updated.
1. Push the crown in to position 0 .
2. Press and hold the lower right button Ⓐ for 7 seconds.
Time reception starts after the second hand points "RX" once and turns
fully around to point "RX" again.
Checking the previous reception result of the satellite signal
1. Push the crown in to position 0 .
2. Press and release the lower right button Ⓐ .
The previous reception result is indicated.
Indication
The reception succeeded.
OK
The time and calender are corrected.
The reception failed. The time and calendar was not
NO
corrected and the time indication returns to the status
before the reception.
3. Press and release the button Ⓐ to finish checking.
RX : Reception-
in-progress
indication
OK/NO : Reception
result
indication
Button Ⓑ
Minute hand
Crown
Date
indication
Button Ⓐ
りゅうずの位置
Crown's position
0 1 2
Reception result
Reception result
F100 instruction manual
Using the world time
Setting the world time
1. Pull the crown out to position 1 .
The second hand indicates the current time zone and
the function hand indicates the summer time setting.
2. Rotate the crown to choose a time zone.
Time indication changes.
• See also "How to read indication of the world time setting" and "Table of
time zones and representative places".
3. Push the crown in to position 0 to finish the procedure.
The function hand returns to day indication.
How to read indication of the world time setting
The watch has 40 time zone markers with
Time zone marker
several representative area names. A time zone
is set by pointing the second hand at one of the
Second
markers.
hand
On the illustration, the second hand points to
28 seconds and time zone setting is "+11.5".
• Time zones are represented by offsets from
Representative
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
area
Table of time zones and representative places
Time
Second
Area
Representative
zone
hand
name
area
0
0 sec.
LON
London
+1
2 sec.
PAR
Paris
+2
4 sec.
ATH
Athens
+3
6 sec.
RUH
Riyadh
+3.5
7 sec.
—
Tehran
+4
8 sec.
DXB
Dubai
+4.5
9 sec.
—
Kabul
+5
10 sec.
KHI
Karachi
+5.5
12 sec.
DEL
Delhi
+5.75
13 sec.
—
Kathmandu
+6
14 sec.
DAC
Dhaka
+6.5
15 sec.
—
Yangon
+7
16 sec.
BKK
Bangkok
+8
18 sec. BJS(HKG) Beijing/Hong Kong
+8.75
20 sec.
—
Eucla
+9
21 sec.
TYO
Tokyo
+9.5
23 sec.
ADL
Adelaide
+10
25 sec.
SYD
Sydney
+10.5
26 sec.
—
Lord Howe Island
+11
27 sec.
NOU
Noumea
+11.5
28 sec.
—
Norfolk Island
Switching summer time and standard time
1. Pull the crown out to position 1 .
2. Press and release the lower right button Ⓐ .
Setting
SMT ON
SMT OFF
• Each time you press the button, ON and OFF changes alternately.
3. Push the crown in to position 0 to finish the procedure.
Time
Second
Area
Representative
zone
hand
name
+12
29 sec.
AKL
+12.75
31 sec.
—
Chatham Islands
+13
32 sec.
TBU
Nuku'alofa
+14
34 sec.
—
-12
36 sec.
—
Baker Island
-11
38 sec.
MDY
-10
40 sec.
HNL
-9.5
41 sec.
—
Marquesas Islands
-9
42 sec.
ANC
Anchorage
-8
44 sec.
LAX
Los Angeles
-7
46 sec.
DEN
-6
48 sec.
CHI
-5
50 sec.
NYC
-4.5
51 sec.
—
-4
52 sec.
SCL
-3.5
53 sec.
—
-3
54 sec.
RIO
Rio de Janeiro
Fernando de
-2
56 sec.
FEN
-1
58 sec.
PDL
Meaning
Summer time is indicated.
The standard time is indicated.
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area
Auckland
Kiritimati
Midway
Honolulu
Denver
Chicago
New York
Caracas
Santiago
St. John's
Noronha
Azores
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