Breitling Colt oceane Maintenance Manual page 11

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BATTE RY END-O f -LIFE INDICATOR (EOL)
The watc h movemen t is fitt ed wi th a battery end-o f-li fe d et ecto r, sign al led
by the small secon ds hand s which begin to jump ev ery 4 seconds. The ba t­
te ry must be rep laced w ithin the next fe w days by a n au th o rized
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agen t. Also ask for a wa ter -resis tance test to be per fo rm ed o n the wa tch .
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MAIN TEN A N CE
Your
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ch ro no me ter is a sop histica ted in st rumen t w h ic h is
cons tant ly su bjected to a wide va rie ty of stre sses and stra ins. With in a very
small vo lum e, a la rge n u mber of co mpone n ts con tr ib ute to hand lin g all th e.
fu n cti on s . Th eir mec ha nica l action in e vi tabl y lead s to a ce rta in a mo un t ot
wear and tea r, which may be co ntro lled by mai nt en ance consis ting of ren ew ­
in g the lu br ica tio n a nd replacin g wo rn co mpo nen ts . Like an y p recisio n
mea surem ent ins trumen t, yo u r wa tch m us t be reg ularly ma in tained
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o rder to fun cti on at its highes t leve l of poten tial: w e recomme nd a reg ula r
serv ice every two years, while the compl ete ov erhaul shou ld be sched uled
a bout every fiv e years . Your a u tho rized
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d ealer w ill be plea sed to
handle thi s fo r you .
WAT ER-R ESI ST AN CE
The movemen t of your ch ro nome ter is pro tec ted by a co mp lex case fi tted
w ith gaske ts to en sure its wa ter -res istance. Un de r the influ en ce of v ar ious
externa l agents - . p erspira t ion, chlorina ted o r sa lt wa te r, cos metics , fra­
gra nce s or dust - these gaske ts gra d ua lly det e ri o rat e a nd m us t be regularly
repl aced . If used in ten sively in wate r, we recomme nd th at thi s be done
on ce a yea r as par t of a service. If the watch is only occasionally used in
wa te r, th is operation ma y be car ried out every tw o years. Moreover, a
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