Precautionary Items And Usage Limitation - Citizen 8651 Manual

8. Precautionary Items and Usage Limitations
WARNING
Water Resistance
• Non-water resistant watches cannot be used underwater or in environments in contact with water.
• Water-resistance for daily use (to 3 atmospheres) means that the watch may be worn while washing
your face or in the rain, but is not to be immersed in water.
• Upgraded water-resistance for daily use (to 5 atmospheres) means that the watch may be worn while
swimming, but is not to worn while skin diving.
• Upgraded water-resistance for daily use (to 10/20 atmospheres) means that the watch may be worn
while skin diving, but not while scuba or saturated diving using helium gas.
Name
Non-water-resistant watch
Everyday-use water-resistant watch WATER RESIST(ANT)
Upgraded everyday-use
WATER RESIST(ANT) 5 bar
water-resistant watch
Upgraded everyday-use WATER RESIST(ANT)
water-resistant watch
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Indication
Specification
Watch dial and
Case back
Non-water-resistant
Water-resistant to
3 atmospheres
Water-resistant to
5 atmospheres
Water-resistant to
10/20 bar 10 or 20 atmospheres
• Refer to the watch dial and the case back for the indication of the water resistance of your watch.
The following chart provides examples of use for reference to ensure that your watch is used properly.
(The unit "1bar" is roughly equal to 1 atmosphere.)
• WATER RESIST(ANT) ××bar may also be indicated as W.R.××bar.
Water-related use
Minor exposure to Moderate exposure to
water(washing face, water (washing, kitchen Skin diving, marine
rain, etc.) work, swimming, etc.)
NO NO
OK NO
OK OK
OK OK
Pulling out the
Scuba diving using crown when the
sports an air tank watch is wet
NO NO NO
NO NO NO
NO NO NO
OK NO NO
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