Setting The Time; Minute Repeater; Water Resistance - Patek Philippe 5304 Manual

SETTING THE TIME

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Minute repeater

The strike sequence of the minute repeater must
be allowed to end completely before it is acti-
vated again.
Caution: Never actuate the winding crown as long as the
repeater is working and for 30 seconds thereafter. Doing
so could cause damage to the repeating mechanism which
would not be covered by the warranty.
To activate the striking mechanism, push the slide
(8) all the way up.
Now release it completely – do not pull it down.
Two small hammers will now strike the hours,
quarter-hours, and minutes on two gongs of low
and high pitch.
If the watch was set aside unwound for an ex-
tended period of time, the minute repeater might
not indicate the correct time because the oil may
have thickened at some points inside the mech-
anism. This is absolutely normal and has no neg-
ative consequences. The striking mechanism will
function correctly again within one or two hours
after the watch has been rewound.
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6
• pull the crown out (7).
• Set the hands to the correct time If you advance the hands
beyond midnight, all displays of the perpetual calendar
will be advanced as well.
• after having set the time, push the winding crown (6)
home again
Recommendations

wATER RESISTANCE

Although your watch is equipped with a water-re-
sistant crown, it is not protected at all against the
ingress of moisture because of the slot for the
minute repeater slide.
Therefore, exercise care to ensure that liquid does
not come into contact with your watch.
SERvICE
We recommend that you have your watch
serviced at least once every three to five years.
For this purpose, we suggest you take it to an
Authorized Patek Philippe Retailer who will send
it to our Geneva manufacture, the only location
authorized to service watches with minute re-
peaters. You can then be assured that your watch
will be inspected and overhauled by a qualified
master watchmaker at Patek Philippe headquar-
ters in Geneva.
The master watchmaker will completely disas-
semble the movement and then inspect, clean,