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Thank you for buying an Armin Strom watch. To guarantee perfect working of your watch for many years to come, plea- se pay careful attention to the advice on...
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WINDING Your manual mechanical watch must be wound regularly for it to work properly. To do so, turn the crown clockwise in the normal crown position. When fully wound, the watch has a 96h power-reserve. Some thirty turns are nee- ded to wind the watch fully.
SETTING THE TIME Pull the crown out one click. To ensure correct setting of the time, first rotate the minute hand 5 minutes ahead of the desired time, then go back (by rotating counterclockwise) to the desired time. IMPORTANT: do not operate the crown or slide underwater or when the watch is wet.
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The twin balance wheels of the Armin Strom Minute Repeater Resonance oscillate in opposite direction. If you have not worn your watch for some time and restart it by manually winding it, the oscillators will synchronize in less than ten minutes. In...
MINUTE REPEATER Your minute repeater chimes on demand. It strikes in succession the hours, the quarter-hours, and then the minutes. The first hammer strikes the hours on the low-pitched gong with one strike for each hour (1). Alternating double strikes by the two hammers on both the high and low-pitched gongs chime the quarters (2).
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SUSTAINING A CONSISTENT RE Do not try to wind the watch or set the time during a chime. A specially develo- ped security system maximizes ease- A SOLUTION TO THE 200-YEAR of-use by protecting the minute repeater mechanism from accidental damage by blocking operations during time-setting and winding.
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ESONANCE STATE: R OLD PROBLEM The pursuit of a consistent state of resonan- a return to first principles and a deep ce is what ultimately led Claude Greisler exploration of the resonance theories of to conclude that Abraham-Louis Breguet’s Christiaan Huygens (the father of mathe- approach, which achieves resonance matical physics and the inventor of the via precise balance-wheel proximity, was...
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Dear Collector, You are the proud owner of an ARMIN STROM timepiece. Our sincere congratulations on your purchase! We hope you derive great pleasure from your watch and thank you for your confi- dence in us. Serge Michel Claude Greisler...
WARRANTY Your Armin Strom watch is warranted In order to benefit from your Armin Strom against manufacturing defects for a pe- warranty, you will be required to present riod of five years from the original pur- to Armin Strom or any Armin Strom aut- chase date.
• to Armin Strom or an authorized Armin impacts avoid exposing your watch to Strom retailer. extreme climatic changes, in particular changes in temperature or humidity such •...
WATER RESISTANCE Your Armin Strom watch is water resistant to 30m. The water resistance of a watch can be compromised by external factors (such as shocks, perspiration, cosmetics or salt water) or by the natural aging process of the gaskets. That is why water resistance cannot be permanently guaranteed, and the gaskets must be periodically replaced.
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