General Reference For Charging Times - Citizen Calibre 8700 BL8000-03A User Manual

• The calendar is corrected in coordination with the 24 hour hand, hour hand and
minute hand.
• When the watch has been sufficiently charged and power generation resumes, the
second hand rapidly advances to the current seconds and begins 1-second interval
movement.
• The second hand begins 2-second interval movement if the watch is insufficiently
charged (insufficient charge warning feature). Allow light to shine on the solar cell to
fully charge the watch.
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11. General Reference for Charging Times

Recharging time varies according to the watch model (such as the color of the dial).
The times in the table below should therefore only be used as a rough reference.
* Charging time refers to the amount of time during which the watch is continuously
exposed to light.
Illuminance
Environment
(lx)
500
Inside an ordinary office
Under a fluorescent lamp (30 W) at
1.000
a distance of 60-70 cm (24-28 in)
Under a fluorescent lamp (30 W)
3.000
at a distance of 20 cm (8 in)
10.000
Outdoors, cloudy
Outdoors, summer and sunny
100.000
under direct sunlight
Full charge time: Time to fully recharge the watch after it has stopped.
One day usage: Time required for recharging the watch to run for 1 day with normal hand
movement (1-second interval movement).
Charging time
Charging time from the
stopped state to normal
One day usage Full charge time
hand movement (1-second
interval movement)
4 hours 100 hours
2 hours 45 hours
40 minutes 13 hours 150 hours
11 minutes 4.5 hours
2 minutes 1 hour
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45 hours
8 hours
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