Preliminary Position; Automatic Hand Position Adjustment Function (Adjustment Of Preliminary Positions Of Hour, Minute And Seconds Hands); Preliminary Position Adjustment Of The Date; How To Set The Preliminary Position - Seiko C-26 Instructions Manual

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Pull the crown to the first click.
The watch switches to the time zone selection mode and
the seconds hand moves to the currently-set time zone.
→ P.30
* When the crown is a screw lock type, unlock it. → P.13
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Press and hold button for 3 seconds.
The seconds hand returns to one-second interval
movement, and the watch switches to the manual date
setting mode.
* In the manual date setting mode, the watch will operate.
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Preliminary position

When the date and time are not correct even if the radio signal reception is successful, the preliminary position of the
date may be misaligned.
The possible causes of misalignment of preliminary position are as follows:
In the case of having a strong impact : the misalignment may occur when dropping or hitting the watch.
In the case of a magnetic influence : the misalignment may occur when bringing the watch close to an object which
generates magnetism.
"Examples of common magnetic products that may affect watches" → P.47
* The condition "the preliminary position of hand is misaligned" means that compared to a health meter, "the zero position of a
meter is misaligned, causing a correct weight not to be displayed."
■ Automatic hand position adjustment function (Adjustment of
preliminary positions of hour, minute and seconds hands)
The hour, minute, and seconds hands have an "automatic hand position adjustment function," which automatically
corrects an incorrect preliminary position. Automatic hand position adjustment function activates at 12:00 both for the
AM and PM for the hour and minute hands and once a minute for the seconds hand.
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* This function works when the preliminary hand position is misaligned due to external factors such as strong impact or magnetic
influence.
It does not work to adjust accuracy of the watch or slight deviations which may occur during the manufacturing process.
* The preliminary position of the hour and minute hands can also be manually adjusted.
"Set the preliminary position for the date, and the hour and minute hands." → P.67

■ Preliminary position adjustment of the date

Since the preliminary position of the date is not automatically adjusted, it is necessary to align the position manually.
"Set the preliminary position for the date, and the hour and minute hands." → P.67
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0 1 2 Pull the
crown to the
first click
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Press and
hold for
3 seconds
■ Set the preliminary position for the date, and the hour
The preliminary position of the date is the "1st".
The preliminary positions of the hour and minute hands are
"0:00 AM".
When the preliminary positions are incorrect, the correct time and date cannot be displayed even if the
watch receives radio signals.
In such a case, by correcting the preliminary positions, the loss or gain of the time or date can be corrected.
When the numerical number of the date is not located at the center of the window, it can be corrected by
the same procedures as mentioned above.
To correct the preliminary positions, perform the operation on the next page.
Turn the crown to set the date.
Push the crown back in.
The operation is completed.
* When the crown is a screw lock type, lock it. → P.13

How to set the preliminary position

and minute hands.
Turn the crown clockwise
to advance the date.
Turn quickly to
move
continuously.
Turn again to stop
moving.
Turn the crown counterclockwise
to set back the date.
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Push the
crown
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back in
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