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2. Set the date by turning the crown:
A click to the right, the second hand moves
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one step. Turn the crown and set the second
hand to a corresponding year/month position
(years passed from the leap year).
(Example)
December of the leap year:
Set the second hand to the zero position.
April of a year 3 years after the leap year:
Set the second hand to the 23 second position
(between 4:00 and 5:00).
A click to the left, the date moves one day
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forward.
• When the crown is moved quickly, the date
advances continuously till it stops automatically
after moving 31 days forward. Click the crown
through one turn in either direction to stop
continuous advancement in the middle.
3. After setting the calendar, securely return the
crown to the normal position. The second hand
catches up with the current second and resumes
position.
<When the Date is Set to a Non-existing Day>
Returning the crown from the calendar correction
position to the normal position automatically moves
the date to the 1st day of the following month.
(Example)
• Normal year: February 29, 30, 31 – March 1
September 31 – October 1
• Leap year:
February 30, 31 – March 1
September 31 – October 1
<How to Read the Month and Year>
Reading the Year
• Leap year:
• 1st year from the leap year: 1st scale of each
• 2nd year from the leap year: 2nd scale of each
• 3rd year from the leap year: 3rd scale of each
Reading the Month
January:
Between 1:00 and 2:00
February:
Between 1:00 and 2:00
December: Between 1:00 and 2:00
<Years Passed from the Leap Year>
Year
Year
Passage
2000
Leap year
2004
2001
2005
1st year
2002
2nd year
2006
2003
2007
3rd year
The starting scale of
each month zone
month
month
month
:
:
:
:
Passage
Leap year
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
How to Adjust a Time Difference
• Press button
and click the crown quickly; the
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time difference can be adjusted in hours.
Correction of time difference can be done during
30 seconds after pressing button
seconds after the last clicking of crown.
1. Return the crown to the normal position
2. Press button
.
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3. Adjust the time difference by clicking the right or
left.
• Quickly turning the crown to the right moves the
hour and minute hands one hour forward (clockwise).
• Quickly turning the crown to the left moves the
hour and minute hands one hour backward
(counter clockwise).
•
(Note 1) Two or more clicks at a time, if done,
cannot make a rapid advancement. Be
sure to do adjustment hour by hour.
•
(Note 2) When the hour and minute hands pass
0:00 a.m. the date is adjusted by the
day after moving the hands. When
adjusting a time difference, beware of
a.m. and p.m.
•
(Note 3) To cancel the adjusted time difference,
operate the hour and minute hands
reversely. (When the hour and minute
pass 0:00 a.m., the date is adjusted by
one day after completion of the interval
movement. The date must move forward
(clockwise) through 30 days, so date
adjustment will take 2-3 minutes.)
(Example)
Adjusting from Tokyo home time 10:10 a.m. to
London local time:
The time difference is 9 hours; when it is 10:10 a.m.
in Tokyo, the local time in London is 1:10 a.m. To
adjust the time difference;
1. Press button
.
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2. Click the crown left and reverse the hands 9 hours
(counter clockwise) and set them to 1:10 a.m.
(Note) If you click the crown to the right and
move the hand clockwise to 1:10, the set
time will become 1:10 p.m., confusing the
changeover time of the calendar. The
calendar will then fail to change the date
at the correct time.
Adjusting a 9-hour Time Difference
*When the second hand begins 2-second interval
movement urging recharging, time difference
adjustment is not possible. Supply light to the
solar cell and recharge power, waiting for time
difference adjustment till the normal 1-second
interval movement is returned.
or during 30
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