Preparing The Watch For Use - Breitling CHRONO-MATIC 1461 Manual Del Usuario

PREPARING THE WATCH FOR USE

WINDING – TIME-SETTING
Nota bene: mechanical watches endowed with a date, day, month
or moon-phase indicator are equipped with a complex mecha-
nism that is set into motion between 8 pm and 3 am. It is there-
fore vital to avoid adjusting the calendar or moving the time
backwards during this period.
1. Wind the watch by 40 clockwise turns of the crown.
2. Pull the crown out to position 2. t urn the hands so as
to make the calendar jump once when the hands pass
through midnight. t hen adjust the hour and minute.
3. Push the crown back in to position 1.
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AJUSTING ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
Corrections of functions other than the time are perfor-
med by pressing the pushpieces with a soft pointed
object and in the following order:
1. Date: pushpiece 1, located at 8 o'clock
2. Month: pushpiece 2, located between 9 and
10 o'clock
3. Day of the week: pushpiece 3, located between
4 and 5 o'clock.
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