Special Characteristics - Breitling Chronomat 01 Manual Del Usuario

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EASURING AN INTERRUPTED SHORT TIME
1. Press pushpiece A to start the chronograph. Hand 3
allows you to follow the measurement in seconds.
2. To interrupt the measurement, press pushpiece A
once more. To restart the time measurement, press
pushpiece A. This procedure makes it possible to
add several short times.
3. The chronograph is reset to zero by pressing push-
piece B, once the final measurement has been stopped.
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SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS

USING THE TACHOMETER
The tachometer is the graduation on the dial or flange of your B
chronograph enabling you to determine average speeds or hourly produc-
tivity rate, based on an observation period of less than 60 seconds.
Using the chronograph to measure the time required to cover a kilometre or
1. Average or mean speed
a mile. If it takes 20 seconds to cover 1 km or 1 mile, the scale respectively
indicates an average speed of 180 km/h or 180 miles/h.
Measuring the time required to produce 1 unit. If the chronograph is stopped
2. Hourly productivity rate
at 40 seconds, the tachometric scale indicates 90, corresponding to an hourly
productivity rate of 90 units.
REITLING
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