Setting Instructions - VACHERON CONSTANTIN 6500T/000P-9949 44 MM PLATINUM Manual De Instrucciones

Displays
In addition to the basic functions (hour and minutes), your watch has
a number of displays:
Tourbillon with indication of the seconds (3):
The seconds hand is placed on the shaft of the tourbillon carriage
which rotates on its own axis every minute to compensate for the
effects of gravity on the sprung balance.

Setting instructions

Winding and time setting:
The winding and time-setting crown (I) can be placed in two
positions A and B.
A: Pushed down against the case, winding position.
This is the normal position when the watch is being worn.
When the power reserve hand (4) is close to the minimum, or
every day at roughly the same time, wind the watch by rotating the
winding and time-setting crown (I). The power reserve hand (4) lets
you monitor how much the watch has been wound.
Do not force the winding mechanism when you feel resistance
increasing.
When the power reserve hand (4) is on the minimum graduation, the
spring is almost entirely unwound and the watch may stop or be less
accurate.
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B: Time setting position.
When pulled out to this position, rotation of the winding and time-
setting crown (I) enables the time to be set. Afterwards push the
winding and time-setting crown (I) back to position A to restart the
watch.
It is generally preferable to set the time by advancing the hour and
minute hands (1 and 2) in the clockwise direction. The hands can
however be moved backwards provided you end the adjustment by
advancing them.
Use of the minute-repeater
The watch strikes the hours, quarters and minutes on request. For
this to happen, the repeating slide (II) must be pushed clockwise.
Once fully wound, release the repeating slide (II) which returns to its
initial position. The gongs start to chime, firstly the hours on a low
note, then the quarters sounding alternating low and high notes, and
lastly the minutes on a high note.
The minute-repeater is an "all or nothing" device, which means
that if insufficiently wound, the repeating slide (II) will return to its
position without any of the gongs chiming. This system prevents
any incorrect indications as a result of not all of the gongs chiming.
IMPORTANT: Always wait for the minute-repeater cycle to finish
before rewinding the striking mechanism, otherwise the mechanism
may lose its settings or be damaged.
Never set the time during the minute-repeater cycle.
Check that the winding and time-setting crown (I) is not in the
time-setting position before winding the minute-repeater. The
winding and time-setting crown (I) must be in position A to activate
the minute-repeater by touching the repeating slide (II).
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