Preparing The Watch For Use; Using The Chronograph - Breitling BENTLEY MOTORS Manual De Instrucciones

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
mechanism that is set into motion between 8 pm and 3 am. It is
therefore vital to avoid adjusting the calendar or moving the
time backwards during this period.
1. Unscrew the water-resistant crown in an anti-clock-
wise direction. Wind the watch by 40 clockwise turns
of the crown.
2. Pull the crown out to position 2, turn it anti-clock-
wise to adjust the calendar to the day prior to the
date when it is set into operation.
3. Pull the crown out to position 3. 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.
4. Push the crown back to position 1. Press it gently,
turning it gently in a clockwise direction, then tigh-
ten it again until you feel some resistance. Do not
force!
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USING THE CHRONOGRAPH

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EASURING A SINGLE SHORT TIME
Your chronograph is equipped with an exclusive seconds indication device.
Contrary to a conventional chronograph, the seconds hand spins round the
dial in 30 seconds instead of 60. t his distinctive feature enables fractions of a
second (in this case 1/8 of a second) to be read off effortlessly.
1. Press pushpiece A to start the chronograph. Hand 3
shows the measurement in seconds.
2. Stop the measurement by pressing pushpiece A once
more. t he measurement is done in hours (totalizer 1),
minutes (totalizer
2),
1/8 of a second (hand 3).
3. r eturn the chronograph to zero by pressing push-
piece B.
seconds and
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