AUTOMATIC – HOUR, MINUTE, SMALL SECONDS,
COMPLETE CALENDAR, MOON PHASE, CHRONOGRAPH
FUNCTIONS
Complete calendar
The full calendar is the term used to describe a watch that indicates:
The date (manual date adjustment for each month of less than 31 days)
The day of the week
The month of the year
Moon phase
Watches with a moon-phase complication display the cycles of the moon on their dial (first quarter, full
moon...). Moon phases are generally displayed using a moving disk which makes one rotation every
lunar month (29 ½ days).
Chronograph
A chronograph is a watch which can measure and display time intervals. A chronograph model generally
contains a central seconds-hand for counting seconds, a counter for totaling minutes and another for
totaling hours.
WINDING
Self-winding mechanical watch
An automatic or self-winding mechanical watch has a sophisticated mechanism which winds it up
automatically thanks to the movements of the wearer's wrist.
When fully wound, your automatic watch has a power reserve of approximately 48 hours. The
accumulated power reserve enables the watch to run throughout the night and still possess a comfortable
margin of autonomy.
Nevertheless, if you have not worn your watch for several days, it will stop or will have insufficient
power reserve to ensure optimal accuracy, which is reached when the watch is fully wound. In this case,
before using it again, we suggest you wind it manually with about 20 clockwise turns of the crown to
ensure that it will operate perfectly in all conditions. After wearing your watch for several hours,
depending on your activity level, the watch will be perfectly wound.
Note:
- The efficiency of the self-winding process is directly linked to the motion of the wearer's wrist. In case
of insufficient movements, the watch may stop even while being worn. In this case, we recommend to
preventively wind the watch manually with about 20 clockwise turns of the crown.
Also, the watchband must be correctly fitted to the wearer's wrist: if the watchband is too loose, the
watch may not wind itself correctly.
Setting procedure – Automatic - hour, minute, small seconds, complete calendar, moon phase, chronograph
A
: Hours hand
B
: Minutes hand
C
: Seconds hand
C1 : Days corrector
E
: Date
F
: Seconds chronograph hand
G
: Minutes chronograph hand
H
: Hours chronograph hand
I
: Moon phase
K
: Day indicator
M
: Month indicator
N
: 24 hours hand
P1 : Start/stop push-button
P2 : Reset push-button
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