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AUGUSTE REYMOND
READ THE TIME
To read the actual time and date, you have in the small counter at 9 o’clock the
seconds
❸
and from the center the hours
❶
and minutes
❷
. The date
❹
(and day*) you see in the window at 3 o’clock.
USE OF CHRONOGRAPH
To start measuring a time period you press the pusher
A
at 2 o’clock. You will
see the central second hand of the chronograph working. For stopping you
press again the same pusher. To reset the entire chronograph hands to zero
you should push the pusher
B
at 4 o’clock (to do this the chronograph must
be stopped running, if not press first pusher
A
).
The central hand
⓬
shows the 0 to 60 seconds of the chronograph. The
hand
⓭
in the counter at 12 o’clock shows the 0 to 30 minutes and
the hand
⓮
in the counter at 6 o’clock counts the hours up to 12 hours. The
hand
❸
has no function with the chronograph. It’s the running second of
the watch time.
USE OF TACHOMETRIC SCALE
Some chronograph watches are fitted with a scale allowing reading speed in
km/h or mph. With a tachometric scale (base 1000) you measure the time
needed to cover 1 kilometer or 1 mile. The position of the second hand
⓬
now points the speed. If you need 30 seconds to drive 1 km or 1 mile you read
with the second hand 120, what means 120 km/h or 120 mph.
