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Operation Guide 5121

To select a mode

Press 

C

 to cycle between the modes as shown below. The 

v

 

Left Dial Hand

 

indicates the currently selected mode.

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Timekeeping Mode

Stopwatch Mode

The hand indicates the day 
of the week.

The hand points to 

0

.

C

World Time Mode

The hand points to 

STD

 

or 

DST

.

Alarm Mode

The hand points to 

ALM

.

Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode to view the current time and date. To enter the 
Timekeeping Mode from any other mode, hold down 

C

 at least two seconds.

Hand Functions

 Hour Hand

 Second Hand

 Minute Hand

 Left Dial Hand: 

 Indicates the day of the week.

 24-hour Hand: 

 Indicates the current 24-hour timekeeping hour.

 Right Dial Hands: 

 Indicate the current time in the World Time City in 
24-hour format.

 Day

Confi guring Home City Settings

There are two Home City settings: actually selecting the Home City and selecting 
either standard time or daylight saving time (DST).

To confi gure Home City settings

Note

 This watch does not have a city code that corresponds to 

 

Newfoundland.

 In the Timekeeping Mode, keep 

1. 

A

 depressed (for about 

fi ve seconds) as the 

x

 

Second Hand

 goes through the 

following sequence.

 Moves to 

 

YES

 (or 

Y

 for some models) or 

NO

 (

N

) to 

indicate the last signal reception result, then to 

READY

 

(

R

), and then to the city code of the currently selected 

Home City.

 This is the city code setting mode.

 

 The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not perform any 

 

operation for about two or three minutes.
 For details about city codes, see the “City Code Table”.

 

 To change the Home City setting, press 

2. 

D

 to move the 

x

 

Second Hand

 clockwise.

 Keep pressing 

 

D

 until the 

x

 

Second Hand

 is pointing 

at the city code you want to select as your Home City.
 Each time you change the city code setting, the 

 

z

 

Hour Hand

c

 

Minute Hand

b

 

24-hour Hand

 and 

m

 

Day

 move to the current time and date for that city 

code. Do not perform the next operation until these 
hands stop moving.

 Press 

3. 

B

 to toggle the time for the currently selected 

city code between 

STD

 (standard time)/

DST

 (daylight 

saving time).

 While you are selecting the Home City code, the 

 

v

 

Left Dial Hand 

will indicate 

whether the currently selected city code is confi gured for standard time (

STD

) or 

daylight saving/summer time (

DST

).

 Note that you cannot switch between 

 

STD

 (standard time)/

DST

 (daylight saving 

time) while 

UTC

 is selected as your Home City.

 After all the settings are the way you want, press 

4. 

A

 to return to the Timekeeping 

Mode.

To toggle the Home City time between standard time and daylight saving time

 Perform the step 1 under “To confi gure Home City settings”.

1. 

 Each time you select a city code, the 

 

z

 

Hour Hand

c

 

Minute Hand

, and 

b

 

24-hour Hand

 move to the current time for that city code. Do not perform the 

next operation until these hands stop moving.
 While you are selecting the Home City code, the 

 

v

 

Left Dial Hand

 will indicate 

whether the currently selected city code is confi gured for standard time (

STD

) or 

daylight saving/summer time (

DST

).

 Press 

2. 

B

 to toggle the time for the city code of the currently selected Home City 

between 

STD

 (standard time)/

DST

 (daylight saving time).

 Note that you cannot switch between 

 

STD

 (standard time)/

DST

 (daylight saving 

time) while 

UTC

 is selected as your Home City.

 After the setting is the way you want, press 

3. 

A

 to return to the Timekeeping Mode.

 Note

 After you specify a city code, the watch will use UTC* offsets to calculate the 

 

World Time based on the current time in your Home City.
 Selecting some city codes makes it possible for the watch to receive the time 

 

calibration signal for the corresponding area automatically. See “Radio Controlled 
Atomic Timekeeping” for details.

 Coordinated Universal Time, the world-wide scientifi c standard of timekeeping. 

 

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The reference point for UTC is Greenwich, England.

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Confi guring Current Time and Date Settings Manually

You can confi gure current time and date settings manually when the watch is unable 
to receive a time calibration signal.

To change the current time setting manually

 In the Timekeeping Mode, keep 

1. 

A

 depressed (for about 

fi ve seconds) as the 

x

 

Second Hand

 goes through the 

following sequence.

 Moves to 

 

YES

 (or 

Y

 for some models) or 

NO

 (

N

) to 

indicate the last signal reception result, then to 

READY

 

(

R

), and then to the city code of the currently selected 

Home City.
 The 

 

v

 

Left Dial Hand

 will indicate whether the 

currently selected city code is confi gured for standard 
time (

STD

) or daylight saving/summer time (

DST

).

 Change the Home City and daylight saving time (DST) settings, if you want.

2. 

 For details about these settings, see steps 2 and 3 under “To confi gure Home 

 

City settings”.
 In the following steps, each press of 

 

C

 cycles between settings as shown below.

Home city/DST

Hour/Minute

Year

(tens digit)

Day

Month

Year

(ones digit)

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 Press 

3. 

C

.

 The 

 

x

 

Second Hand

 will move to 12 o’clock. This is 

the time setting mode.

 Use 

4. 

D

 (+) and 

B

 (–) to change the time (hour and 

minute) setting.

 Each press of either button will move the hands 

 

(

z

 

Hour Hand

 and 

c

 

Minute Hand

) one minute.

 Holding down 

 

D

 or 

B

 will start high-speed 

z

 

Hour 

Hand

 and 

c

 

Minute Hand

 movement in the applicable 

direction. To stop high-speed hand movement, press 
any button.
 The 

 

b

 

24-hour Hand

 and 

z

 

Hour Hand

 move in sync 

with each other.

 When setting the time, make sure that the 

 

b

 

24-hour Hand

 indicates the proper 

a.m./p.m. hour.
 If you want to change the date setting at this time, press 

 

C

 and perform the 

procedure starting from step 3 under “To change the current date setting 
manually”.

 After the time setting is the way you want, press 

5. 

A

 to return to regular 

timekeeping.

 This will cause the 

 

x

 

Second Hand

 to move automatically to 12 o’clock and 

resume movement from there.

To change the current date setting manually

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10

40

20

30

90

60

80

70

Setting the year (tens digit)

 In the Timekeeping Mode, keep 

1. 

A

 depressed 

(for about fi ve seconds) as the 

x

 

Second Hand

 

goes through the following sequence.

 Moves to 

 

YES

 (or 

Y

 for some models) or 

NO

 (

N

to indicate the last signal reception result, then 
to 

READY

 (

R

), and then to the city code of the 

currently selected Home City.

 Press 

2. 

C

 twice.

 The 

 

x

 

Second Hand

 will move to the tens digit 

of the current year setting. This is the year 
setting mode.
 The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 

 

2099.

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1

4

2

3

9

6

8

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Setting the year (ones digit)

 Press 

3. 

D

 to move the 

x

 

Second Hand

 clockwise 

until it is pointing at the year tens digit you want 
to select.

 After you select the year tens digit, press 

4. 

C

.

 The 

 

x

 

Second Hand

 will move to the ones digit 

of the current year.

 Press 

5. 

D

 to move the 

x

 

Second Hand

 clockwise 

until it is pointing at the year ones digit you want 
to select.

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May

Jan

Apr

Feb

Mar

Sep

Jun

Aug

Jul

Setting the month

Oct

Nov

 After you select the year ones digit, press 

6. 

C

.

 The 

 

x

 

Second Hand

 will move to the currently 

selected month. This is the month setting 
mode.

 Use 

7. 

D

 to move the 

x

 

Second Hand

 to the 

month setting you want.

 After the month setting is the way you want, 

8. 

press 

C

.

 The 

 

x

 

Second Hand

 will move to 12 o’clock, 

and the watch will enter the day setting mode.

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