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User manual 

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Octa UTC

A unique design based on an exclusive mechanism

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Page 1: ...User manual Octa UTC A unique design based on an exclusive mechanism English 19 ...

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Page 3: ...suming less energy but this also resulted in lost stability Therefore it s not unusual to find watches that run for several days displaying an ex tremely unpredictable level of accuracy This historical challenge was a powerful source of motivation for me I then imagined that the best and most obvious so lution to lengthen the running time would be to increase the capacity of the spring development...

Page 4: ... their longitude position from the Greenwich meridian it was introduced in the United Kingdom by the Railway Clearing House in 1847 It was then legally adopted as official time throughout Great Britain in 1880 and then in the entire world for the major part of the 20th Century before being replaced in 1972 by UTC Universal Time Coordinate Chronology Octa UTC Coordinated Universal Time_ ...

Page 5: ...ime zones Always taking into account the notes and observations concerning his watches François Paul Journe states I realized that one of my friend s Octa was never completely wound because he works on a computer and his hand doesn t move enough From this observation he created the new Octa caliber 1300 3 that uses the slightest movement to automatically wind the watch With talent the watchmaker t...

Page 6: ... VYYLJ PUN W ZOLY PTL aVUL KPZR R Z P K L U V a L T P U P J L Y Y V Y L O Z W N 24 Characteristics Mechanism of the Octa UTC EP Patented system ...

Page 7: ... hour gold hand Position 1B anti clock wise Setting the date Position 2 anti clock wise Setting the current time blue hands Important Push the crown back in position 0 for the watch to work Pusher Setting the time zone disk Each press on the pusher sets the disk on one time zone ahead Functions and indicators Functions_ ...

Page 8: ... turn anti clock wise to position the hours and minutes blue hands at midnight date jump Push the crown back in to position 1 and turn clock wise to position the 24 hours gold hand also at midnight Functions and indicators Initial setting_ ...

Page 9: ...ress the correcting pusher placed at 4h00 with the help of the specific tool included with the watch in order to align your region on the globe on the 0 Illustration example Geneva Functions and indicators Initial settings_ ...

Page 10: ...28 Tourbillon Souverain À la conquête de la précision_ Example You live in Paris In that case both time indications are identical Operating instruction ...

Page 11: ...o Tokyo Outside of summer daylight saving time no calculation will be necessary Pull the crown in position 1 and turn clock wise to set the time zone corresponding to Japan on 0 The corresponding time will be indicated automatically with the gold hand ...

Page 12: ...land Portugal Romania Russia Saint Marin Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United States The period starts from the second Sunday in March at 2h00 in the morning 2 00am and lasts to the first Sunday of November 1h00 in summer Southern Hemisphere Australia Brazil Chile Namibia New Zealand Paraguay Uruguay The change also takes place in certain parts of t...

Page 13: ...6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 Northern Hemisphere South Hemisphere 01 1 0 1 21 11 11 01 1 0 n Hemispher Norther 7 e n Hemispher 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 South Hemispher 5 6 e South Hemispher 4 5 6 5 4 6 2 2 3 3 1 0 1 3 3 2 2 31 Universal Time Coordinates ...

Page 14: ... Paris in relation to Tokyo you are at 8 from Tokyo time While Paris moves into summer daylight saving time there is no hour change in Tokyo Paris will then be at 7 from Tokyo Positioning the Japan timezone on 1 will indicate the corresponding time automatically 8 1 7 ...

Page 15: ... If you live in Tokyo in relation to Paris you are at 8 hours from Paris While Paris moves onto summer daylight saving time Tokyo will be at 7 hours from Paris Positioning the France time zone on 1 will indicate the corresponding time automatically 8 1 7 ...

Page 16: ...hron free sprung flat balance spring Mobile stud holder Free sprung Nivatronic laser soldered balance spring Pinned GE stud Frequency 21 600 v h 3Hz Inertia 10 10 mg cm2 Angle of lift 52 Amplitude 0h dial up 300 24h dial up 280 Main Caracteristics_ Three position crown Correction of 24h time zones in position 1 clockwise Correction of date in position 1 anti clockwise Correction of time in positio...

Page 17: ... hours Decoration_ Circular Côtes on 18K gold bridges Partly circular graining on 18K gold baseplate Polished screw heads with chamfered slots Chamfered and circular grained wheels Steel components hand polished and chamfered Case_ Platinum or 18K Red Gold Diameter 40 mm Height 10 6 mm Number of parts_ Jewels 40 Movement without dial 301 Cased up with strap 342 Winding Speed_ 274 anti clock wise r...

Page 18: ...d by a warranty against any manufacturing flaws for a period of 24 months as of the date of purchase appearing on the back of the warranty card The warranty is valid only on presentation of the original certificate duly filled out by the authorised retailer series number date of purchase retailer s stamp The warranty does not cover normal wear or damage resulting from abnormal use of the watch acc...

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