Activating/deactivating the alarm
CAUTION: The alarm cannot be actuated unless
the strikework barrel is fully wound.
To be able to actuate the alarm, make sure that
you always wind the striking mechanism to the
full extent. If the winding is not complete, the
alarm cannot be actuated. To wind the strikework
barrel turn the crown at 4 o’clock in the clockwise
direction. For this, the crown must be pushed
home to position 1.
Since your watch is equipped with a dynamometric
crown you will know that the strikework barrel is
fully wound when you hear a succession of soft
clicks.
To actuate the alarm, unlock the alarm
pusher at 2 o’clock (by giving it a quarter turn
counterclockwise) and then press it. The bell-
shaped aperture will change from black to
white. If it does not change, this means that
the strikework barrel has not been fully wound.
Remember to lock the pusher (by a quarter turn
clockwise) to avoid accidentally deactivating the
alarm.
Once the alarm has sounded, the strikework
barrel must be fully rewound before you can
reactivate the alarm mechanism.
Setting the alarm
The alarm time, like the date, is synchronized
with the local time (solid hour hand).
The alarm time can be programmed in quarter-
hour steps and up to 23 hours in advance. The
alarm can be set to strike as from the next quarter
hour: for example, it can be set at 9.20 to sound
at 9.30.
To adjust the alarm time, pull the crown out
to position 2. Then turn the crown backwards
or forwards until the desired time appears in
the double aperture at 12 o’clock. The day/
night indicator situated just below the aperture
enables you to check whether the time displayed
corresponds to 1 a.m. (blue indicator from 6 p.m.
to 6 a.m.) or 1 p.m. (white indicator from 6 a.m.
to 6 p.m.). Once the alarm time is set, push the
crown home again (position 1).
You can proceed with programming a new alarm
time as soon as the watch has finished striking.
But to reactivate the alarm for the same time the
next day, please wait 60 minutes.
