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Self-winding watches
L635 – 24 TIME ZONE
How to use your Longines
24 Time zone watch
Pull the crown right out to position
3
. The seconds hand
will now stop.
Turn the crown in either direction so that your local time
(winter time) is displayed on the 24-hour disc opposite
the town in the time zone where you are.
Push the crown back in to the intermediate position
2
and adjust the hour hand to local time, checking that the
date jumps at midnight. Push the crown back in to po-
sition
1
.
Your watch now shows universal time on the 24-hour
disc and local time by the hands.
Example :
23 February, Paris, GMT (London) is at
12 o’clock, the hands show 10 hours and 8 minutes and
on the disc the 10 is opposite Paris.
How to use when travelling
Pull the crown out to the intermediate position
2
. Adjust
the hour hand to correspond to the time zone of the town
where you are (see table of towns). Push the crown back
in.
Certain countries have summer time; to adjust your
watch, carry out the same procedure.
Example :
23 February, Tokyo, GMT (London) is at 12
o’clock, the hands show 18 hours and 8 minutes and
on the disc the 10 is opposite Paris: this means that it
is 10.08 a.m. in Paris.
Anglais ME Longines
7.4.2010
11:42
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