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QUARTZ CHRONOGRAPH
1/5 OF A SECOND – TYPE A
Includes Series 800 women’s and 34 mm Movado BOLD chronograph models
LEGEND:
H
– Hour hand
M
– Minute hand
C
– Chronograph 1/5 seconds hand
S
– Small seconds hand
D
– Date display
E
– Chronograph 30-minutes counter
1
,
2
,
3
– Crown positions
A
– Chronograph push-button (start/stop)
B
– Chronograph push-button (split-time/reset)
These chronograph models feature a center-
mounted fifths-of-a-second chronograph hand, a
minute counter (up to 30), and small seconds and
date indicator subdials. They can be used to time
an event up to 30 minutes in duration to the nearest
1/5 of a second.
To set the TIME:
1. Pull crown out to position 3; watch (small seconds
hand
S
) stops.
NOTE: If crown is pulled to position 3 while
chronograph is running, timing will stop.
2. Turn crown in either direction to set hour
H
and
minute
M
hands to desired time taking AM/PM into
account.
3. Push crown back in to position 1; watch restarts.
To set the DATE:
1. Pull crown out to position 2.
2. Turn crown clockwise to set date
D
.
CAUTION: Do not set date
D
when hour and minute
hands are between 9:00 PM and 12:30 AM; doing
so could damage the calendar mechanism. If you
must reset date during those hours, first move hour and
minute hands to any time outside that period, reset the
date, and then reset hands to correct time.
3. Push crown back in to position 1.
To operate the CHRONOGRAPH:
This chronograph is able to measure and display time
in 1/5-of-a-second increments up to a maximum of
2 hours (4 revolutions of the 30-minute counter). To
save battery life, the chronograph will stop and reset
automatically after 2 hours of continuous running.
Simple chronograph functions:
1. Press button
A
to start chronograph; chronograph
hands
C
and
E
start moving.
2. Press button
A
a second time to stop chronograph;
read elapsed time indicated by hands
C
and
E
.
3. Press button
B
to reset chronograph hands to zero.
FIGURE A
