HOW TO USE (FOR CAL. 9F83)

1. First, set the date and day. Pull out the crown to the first click. The seconds hand keeps moving.

2. Turn the crown until the previous day’s date and day of the week appear. Turn the crown counterclockwise (6 o’clock direction) to advance the date. Turn the crown clockwise (12 o’clock direction) to advance the day of the week. The language of day indication changes between Japanese and English alternately.



First click position

Day of the week

Date

3. Pull out the crown to the second click when the seconds hand is at the 12 o’clock position. The seconds hand stops on the spot. Turn the crown counterclockwise (6 o’clock direction) to advance the hands until the desired date appears.



Normal position

First click position

Second click position

4. When setting the hour hand, check that a.m./p.m. is correctly set, as the date is designed to change once in 24 hours.

Due to the mechanism of the quartz watch, to set the time accurately, first turn the minute hand 4 to 5 minutes ahead of the desired time and then return it to the correct time.

5. Push the crown back into the normal position in accordance with a time signal. The watch immediately starts moving.



Normal position

First click position

Second click position

It is necessary to adjust the date after February (which has 28 days, 29 days in a leap year) and a 30 day month.

【Ex.】

To adjust the date in the a.m. period on the first day of a month following a 30-day month

The watch displays “31” instead of “1”. Pull out the crown to the first click. Turn the crown counterclockwise (6 o’clock direction) to set the date to “1”.

Push the crown back in to complete the time setting.

First click position

This watch is able to change the date and day of the week indication instantly between 0:00 a.m. and 0:05 a.m. In case of conventional quartz watches, the date and day of the week indication change gradually between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.