5. Settings
5.1 Standard settings for all watches
Important: in order to guarantee the water-resistance
of your watch, always return the crown to its normal
position (p0) after any adjustment has been made.
Setting the date and the day *
1. Pull out the crown
C
2. Turn the crown clockwise or counterclockwise to set
the date or the day.
3. Push the crown back in to position (p0).
* according to model
Automatic chronograph and GMT watches: Please abstain
from correcting the date or the day between 8 p.m. and
2 a.m.
Setting the time
1. Pull out the crown
completely to position (p2): the
C
seconds hand stops*.
2. Set the time by turning the crown in the desired
direction.
3. Push the crown back in to position (p0): the seconds
hand starts again, allowing perfect synchronization
with a time signal.
* according to model
5.2 Special Settings: Quartz chronograph
Caliber 251.272 • 251.274 • 251.471 • 251.474
Setting the time zone and the date
1. Pull out the crown
C
2. Turn the crown in the desired direction to set the
hour hand. The hour hand moves forwards or back-
wards in one-hour jumps. The date changes each
time the hour hand passes 12 o' clock midnight.
3. Push the crown back in to position (p0).
to position (p1).
to position (p1).
Adjustment of the counter hands
After a battery change or a violent shock, it is possible
that one or more counter hands are no longer exactly at
zero. If this is the case, proceed as follows to adjust them:
Caliber 251.274 • 251.474 • G10.212
1. Pull out the crown
C
2. Press button
to select the hand to be adjusted. The
A
hand selected will rotate 360°.
3. Press button
to move the selected hand forward.
B
4. Push the crown back in to position (p0).
Caliber 251.272 • 251.471
1. Pull out the crown
C
2. Press button
to set the 30-minute counter hand to
B
zero.
3. Pull out the crown
C
4. Press button
to set the 60-second counter hand
A
to zero.
5. Press button
to set the 1/10 of a second counter
B
hand to zero.
6. Push the crown back in to position (p0).
Caliber G10.211
1. Pull out the crown
C
2. Press button
to set the 1/10 of a second counter
A
hand to zero.
3. Press button
to set the 60-second counter hand
B
to zero.
4. Pull out the crown
C
5. Press button
to set the 30-minute counter hand to
A
zero.
6. Push the crown back in to position (p0).
to position (p1).
to position (p1).
to position (p2).
to position (p1).
to position (p2).
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