Ladies calendar date chronograph watch with digital dial

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http://www.festina.com/manuales/http://www.festina.com/manuales/

THE WATCH IS SET OUT AS TOP LEFT BUTTON = B
BOTTOM LEFT BUTTON = A
TOP RIGHT BUTTON = C
BOTTOM RIGHT BUTTON = D

10 Half Digit Digital FL145, FL186

Normal Time Display

1. Press A to change mode.

2. Press B for EL.

3. Press C to toggle 12/24 hour format.

4. Press D to stop alarm sound.

Time/Calendar Setting

1. From normal time display, press A three times to enter setting mode. Seconds will begin flashing.

2. Press C to reset seconds to zero.

3. Press D to set and advance to next setting value.

4. Press C to increase digit; press and hold C for fast advance. Press D to set each setting value.

5. Setting sequence is: seconds, hour, minutes, month, date, day of week.

6. Press A to exit setting mode.

Alarm Setting

1. Press A to change to alarm mode (AL).

2. Press and hold C for alarm sound testing.

3. Press C to toggle alarm/chime on/off.

4. Press D to enter setting mode; hour will begin flashing.

5. Press C to advance digit; press and hold C for fast advance.

6. Press D to set hour and minutes.

7. Setting will automatically exit setting mode mode after minutes are set.

Chronograph Mode

1. Press A to change to chronograph mode (ST).

2. Press C to start/stop chronograph.

3. Press D to reset chronograph when it is not running.

Split Time

1. Press D while the chronograph is running.

2. Press D again to return to the chronograph.

3. Press C to finalize timing.

4. Press D to reset to zero.

The day at a glance calendar system used in this Orient watch, has been used in a number of watches over the past 40 years, perhaps most famously in the Wittnauer "2000" watch (which Orient actually made for Wittnauer under contract). Orient itself has used this system in a number of different styles of watches. Note that the daily date window is separate from the day of the week / month at a glance system; the date window is driven in traditional fashion by the movement.

The day/month at a glance system is based on a single disc inside the watch that is manually advanced by the user. If you look at the top of the watch, where the months are listed, you'll see little two-digit numbers. These represent different years--"04" refers to 2004, "11" to 2011, etc. To get the right days of the week at the bottom of the dial, you move the appropriate year under the current month. That will line up the days of the week--Monday, Tuesday, etc.--with their correct dates. You may see the same year repeated more than once on the upper part of the dial because the calendar has a specific pattern that can be replicated.

On older watches using this same system, the top pusher was used to adjust the date window, and a separate winding knob controlled movement of the year/monthly calendar disc. On this specific watch, which I have not handled in person, I cannot see a separate crown to adjust the date, and so I am guessing that you would pull out the set stem part-way to engage the disk setting mode. This would make sense because unlike the date window, where the date is always advanced, the year must move both backwards and forwards to align with all the months in a given year--you'll see that January and October are in the same place on the dial, for example.


If you're interested, here's an example of a vintage Orient that uses this same system for its calendar. Note how the monthly calendar and year/month alignment are flipped from the watch you asked about. Please note that I have no connection with this web site, make no endorsement as to the price being asked for this watch--but it has a nice picture of a classic Orient:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f30/$128-all-steel-orient-perpetual-calendar-xl-case-vintage-watch-526811.html

On a final note, you'll see a number of people refer to these as "perpetual calendar" watches. That's not accurate. The year / days of the week disc holds about 20 years of calendar information. After that, the disc is no longer accurate, though you can easily keep aligning the monthly calendar just be referring to a printed calendar and adjusting it that way. For a period of time (not sure if they still do it), Orient would accept older watches with this system and change out the old year/day wheel with a new one that went further into the future.

Need a clear size manual to set the chronograph watch time

Could not find a download for instructions on this watch, but I did manage to find some basic instructions for the Sector brand. I hope this helps as this is the best I can come up with.
Good luck.
Sector Chronograph Watch Instructions

Most chronograph watches have screw-down crowns for water resistance. You must unscrew the watch crown before you can make any changes to the watch time. After time is set screw the crown back in. To utilize the chronograph dials, use the buttons on the side of the watch. One button will be for the second timer. Press once for the second hand to start timing. Press again to stop it. Another button will be to reset the second hand timer back to zero. Sector Chronograph watches may have different dial functions (see link in References).

Sector Dual-Time Watch Instructions

Because Sector watches are known for their sports capabilities, the Dual-Time watches have screw-down crowns. For Dual-Time timepieces, unscrew the crown counterclockwise. Pull the crown to middle position to set the date. Pull the crown out to its fully extended position and rotate it to set the day of the week, hour and time. Press and hold in the crown and turn clockwise to seal the crown back in to the watch.

Sector Ana-Digi Watch Instructions

Sector Ana-Digi timepieces have analog hands plus digital timekeeping functionality. To set the time, unscrew the crown counterclockwise and then clockwise to the appropriate time. The digital functionalities are programmed by the buttons on the side of the case. Depending on the style of the Sector watch, you can set the digital time with one button, set the date display, 1/100 seconds chronograph timer, altimeter, thermometer and alarm functions.

User manuals are available on line at Citizen USA.

Advance your watch 12 hours, the date changes every 24 and it sounds like you are 12 off.

Try pulling the stem out. Turn the stem in the counter clock wise direction and see if that changes the date/day

You have to upload here all details of the watch: model, ref. number. Movement number and good pic would be very helpfull.