WilliamL. Automatic Chronograph Instruction Manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Automatic Chronograph

Thank you for purchasing this William L. 1985 watch. The following instructions are provided to help you familiarize
yourself with the proper operation and care of your William L. 1985 watch. To ensure correct use, please read and
follow the instructions carefully.!!

MOVEMENT
Japanese Seiko NE88 Automatic Caliber
Power reserve: 45 hours / Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour / Jewels: 34

WINDING UP THE MAINSPRING

This watch is an automatic watch equipped with a manual winding mechanism.

• MANUAL WINDING
If your watch is completely stopped, it is recommended that you manually wind the mainspring by turning
the crown. You have to rotate the crown clockwise at normal position.
Mechanism will be fully wounded up by turning the crown minimum 55 times.

• AUTOMATIC WINDING
When the watch is worn on the wrist, the motion of the wearer's arm winds the mainspring of the watch.
It will also start to move naturally shaking slightly.

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TIME SETTING

To set the time of your Automatic Chronograph follow these steps:

1. Pull the crown out to the position 2.

2. Turn the crown clockwise to set hour and minute hands to set the time.

Take a.m./p.m. into consideration when setting the hour and minute hands to the desired time.

3. Push the crown back to the position 0.

During time setting, if the chronograph is started, chronograph hour and minute hands will rotate simultaneously.
This is not a malfunction. Please reset chronograph by pushing button B. Chronograph hour and minute hands will
return to their reset positions.

DATE SETTING (if your watch is equipped with date window)
To set the date of your Automatic Chronograph follow these steps:

1. Pull the crown out to the position 1.

2. Turn the crown clockwise to set the date.

3. After the date has been set, push the crown back to the position 0.

Do not change the date between 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. period as this will cause a malfunction. To know if you are
in the p.m. or a.m. period, move the hour hand after 12 O’clock and see if the date jumps or not. If the date jumps,
you are now on the a.m. period of the day. If the dates do not jump you are on the p.m. period of the day.

USING THE CHRONOGRAPH
The chronograph can measure up to 12 hours in seconds. Time measured can be read with the chronograph second
minute and hour hands. To measure periods of time up to 12 hours, follow these steps:

1. Press button " A " to start the chronograph.

2. The chronograph can be stopped to read the time measured and restarted as many times as necessary by

pressing the button "A".

3. Press button "B" to reset the chronograph. The chronograph hour, minute and second hands return to
their 0 positions.

USING THE TACHYMETER!

The tachymeter scale measures the average speed of a moving object. Using the chronograph Start-Stop function,
you can measure the time taken to travel 1km. The average speed can be read on the tachymeter scale. Ex: 1km
traveled in 30 seconds = 120 km/h average speed.