General Reference For Charging Times - Citizen 9800 Instruction Manual

9. General Reference for Charging Times

The charging time varies according to the watch model (including the color of the dial). The
following times are intended as a general reference only.
* Charging time refers to the amount of time that the watch is continuously exposed to light.
Illuminance
Environment
(lx)
500 Inside an ordinary office
60-70 cm (24-28 in) under a
1,000
fluorescent lamp (30 W)
20 cm (18 in) under a
3,000
fluorescent lamp (30 W)
10,000 Outdoors under a cloudy sky
Outdoors in the summer,
100,000
under direct sunlight
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Charging time (estimated)
Charging time to Charging
Charging
level 1 time to
time
(1-second level 2
required for
interval from
1 day of
movement) from stopped
operation
stopped state state
4 hours 45 hours
―
2 hours 25 hours
―
40 minutes 6.5 hours 130 hours
12 minutes 2 hours 40 hours
2 minutes 25 minutes 6 hours
Charging time for 1 day of operation: Time required to charge the watch to run for 1 day
Full charging time: Time required to charge the watch from the stopped state to fully
Level 1: Even if the watch is running at 1-second intervals, it is still not charged enough.
Charge the watch at least to level 2.
Charging time
to
level 3
(fully charged)
from stopped
state
―
―
210 hours
70 hours
10 hours
at 1-second interval movement.
charged.
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