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Aiguille des heures Aiguille des minutes Aiguille des secondes Lunette tournante bidirectionnelle Cadran 1/100H Hour hand Minute hand Seconds hand Bi-directional rotating bezel Dial graduated to 1/100th H Stundenzeiger Minutenzeiger Sekundenzeiger Lünette in beide Richtungen drehbar Zifferblatt 1/100H Lancetta delle ore Lancetta dei minuti Lancetta dei secondi Lunetta girevole bidirezionale...
YOUR BREITLING CHRONOMETER PREPARING THE WATCH FOR USE WINDING – DATE ADJUSTMENT – TIME-SETTING A chronometer is a high-precision instrument that has successfully passed the entire battery of tests imposed by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute), a neutral and independent body which individually tests Nota bene: mechanical watches endowed with a date, day, each movement according to the prescriptions in force.
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USING THE CHRONOGRAPH 4. Set the right day by using a soft point to press the pushpiece located at 10 o’clock on the side of the case. I. M EASURING A SINGLE SHORT TIME 1. Press pushpiece A to start the chronograph. Hand 3 5.
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS II. M EASURING AN INTERRUPTED SHORT TIME 1. Press pushpiece A to start the chronograph. Hand 3 allows you to follow the measurement in seconds. USING THE TACHOMETER The tachometer is the graduation on the dial or flange of your B REITLING chronograph enabling you to determine average speeds or hourly produc- tivity rate, based on an observation period of less than 60 seconds.
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SUN COMPASS Your B chronometer may be used as a sun compass, thus enabling REITLING you to determine the Northerly-Southerly direction. For regions that have instated daylight saving time, subtract one hour when directing the watch. In the Northern hemisphere Point the hour hand precisely towards the sun.
MAINTENANCE th OF AN HOUR DIAL DISPLAY Your B chronometer is a sophisticated instrument which is con- REITLING stantly subjected to a wide variety of stresses and strains. Within a very Your B chronometer is equipped with a scale dividing the hour into REITLING small volume, a large number of components contribute to handling all the hundredths, thus making it easier to read off the minutes on a decimal base.
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WHAT TO AVOID The complex construction of the case used for N models, featuring AVITIMER a design faithful to the vintage 1950s models, means they are not suited to aquatic activities. The crown, pushpieces and bezel must under no circum- Like any valuable objects, B chronometers deserve special care.
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