IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser Grande Complication Mode D'emploi page 26

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t i m e s e t t i n g
Pull out the crown to position 2. This will stop the movement and the small seconds
hand at 9. To set the time accurately to the second, it is best to stop the movement
as the seconds hand passes 60. Now move the minute hand a few minute strokes
beyond the time to be set. Then position the minute hand by moving it gently back­
wards until it is exactly above the correct minute stroke. This ensures that the minute
hand begins to move immediately when you restart the movement. To start the sec­
onds hand, push in the crown to position 0. Moving the hands forwards past midnight
causes the calendar to switch to the following day. When advancing the calendar, you
can follow and observe the automatic switching sequence. Please pay attention to the
following to avoid maladjustment and possible damage to the mechanism:
– Under no circumstances must the hands be turned back between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m.
– The hands must never be turned anticlockwise beyond 2 a.m.
If it becomes necessary to reset the hands backwards (for example at the end of day­
light saving time, if the movement is running fast or when setting the watch to the time
of another time zone), you must first turn back the hands by approximately 30 minutes
more than required and then set them to the correct time by turning them forwards.
Please also read the section "Crossing time zones and the International Date Line with
the Portugieser Grande Complication". If you fail to do this, the repeating mechanism
will need approximately 15 minutes before it chimes in full synchronization with the
movement. There will be no defect as a result.
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