Abingdon Watches Jackie Guide

Abingdon Watches
Jackie
Product Information, Manual and Warranty

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Dear Friend,
Welcome to the Abingdon family. Thank
you for purchasing your Abingdon watch. I hope it
helps you navigate for years to come.
In this booklet, I have written down
instructions that will show you how to use all of the
features your new Abingdon watch has to offer. It’s
easy to read and I’ve included lots of examples.
Again, thank you and one last thing. Now
that you are a part of the Abingdon family, please
keep in touch with your adventures and stories on
the Abingdon Life section on our website,
www.abingdonwatches.com.
Sincerely,
Juice

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Table of Contents
Setting the Time…………………………….6
Setting the Date...…………………………...7
Using the Chronograph……………………. 8
The E6B…………………………………….11
Basics…………………………...............11
Time Calculations………………………17
Speed Calculations………………………21
Distance Calculations……………………23
Fuel Consumption……………………….25
Conversions………………………………28
Miscellaneous……………………………….32
Warranty…………………………………….34

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Setting the Time
1. Pull out the crown at the 3 o’clock position so
that is clicks twice. Rotate the crown until
the current time is shown on the face.
2. Push the crown back into its original position.
The second hand will not tick, but the time
will be set. You will see a change in the time
after a couple minutes.

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Setting the Date
1. Pull out the crown at the 3’oclock position so
that it clicks once. Rotate the crown
clockwise until the correct date is shown in
the date box. Note: I recommended setting the
date between the hours of 5am and 5pm to
ensure the date will change the following day.
2. Push the crown back into its original position.
Now the date has been set.

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Using the Chronograph
You can use the Chronograph (it’s a fancy word for
“stopwatch) anywhere you go with just the push of a
button. Here’s how:
1. To start the chronograph, press the top button
once. You will see the second hand begin to
tick.
2. After a minute, look at the left sub dial. It
will have moved to the first notch, indicating
the chronograph is at its first minute. The sub
dial can go for 60 minutes before it resets.
3. To stop the chronograph, press the top button
once again. You will see the second hand
freeze in its place.
4. To reset the chronograph back to zero, press
the bottom button once. You will see both the
second hand and the left sub dial return to
their original positions.

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Chronograph Reset
This procedure should be performed when the
chronograph second hand does not return to the zero
position after the chronograph has been reset, and
including after the battery has been replaced.

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1. Pull the main crown out until it clicks
twice.
2. Press the top button to set the chronograph
second hand to the zero position. You may
have to press the top button several times to
get the chronograph back to its zero position.
3. Once the second hand is at zero, push the
crown back into its original position.

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The E6B
Your Abingdon watch has an E6B slide rule along
the inside of the bezel which can be rotated by a
crown located at the 8 o’clock position. Practice
using the E6B as it can help you EVERYWHERE!
Traveling, flying, math class, even driving. It may
look a little overwhelming at first, but after you’ve
mastered it you’re going to wonder how you’ve gone
so long without it! Ok, let’s begin. This is going to
be fun…
The Basics
First, rotate the ring so the 60 on the outer ring is in
line with the red 60 on the middle ring. You will
notice that all the numbers on the middle and the
outer rings are the same.

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When these two rings match, you have a ratio of 1:1.
So now rotate the number 30 on the outer scale so
that it is in line with the red 60 on the middle scale.
30 is half of 60 so you have now just created a ratio
of 2:1 (two “30s” equal one “60”). Notice that 35 is
over 70 and 40 is over 80. You will use these ratios

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in time, speed, and distance calculations. Isn’t that
neat! And we’ve only just begun.
Multiplication
Whenever you want to multiply something quickly
you can use your Abingdon watch. To do so, you
must set one of the numbers on the outer ring to the
10 on the middle ring. It doesn’t matter which one.
For example, 5 x 7 (we’re going to start off easy)
1. Rotate the number 50 on the outer ring to the
number 10 on the middle ring. (notice that
there is not a “5” on the outer ring? We are
going to treat 50 like it is actually 5.0). Leave
it there.

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2. Find the number 70 on the middle ring
(make sure to treat the number 70 like it is
actually the number 7.0) and read the number
35 on the outer ring.
5 x 7 = 35! Well done!
3. Let’s do the same problem the other way.
Line up the 70 on the outer ring with the 10
on the middle ring. Find the 50 on the middle
ring and look! It again reads 35! Remember,
it doesn’t matter which number you line up
with the 10 on the middle ring.

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Practice these multiplication problems:
9 x 3 = 27 14 x 7 = 98
23 x 5 = 115 90 x 3 = 270
11 x 13 = 143 4 x 29 = 117
Division
For division problems, you will not be setting any
numbers under the 10 on the middle ring, because
that is where your answer is going to be! The
example below explains what I’m trying to say:
Example: 15/5
1. Whatever number is being divided will go on
the outer ring. Therefore in this example, find
15 on the outer ring.
2. Rotate the 15 so that it is in line with the 50
(5.0 remember?) on the middle ring.
3. Now look at the 10 on the middle ring and
read the number on the outer ring. It will say
30 or as we know, 3.0!
Answer: 15/5 = 3!

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Let’s try a few practice problems.
230/5 = 46
5/2 = 2.5 (remember that decimal point!)
180/12 = 15
135/9 = 15
98/7 = 14
IMPORTANT Note:
One thing you may have noticed starting off is that it
seems that each number can be anything you want it
to be. For example, 1 can be 1, 10, 100, 1000, or .1,
.01 and so on. Depending on each problem, you will

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have to decide which value you need. If you
choose 10 to represent the number “10,” then the
calibrations or “notches” between 10 and 11
represent 0.1. Each notch reads: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and
so on. Take a look at your Abingdon watch to see
what I mean. But if you choose 10 to represent the
number 100, then the calibrations between 10 and 11
represent 1. Now each calibration reads: 101, 102,
103, and so on. Try it out for yourself. It takes some
getting used to, but I believe in you. Keep practicing
and you will get the hang of it.
Time Calculations
First, let’s take a look at your Abingdon watch. See
the inner ring? This ring is a conversion of the
middle ring from minutes to hours. Let me show you
how easy this is. Find the number 70 on the middle
ring (It’s around the one o’clock position). If you
look opposite the 70 on the inner ring, you will see
1:10. 70 minutes is 1 hour and 10 minutes!

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See if you can go around the entire face changing the
hours to minutes. Take your Abingdon watch off
your wrist first, though, or else you’ll twist your arm!
Now that we have that settled, let’s work on some
flight problems. Note that the middle ring will
ALWAYS be time in minutes.

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Example 1:
Let’s say your plane flies at 150 knots per hour. You
want to find out how long it will take to fly 90
nautical miles. (If you don’t know how to convert
statute miles to nautical miles, see the Conversions
chapter on page ).
1. Rotate the outer ring so that 15 (signifying
150 is in line with the red 60 located at the 12
o’clock position. This is your “RATE.” You
have now set the rate (150 knots in 60
minutes).
2. Now find 90 (representing the distance you
plan to travel) on the outer ring. You will
notice that 90 lines up with 36 on the middle
ring. Therefore, it will take 36 minutes to go
90 nautical miles. Piece of cake!

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In fact, you can choose any distance and, as long as
you leave the rate set, you can figure out how long it
will take you to fly any distance.
For practice, set your plane’s cruise speed to the rate
and find out how long it will take to go:
25 nautical miles
60 nautical miles
350 nautical miles