Aviator Watch DOUGLAS MOONFLIGHT User manual

DOUGLAS MOONFLIGHTAVIATOR TIMEPIECE FLIGHT MANUAL
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DOUGLAS MOONFLIGHT
MANUFACTURER: AVIATOR WATCH SA
AIRCRAFT TYPE: DOUGLAS DC-3
REFERENCE NUMBERS: BEGINS WITH V.1.33
TIMEPIECE FLIGHT MANUAL

Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date, moon
phase
Movement type
Swiss Quartz, Ronda 708
Crown
Non screw-locked
Crystal
Sapphire crystal / glare-proofed /
scratch-resistant
Water resistant
100 M (330 ft)
DOUGLAS MOONFLIGHTAVIATOR TIMEPIECE FLIGHT MANUAL
DIMENSIONAL DATA TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
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16.00
36.00
45.20
45.20
10.35

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WATCH LAYOUT
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Hour hand
Minute hand
Date display
Seconds hand
Crown
Moon phase display
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2
3
4
5
6
6
4
5
1
2 3

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2
3
1
0 I II
Working position
Date setting position
Time setting position
1
2
3
4
0
I
II
Hour hand
Minute hand
Date display
Seconds hand

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DOUGLAS MOONFLIGHTAVIATOR TIMEPIECE FLIGHT MANUAL
STARTING THE WATCH
Your AVIATOR watch is battery-powered with power reserve up to 60 months. If you envisage
not wearing your AVIATOR watch for several weeks or months, we would advise you to store
it with the crown pulled out into position II. This cuts the electrical power supply to the motor,
consequently extending the battery life.
When wearing the watch, always return the crown to position 0 to ensure your watch
is water resistant.
DATE SETTING
First, set the time to 12 midnight in order to know the exact starting point of 24 hours. To
set the date on your AVIATOR watch, pull the crown to position I, turn the crown forward to
choose the correct date. Once the date is set correctly, push back the crown to position 0.
Now you can set the correct time.
If a month has fewer than 31 days, you will need to set the date manually to the first day of
the following month.
TIME SETTING
Pull out the crown to position II. This will stop the movement 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 little bit beyond the time to be set. Then adjust the position of minute hand by
moving it backward to the correct minute stroke. This ensures that the minute hand starts to
move just when you restart the movement. To make the watch working again push the crown
back to position 0.
BASIC FUNCTIONS

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People always see the same side of the moon, because the moon rotates around the Earth in
such way that the same side is always facing the Earth. However, as you know the moon has
a dierent pattern every night. That is because the moon does not glow, but reflects the light
of the sun. Sometimes the entire face illuminates brightly and other times the moon seems to
be not visible entirely. These changes can be divided into stages that symbolize the change
of the shape. We refer to the percentage of illumination on the visible face of the moon as the
lunar phase. There are eight major phases that have been known throughout human history:
new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third
quarter and waning crescent. These phases form a cycle that repeats every 29.5 days.
The chart on page 47 illustrates the above explanation. The ring in the center shows that
the moon orbits around the Earth and that the sun illuminates only half the Earth and half the
moon at all the times. However, as the moon rotates around the Earth every night we see the
moon in dierent way – sometimes we see the moon fully illuminated, but sometimes we see
the moon mostly in the shadow. The outer ring illustrates how we see the moon on the Earth
during certain part of the moon’s orbit and names each phase.
LUNAR PHASES

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First
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Full
Moon
New
Moon
Waxing
Gibbous
Waning
Gibbous
Waxing
Crescent
Waning
Crescent

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2
3
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0 I II
Working position
Date setting position
Time setting position
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2
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0
I
II
Hour hand
Minute hand
Date display
Seconds hand
Moon phase display
5

First, set the full moon as the starting point. To set the full moon on your AVIATOR watch, pull
the crown to position II, turn the crown forward to move the moon disc and set it to the full
moon (the full moon is when the moon is in the center of the window). Keep the time at 12
midnight. To set the current moon phase, consult the current years’ lunar calendar below and
find the date of the last full moon. Change the crown to the position I in order to set the date
of the last full moon. Once the full moon date is set, change the crown to position II and move
the moon disc until the current date and time is set. Now the set-up is finished and you shall
not forget to push the crown back to position 0.
MOON PHASE SETTING
FULL MOON DATES
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30
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2023
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27
2024
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2025
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10
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7
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4
2026
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29
29
28
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26
24
24
2027
22
20
22
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20
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2028
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2029
30
28
30
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27
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25
24
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22
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2021
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27
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24
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2022
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