Breitling Colt Chronograph II User manual

COLT CHRONOGRAPH II

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Compteur des minutes du chronographe
Chronograph’s minutes totalizer
Chronograph-Minutenzähler
Totalizzatore dei minuti del cronografo
Contador de minutos del cronógrafo
Contador dos minutos do cronógrafo
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1
2
4
Compteur des heures du chronographe
Chronograph’s hours totalizer
Chronograph-Stundenzähler
Totalizzatore delle ore del cronografo
Contador de horas del cronógrafo
Contador das horas do cronógrafo
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Aiguille des minutes
Minute hand
Minutenzeiger
Lancetta dei minuti
Aguja de minutos
Ponteiro dos minutos
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Aiguille des secondes
Seconds hand
Sekundenzeiger
Lancetta dei secondi
Aguja de segundos
Ponteiro dos segundos
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Aiguille des heures
Hour hand
Stundenzeiger
Lancetta delle ore
Aguja de horas
Ponteiro das horas
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Aiguille des secondes du chronographe
Chronograph’s seconds hand
Chronograph-Sekundenzeiger
Lancetta dei secondi del cronografo
Aguja de segundos del cronógrafo
Ponteiro dos segundos do cronógrafo
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Compteur 1/10 seconde
1/10 seconds totalizer
1/10-Sekunden-Zähler
Totalizzatore 1/10 secondo
Contador 1/10 segundo
Contador de 1/10 segundo
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B
Poussoir Reset
Pushpiece Reset
Drücker Reset
Pulsante Reset
Pulsador Reset
Botão Reset
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Poussoir Start / Stop
Pushpiece Start / Stop
Drücker Start / Stop
Pulsante Start / Stop
Pulsador Start / Stop
Botão Start/Stop (início/paragem)
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Lunette
Bezel
Lünette
Lunetta
Bisel
Lunete
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YOUR BREITLING CHRONOMETER
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
each movement according to the prescriptions in force.
The certification test for wristwatch chronographs with quartz oscillators
consists in observing each movement for 11 days and 11 nights, in several
positions and at 3 different temperatures (8°C, 23°C, 38°C). To earn the
prestigious chronometer label, a movement’s performances must meet 7 very
strict criteria, including a daily variation in rate of within ±0.07 seconds,
corresponding to an annual precision of ±25 seconds. The variation in rate
of the SUPERQUARTZ™ caliber fitted in your BREITLING watch far and above
exceeds these demands, achieving a rate of ±15 seconds a year.
The term “chronometer” should not be confused with that of “chronograph”,
which is a complicated watch fitted with an additional mechanism enabling
the measurement of the duration of an event. A chronograph is not neces-
sarily chronometer-certified, but all BREITLING chronographs carry the much-
coveted title of “chronometers”.
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PREPARING THE WATCH FOR USE
DATE ADJUSTMENT – TIME-SETTING
1. Unscrew the water-resistant crown in an anti-clock-
wise direction.
2. Pull the crown out to position 2 and turn the hours
forwards to adjust the date which jumps at midnight.
3. Pull the crown out further to position 3 and adjust
the hour and minute.
4. Push the crown back to position 1. Press it gently,
turning it gently in a clockwise direction, then tight-
en it again until you feel some resistance. Do not
force!

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USING THE CHRONOGRAPH
I. MEASURING A SINGLE SHORT TIME
1. Press pushpiece Ato start the chronograph. Hand 3
shows the measurement in seconds.
2. Stop the measurement by pressing pushpiece Aonce
more. The measurement is done in hours (totalizer 1),
minutes (hand 2), seconds (hand 3) and 1/10ths of a
second (totalizer 4).
3. Return the chronograph to zero by pressing push-
piece B.
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II. MEASURING A SHORT TIME WITH SPLIT TIME
1. Press pushpiece Ato start the chronograph. Hand 3
shows the measurement in seconds.
2. To check an intermediate or split time without inter-
rupting measurement of the total time, press push-
piece B.
3. To return to the display of the time being measured,
press pushpiece B: hand 3measuring the seconds,
and if necessary hand 2measuring the minutes, will
then “catch up” with the measured time.

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III. MEASURING AN INTERRUPTED SHORT TIME
1. Press pushpiece Ato start the chronograph. Hand 3
allows you to follow the measurement in seconds.
2. To interrupt the measurement, press pushpiece A
once more. To restart the time measurement, press
pushpiece A. This procedure makes it possible to
add several short times.
3. The chronograph is reset to zero by pressing push-
piece B, once the final measurement has been stopped.
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ADJUSTING ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
If a totalizer hand does not return to zero normally (after a battery change
or inappropriate handling), proceed in the following manner:
1. Desynchronized hour totalizer: with the crown in posi-
tion 2, press pushpiece Arepeatedly until the hand
returns to the initial position.
2. Desynchronized minute totalizer: with the crown in
position 2, press pushpiece Brepeatedly until the
hand returns to the initial position.
3. Desynchronized seconds totalizer: with the crown in
position 3, press pushpiece Arepeatedly until the
hand returns to the initial position.
4. Desychronized 1/10th of a second totalizer: with the
crown in position 3, press pushpiece Brepeatedly
until the hand returns to the initial position.
A
B
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