Citizen G90 Series User manual

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G90* Abbreviated instruction
• This watch is solar-powered. Expose the dial to light and use it sufficiently charged.
• To see details of charging time, specifications and operations, refer to the instruction manual: G90* instruction manual
English
Button
B
Button
A
Hour hand
Mode hand
Minute hand
Second hand
Crown
Sub-watch
minute hand
Button
C
AM/PM hand
Sub-watch hour hand
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustration.
• The crown has two positions when pulling it out.
Component identification Checking the time with chimes
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
• Press button
C
repeatedly to make the mode hand indicate the date when
the hand does not show it.
2.
Press and release the upper right button B.
Combination of high and low tones of chimes tells you the time of the sub
watch.
• The 3 tones mean “hour”, “quarter of hour” and “minute” as shown below.
• Meaning of the tones
Hight Length Meaning
High Long “Hour”
Low Long “minute”
High-low
combination two short tones “quarter of hour”
• Ex.: 4: 36
1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
High
tone
♩♩♩♩
♫ ♫
Low
tone
♩♩♩♩♩♩
Sum 4 o'clock 2 quarters 6 minutes
Time 4 o'clock 36 minutes
To stop the chimes
Press any button.
Setting the time
This watch is equipped with two watches: the main watch and the sub watch.
They control hands shown as follows.
Hands
Main watch Hour, minute and second hands
Sub watch Sub-watch hour hand, sub-watch minute hand, AM/PM
hand and mode hand (date)
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2when the second hand points
0 second.
The second hand stops and the mode hand points “0”.
• The date hand points “31”. When it does not point that, adjust it later.
2.
Rotate the crown to set the time of the main watch.
3.
Press and release the lower right button Ato adjust the sub
watch.
• Each time you press the button, the hands move by 1 minute.
• They move continuously while you are pressing and holding the button.
• Check whether the time set is AM or PM with the AM/PM hand.
AM
PM
4.
Push the crown in to position 0in accordance with a reliable
time source.
The second hand starts moving.
Crown's position
0 1 2

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G90* Abbreviated instruction
Setting the calendar
• The calendar follows the time of the sub watch.
• The calendar of this watch does not have to be adjusted manually until February
28, 2100 including leap years. (perpetual calendar)
1.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
The sub-watch hour hand indicates “Year”, the sub-watch minute hand
“Month” and the mode hand “Date”.
2.
Press and release the upper right button B to adjust the date.
• Each time you press the button, the mode hand moves by 1 day.
• It moves continuously while you are pressing and holding the button.
3.
Press and release the lower right button Ato adjust the year
and month.
• Each time you press the button, the sub-watch hour and minute hands move
by 1 month.
• It moves continuously while you are pressing and holding the button.
• The year corresponds to the years since leap year.
Year since leap
year Indication
0 (leap year) L.Y.
1 year 1
2 years 2
3 years 3
Ex.: When setting it February of a leap year
L.Y. (Leap year) FEB (February)
4.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
Indicating local time on the sub watch
The sub-watch hour and minute hands can indicate the time of another time zone
(local time) set by 30-minute unit.
• The local time may be incorrect when the main watch and the sub watch does
not have the same time.
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and release the lower left button Cto set the mode hand
to “L-TM”.
The local time currently set is indicated.
• Proceed to step 3 to adjust the local time. Proceed to step 4 when you do not
adjust the local time.
3.
Press and release the lower right button Ato adjust the time.
• Each time you press the button, the hand moves by 30 minutes.
• It moves continuously while you are pressing and holding the button.
• Check whether the time set is AM or PM with the AM/PM hand.
• The hour and minute move synchronously.
4.
Press and release the lower left button Crepeatedly to
indicate the date to finish the procedure.
• It returns to normal indication automatically in about 1 minute without any
operation.
Setting the second of main and sub watches synchronously
You can adjust the second of the main watch and that of the sub watch at the same
time.
1.
Press and release the lower left button Cto set the mode hand
to “0-SET”.
2.
Press the upper right button Bin accordance with a reliable
time source.
When the position of the second hand is between 0 second and 29 seconds:
The second hand stops at the position for seconds it shows and the mode
hand shows the stopping seconds and counts it down.
When the position of the second hand is between 30 and 59 seconds:
The second hand advances to the 0 second position and starts moving.
3.
Press and release the lower left button Crepeatedly to
indicate the date to finish the procedure.
• It returns to normal indication automatically in about 2 minutes without
any operation.

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Checking the reference position
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and hold the lower left button Cfor 3 seconds or more.
The sub-watch hour and minute hands, mode hand and AM/PM hand move
to their current reference position.
• Correct reference positions:
Sub-watch hour and minute hands: 12 o'clock
position
Mode hand: “0-SET”
AM/PM hand: Upper end of AM
When the current reference position is different from the correct one, adjust
the position following the steps of “Correcting the reference position”.
3.
Press and release any button to finish the procedure.
• It returns to normal indication automatically in about 20 seconds without
any operation.
Correcting the reference position
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
The second hand stops.
2.
Press and hold buttons A, Band Cat the same time for 2
seconds or more and release them.
The mode hand, sub-watch hour and minute hands move one by one and the
alarm sounds.
3.
Press and release the lower right button A to set the sub-watch
hour hand, sub-watch minute hand and AM/PM hand.
• Set the AM/PM hand to the lower end of PM.
• Each time you press the button, the hands move by 1 minute.
• They move continuously while you are pressing and holding the button.
4.
Press and release the upper right button Bto set the mode
hand to “0-SET”.
• It moves continuously while you are pressing and holding the button.
5.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
The AM/PM hand moves to the upper end of AM and the second hand starts
moving.
• Set the time and calendar after adjustment.
• The position of the second hand when setting the time of the main watch
after correcting the reference position becomes the reference position of the
second hand. Be sure to stop the second hand at the 0 second position when
adjusting the main watch.
When the mode hand is rotating
The hand is rotating counterclockwise: The reference position is not corrected.
Adjust the reference position again.
The hand is rotating clockwise: The sub watch is not adjusted. Set the time
again.