Guinand Valjoux 776X User manual

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FLIEGERUHREN
FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Manual Valjoux 775X & 776X

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CONTENTS
1. Intro Page 3
2. Chronograph summary Page 4
3. Winding Page 5
4. Setting Page 5
5. Chronograph time measurement Page 9
6. Le-handed watches Page 9
7. Functions Page 11
8. Water resistance Page 12
9. Tips Page 14
10. Care and maintenance Page 16

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1. INTRO
In 1865, the Guinand company was founded in Switzerland.
Since this time, we have been continuously manufacturing
high-quality mechanical watches. Our customers have always
been professional users from the navy and aviation industries
who have to be able to rely on our watches in the air, on the
water and on the land. In the 1960s, Guinand commenced its
cooperation with Frankfurt-based watch pioneer Helmut Sinn –
many of the watches sold under his name were manufactured
by Guinand. In the mid-1990s, Helmut Sinn took over the shares
of Guinand S.A. from the Guinand family, and moved Guinand
to Frankfurt am Main. Since this time, Guinand has been a
German watch brand with Swiss roots. Our watches combine
the tradition of Swiss watch crasmanship with the design
principles of German pilot watches. Precision mechanics meet
functional design.
On this note, we hope you enjoy your Guinand watch!
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2. CHRONOGRAPH SUMMARY
III III
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Timer
60 seconds
Timer
30 minutes
Minutes
hand
Seconds
hand
Pusher A
Pusher B
Date
display
Day
display
Timer
12 hours Crown
Hour
display
(position I, II, III)

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3. WINDING
Winding the watch (crown position I)
The watch features a screwed crown (crown position 0). You
loosen the crown by turning it anti-clockwise. You wind the
movement by turning the crown clockwise. Normally, about
40 crown rotations are enough to do this. For a non-screwed
crown there is no crown position 0.
Worn daily, the watch’s automatic (for automatic movements) is
then self-winding under normal conditions. The power reserve
enables you to take o the watch overnight without having
to rewind it. For manual winding movements daily winding is
recommended, ideally always at the same time each day.
4. SETTING
You can stop the movement in crown position III. This helps to
set the watch right down to the second. To make sure that the
date changes at midnight instead of midday, turn the hands
forwards until the date changes once. Then set the time.

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We recommend turning the hands past the desired minute
position and then setting the watch by turning them back. The
movement is activated once the watch is no longer at crown
position III.
Fast correction of the date (crown position II)
Please do not perform this correction between 10:00 pm and
2:00 am! Turn the crown to position II, and turn it clockwise
until the current date appears in the date window. Please do
not use the date setting between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. During
this time the gear wheels to change the date can be found in
the depthing. Consequently, the movement could be damaged.

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Alternative for watches with weekday display
Fast correction of the date and weekday (crown position II)
Please do not perform this correction between 10:00 pm and
2:00 am! The crown position II is used for fast correction of
the date and weekday. To change the date, turn the crown to
position II, and turn it clockwise until the current date appears
in the date window.
To change the weekday, turn the crown anti-clockwise until the
current weekday appears in the weekday window. Please do
not use this setting between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. During this
time the gear wheels to change the weekday can be found in the
depthing. Consequently, the movement could be damaged.
Please carefully retighten the crown aer the corrections.

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III III
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The fast correction of date and time is not available
between 8:00 pm and 2:00 am.
Normal gear postion and
manual winding
Time setting
Fast correction of the date
of the day
The fast correction of date and time is not
available between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am

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5. CHRONOGRAPH TIME MEASUREMENT
The chronograph (stopwatch function) is operated with the two
pushers “A” and “B”. Pusher “A” begins the measurement when
you first push it. When you push it a second time, this stops the
measurement. When you push pusher “A” again, this continues
the measurement. This enables you to add up times. Pusher “B”
resets the stopwatch.
6. LEFT-HANDED WATCHES
Please note that with le-handed watches, i.e. models where
the pusher and crown are on the le side of the case, the
stopwatch and wind/date and weekday setting functions are
on the opposite side.

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order of functions
1
to
Crown
position I
Crown
position
0
START
Time reading
- 2 hours
- 10 minutes
- 8 seconds
STOP