Pequignet Calibre Royal User manual

A uniquely innovative calibre
All complications integrated
As a world first, the Calibre Royal has all its watch
complications integrated within its initial main plate. This
integration brings reliability, compactness, impact
resistance, and most importantly allows the timepiece to
contain multiple complications and yet remain extremely
slim and elegant, with the complications arranged in
perfectly balanced symmetry on the dial
Power reserve
A single large barrel provides an 88-hour power reserve
with an exceptional 72-hour display isochronism, i.e. a
guaranteed run time of 88 hours with all the complications
in constant operation.
Large date and day
Large dual date and day window with 3 discs on the same
level, instantaneous 3-disc system, with 10th of a second
precision, at midnight (with a tolerance of plus or minus
10 minutes); fast day and date correction without any
correctors on the case.
Any correction operations may be performed without
potentially endangering the mechanism, regardless of the
hand position.
The 3-disc large dual date and day window mechanism
with 24-hour instantaneous jump is unique worldwide.
Correction is performed via the crown only, with no
prohibited time range (regardless of the hand position) or
corrector, and moreover is fitted with a unique fast date
setting mechanism.

Recommendations and servicing
Your Pequignet Manufacture watch is designed to resist
the ravages of time: scratch-resistant sapphire crystal,
“solid” gold or steel which can withstand repeated
polishing, screw-fastened or screw-down case back. An
authentic watchmaking brand holds thousands of
components in stock, to ensure all possible replacement
needs are met over several generations. This means that
a Pequignet Manufacture watch can be sent away and
restored to its former brilliance at any point in time.
A Pequignet Manufacture watch bears an engraved
individual number. This traceability guarantees
personalised follow-up worldwide. This engraving is
made after a double inspection.
A Calibre Royal requires regular overhauls; we
recommend waiting no longer than 5 years.
Some recommendations
Water resistance
The water resistance of a watch is prone to deteriorate
with time; on the wrist, the watch is subjected on a daily
basis to various attacks, according to the wearer
(impacts of varying force, sweat, abrupt temperature
changes,
seawater, pool water, etc.)

These factors influence the ageing of the water
resistance gaskets. That is why you need to have the
water resistance of your watch checked on a regular
basis by an approved Pequignet dealer.
NB:
-always screw in the crown or press it back in against the
case to prevent water from penetrating into the
mechanism.
-do not use the chronograph push-pieces or winding stem
underwater.
-after immersion in seawater or a swimming pool, rinse
your timepiece in lukewarm water and dry it with a soft
cloth.
Magnetic fields
Our environment is subject to interference from
electromagnetic sources. This interference may have a
direct impact on the operation of both self-winding and
quartz watches.
Your watch is affected by powerful magnetic fields. In
certain cases, the interference may magnetise certain
steel parts in the movement, such as the self-winding
system oscillating weight ball bearing, and more
particularly the balance-spring.
The balance-spring loops may stick together,
and the watch could rapidly gain/lose rate, or
even stop.

PVD coating
PVD coating is a hardened surface coating, but can be
prematurely worn through impacts or regular friction. The
guarantee may not come into play.
Power reserve
Regularly wearing your timepiece will maintain the power
reserve. If the watch has not been worn and it has
stopped, we recommend winding it manually using the
crown, as you need to be aware that shaking your
timepiece will not be sufficient to wind it to ensure that it
runs correctly at its optimum rate. The watch display
would lose a lot of time, and very quickly stop. Despite
the fine crafting and technological reliability of your
timepiece, you need to be aware that the precision of a
mechanical watch (unlike quartz models) varies between
plus or minus 10 seconds per day.
Day-to-day care instructions for leather
or other animal skin straps
Avoid contact with water or any other liquid
Avoid direct contact with cosmetics, perfumes, make-up,
detergents, solvents or other special industrial leather
cleaners.
Exposure to strong lighting or sunlight may cause
discolouration.
Temperature
Avoid exposing the watch to extreme temperatures, as
well as abrupt temperature changes.

Winding
Crown in position 1
It takes 88 rotations of the crown to restore the 88-hour
power reserve. However, the Calibre Royal features
another high-efficiency system. You need only wind the
watch manually using the crown until the power reserve
reaches 30 or 40 hours. The self-winding system will do
the rest. Although your Calibre Royal has an excellent
isochronism once it has reached a power reserve of 16
hours, for the sake of convenience we recommend you
fully wind the movement.
Setting the moon phase
This operation is very simple. Using a stylus to press on
the corrector, set the moon disc to the full moon position.
A at 9 o’clock on the Rue Royale watch
B at 6 o’clock on the Paris Royal watch
Using a lunar calendar
(Pequignet’s website www.pequignet.com), find the date of
the last full moon. Count the days elapsed since the last full
moon, and then press the corrector the same number of times
using the Pequignet stylus.
For example: the date of the correction is 15 June.
The lunar calendar tells you that the date of the last full
moon was 10 June. So we count the days 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, i.e. a total of 5. So after setting to the full moon
position, press the corrector 5 times.
NB: we recommend not making this setting between
midnight and 3 a.m.
Setting the time
Crown in position 3
Turn the crown in position 3 to move the hands forward.
NB: if it is after 12 o’clock, remember to go past the “12”
once.
Setting the large dual date and day window
Crown in position 2
Set the time in advance as indicated above, with the
crown in position 3.
To set the day of the week, turn the crown (position 2)
anti-clockwise. The fast forward system enables you to
scroll through the dates easily. To set the date, turn the
crown clockwise.The fast forward system enables you to

Remontage
Position 1 de la couronne
88 tours de couronne sont nécessaires pour ramener les
88 heures de réserve de marche. Cependant, le Calibre
Royal bénéficie d’un système autre à haut rendement. Il
vous suffit d’un remontage manuel par la couronne
jusqu’à 30 ou 40 heures de réserve de marche, c’est
suffisant. Le système automatique fera le reste.
L’isochronisme de votre Calibre Royal est excellent dès
16 heures de réserve de marche, il est donc inutile de
rechercher un remontage immédiat maximum.
Réglage de la phase de lune
L’opération est très simple. À l’aide d’un stylet, appuyer
sur le correcteur et positionner le disque de la lune sur la
position pleine lune.
Aà 9h sur la montre Rue Royale
Bà 6h sur la montre Paris Royal
À l’aide d’un calendrier lunaire (site Pequignet
www.pequignet.com), repérer la date de la dernière
pleine lune. Compter les jours qui vous séparent de la
dernière pleine lune et appuyer autant de fois que de
jours sur le correcteur à l’aide du stylet.
Exemple : nous sommes le 15 juin, jour de la correction.
Le calendrier lunaire vous indique que la dernière grande
lune remonte au 10 juin. Compter donc 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
soit 5 jours. Après mise en position de la pleine lune,
appuyer donc 5 fois sur le correcteur.
Réglage de l’heure
Couronne en position 3
Tourner la couronne en position 2 et faire avancer les
aiguilles. Attention, s’il est plus de 12h, ne pas oublier de
passer une fois devant le « 12 ».
Réglage du double grand guichet
jour et date
Couronne en position 1
Au préalable, avoir réglé l’heure comme vu ci-dessus en
position couronne 2
Pour le réglage du jour de la semaine, tourner la
couronne dans le sens antihoraire. Le dispositif d’avance
rapide vous permet de faire défiler aisément les dates.
Pour le réglage de la date, tourner dans le sens horaire.
Le dispositif d’avance rapide vous permet de faire défiler
aisément et rapidement les dates sans autre
préoccupation.
Remarque
Le mécanisme d’un double grand guichet date et jour à
saut instantané à 24h de 3 disques est unique au monde,
avec une correction sans zone rouge, quelle que soit la
position des aiguilles, effectué uniquement sur la
couronne (sans correcteur), et de surcroît, muni d’un
mécanisme de mise à jour rapide inédit.
Cette complication de la haute horlogerie est une des
complications les plus sophistiquées. Pequignet
Manufacture innove et vous simplifie cette complication
majeure, qui, vous le verrez, s’avère d’une grande
fiabilité.
Vous êtes ainsi libéré du risque de faire une fausse
manœuvre, l’utilisation de la double grande date et jour
de Pequignet Manufacture s’avère simple et fiable.
20 21
1 2 3
JEU 18
A
B
scroll through the dates quickly and easily.
Note
The 3-disc large dual date and day window mechanism
with 24-hour instantaneous jump is unique worldwide.
Correction is performed via the crown only, with no
prohibited time range (regardless of the hand position) or
corrector, and moreover is fitted with a unique fast date
setting mechanism.
Pequignet Manufacture has innovated to simplify this
major complication, and you will also discover its great
reliability.