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ADJUSTINGTHEFUNCTIONS
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WINDINGTHEMOVEMENT
Self-winding watches are wound by the movement of the wrist when the watch is worn. If the
watch has not been worn for around 50 hours, wind it by hand with the crown in position 0*,
that is, turn the crown in the forward direction (around 10 turns of the crown are sufficient
to restart the mechanism).
SETTINGTHETIMEINTHEMAINTIMEZONE
The mechanism is equipped with a balance-stopping device. Pulling the crown to position 2*
will stop the movement. Pull the crown out to position 2* then turn it forward or backward to
position the hands. Push the crown back to position 0 aer the adjustment.
SETTINGTHETIMEINTHESECONDTIMEZONE
The corrector** at 10 o’clock enables you to change the time in the second time zone, which
is located in the counter at 9 o’clock, by means of the correcting tool supplied with the
watch. Pressing once advances the time by one hour.
SETTINGTHEDATE
Pull the crown out to position 1* then turn it forward to select the desired date. Since the
date change occurs at midnight, make sure you distinguish midnight from noon when
proceeding to the adjustment. In order to avoid damaging the mechanism, we advise you
not to adjust the date between 9 p.m and 3 a.m.
USINGTHECHRONOGRAPHFUNCTION
Successively pressing the push-button (G) located at 2 o’clock starts and stops the
chronograph. Once the chronograph has been stopped, reset to zero by pressing the push-
button (H) located at 4 o’clock.
DISPLAYOFTHETIMEMEASURED
Seconds: by the sweep-seconds chronograph hand (C).
Minutes: on the counter at 3 o’clock (E), which displays the number of minutes elapsed (up to 30
minutes). The hand of this counter advances by one unit for each turn completed by the sweep-
seconds chronograph hand (C).
USINGTHEFLYBACKFUNCTION
The flyback function allows you to reset to zero and instantly begin timing again. To activate this
function, press the push-button located at 4 o’clock (H) while the chronograph is in operation. The
sweep-seconds hand (C) and the chronograph minute counter (E) return to zero and instantly
begin counting again.
BACKWARD
FORWARD
*Piaget Polo FortyFive models are equipped with a screw-in crown that provides water
resistance up to 100 m. Unscrew the crown before winding the movement or pulling it out to
the desired position. Screw it back in aer winding the movement or any other adjustment.
**Piaget Polo FortyFive models are equipped with a push piece that can be used without the
need of a correcting tool.