Seiko 6M13 User manual

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FEATURES
MODES AND D|SPLAYS.........:..... ......:..................
INDICATION OF THE HANDS
ADJUSTING THE HAND AND DATE POSITIONS
TIME SETTING ...........
CALENDAR
ALARM
CALENDAR SEARCH ..........:.......
NECESSARY PROCEDURE AFTER BATTERY CHANGE
BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR
BATTERY CHANGE
TO PRESERVE THE OUALIW OF YOUR WATCH
SPECTFtCATIONS ........
PERPETUAL CALENDAR
Cal. 6M13 ,:i
FEATURES
The SEIKO Quartz Watch Cal. 6M13 is an analogue watch with three hands
featuring alarm, calendar and calendar search functions.
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lndicated by three hands.
I CALENDAR
Date is displayed in numerals, and day of the week, month and year are
i ndicated by the hands. The calenda r automatical ly adjusts for odd and even
months including February of leap years from 1400 to 2499.
r ONE.DAY ALARM
Can be set to ring once at a designated time and date within a month.
r DAILY ALARM
Can be set to ring regularly once a day.
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I CALENDAR SEARCH FUNCTION
The day of the week for any desired date, month and year from 1400 to 2499
can easily be determined and displayed by one of the hands.
r BATTERY LIFE INDICATOR
The second hand moves at two-second intervals when the battery needs to
be replaced.
MODES AND DISPLAYS
There are four buttons and a crown as indicated in ttre iltustration below.
ITIME model
Hour hand Minute hand

The mode changes by turning the crown at normal position clockwise or
counterclockwise. The respestive setting (and adjustmentl modes are
activated when the crown ii pulled out.
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INDICATION OF THE HANDS
o The tips indicate the time; the tails indicate month, year and day of the
week. tTip of the hands: For time indicationl
Hour Minutes Seconds*
MonthlTail of the
* By pulling out the crown in the CALENDAR and CALENDAR SEARCH
modes, the tip of the second hand moves to indicate the first 2 digits of the
year.
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Last 2 digits of year
hands: For calendar

o Whether to read the tip or the tail depends on the mode used. Refer to the
illustrations below.
TIME mode
Ex.) 10:08'42" AM
Hour
24-hour hand
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CALENDAR and CALENDAR SEARCH modes
Ex.) Tuesday, Auguet 6th, 1991
lCrown at normal positionl
Day of,the week
2 digits of year
lCrown at extended positionl
First I digits of year
Last 2 digits of year
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ONE-DAY ALARM and DAILY AIARM modes
lCurrent time (crown
at normal position)l
Ex.) 10:10 AM of 6th, Tuesday
Day of the week Second
(Stops at 12 o'clock
position
lDesignated alarm time (crown
at e)dended positionll
Ex.) 9:00 AM of 20th (For ONE-
DAY ALARM mode)
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ADJUSTING THE HAND AND DATE POSITIONS
Before setting the time and calendar, be sure to use the O MATCH mode
to check that the hour, .minute and second hands are in the 12 o,clock
position and that the date numeral appears at the center of the calendar
frame.
o Turn the crown to set the mode indicator to "O MATCH'.
lf any of the tips of the hands do not'return to the 12 o'clock position or
the date numeral does not appear at the center of the calendar frame,
reset them following the procedure below.
Minute hand Second hand
lendar frame
Hour hand
24-hour hand

1.
2.
Pull out the crown.
Press "8" , " A" and "C" repeatedly but separately to reset the tips of the
hour, minute and second hands to the 12 o'clock position, respectively.
*The hands move quickly if the respective buttons are kept pressed for
2 seconds.
*The 24-hour hand moves correspondingly with the hour hand. When
resetting the hour hand to the 12 o'clock position, check thatthe 24-hour
hand indicates "24".
Press "D" to put the date to the center of the calendar frame.
* By pressifig "D", the date moves back and forth repeatedly.
*The date moves quickly it'D" is kept pressed for 2 seconds.
Push the crown back in to the normal position.
3.
TIME SETTING
r Turn the crown to set the mode indicator to "TIME"
Ex.l 10:08'00" AM
Minutes
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1. Pull out the crown. The tip of the second hand automatically returns to
the 12 o'clock position.
2. Press "A" tepeatedly to set the tip of the minute hand to the desired

* As the minute hand moves, the hour hand also moves correspondingly.
3. Press '8" repeatedly to set the'tip of the hour hand to the desired hour.
It advances one hour with each press of the button.
*The hand moves quickly if the button is kept pressed for 2 seconds.
*The minute hand will not move if 'B' is pressed.
*The 24-hour hand turns a full circle in 24 hours and moves
correspondingly with the hour hand. When setting the hour hand,
check that the 24-hour hand is correctly set.
4. Push the crown back in to the normal position in accordance with a time
signal.
CALENDAR
o Turn the crown to set the mode indicator to "CALENDAR'.
The tails of the hour, minute and second hands indicate month, last 2
How to read the calendar
lCrown at the normal positionl
Ex.) Tuesday, August 6th, 1991
Last 2 digits
lCrown at the extended positionl
Ex.) August 6th, 1991
2 digits
of year Last 2 digits qf year
Day of the week
Crown Month
of year
Date
Crown
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( position ) indi""to, , Extended .
( position )
* By pulling out the crown, the tip of the second hand moves to indicate the
first 2 digits of the year. Therefore, the year is the aggregate of the figure
indicated by the tip of the second hand and the figure indicated by the tail
of the minute hand. The year in the example above should be read as
"1991" (1900 + 91).
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Calendar setting
Last 2 digits of year 2 digits of year
Mode indicator
Pull out the crown in the CALENDAR mode. The tip of the second hand
indicates the first 2 digits of the year.
Press "C" repeatedly to advance the tip of the second hand, and set the
first 2 digits of the year. lt advances one hundred years with each press
of the button.
*14 ,'ail ic nraccad rrrhen the second hand indicates '24OO". it will
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2.
3. Press 'A" to move the tail of the rninute hand, and set the last 2 digits of
the year. lt advances one year with each press of the button.
* lf 'A' is pressed when the tail of the minute hand indicates "99", it will
automatically return to "00".
4. Press "8" to move the tail of the hour hand, and set the month. lt
advancesonemonthwitheachpressofthebutton.
* lf "8" is pressed when the tail of the hour hand points to the 12 o'clock
position (December), it will automatically turn a full circle and stop at
the 1 o'clock marker (January).
5. Press "D" to setthe date numeral in the calendarframe. lt advances one
day with each press of the button.
6. Push the crown back in to the normal position.
Notes:
1 . Once the date, month and year are set, the day of the week is automatica I ly
set. : '
2. The hands and date numeral advance quickly if the respective buttons
are kept pressed for 2 seconds.
3. The calendar automatically adjusts for odd and even months including
Februarv of lean vears from 14OO to 2499- lf a nonexistent dav (e.o.

position, the calendar will automatically be set to the first day of the next
month (March lst).
ALARM
1I ONE.DAY ALARM
r The one-day alarm can be set to ring once at a designated time and date
within a month. lt can be set on a 24-hour basis.
* lf the alarm is set to ring on the dates below, it may ring on the desig-
nated date of the next month.
. 31st of months with 30 or fewer days
. 29th, 30th or 31st of February (30th and 31st in leap years)
* Once set, the alarm is automatically engaged and cannot be canceled.
*After having rung at a designated time, the alarm is automatically
disengaged and will not ring again unless newly set.
*The alarm rings in any mode, but it will not ring if the crown is at the
extended position.
. Turn thecrownto setthe mode indicatorto'ONE DAYALARM". Thetips
of the hour and minute hands indicate the current time, the tail of the
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Pull outthe crown in the "ONE-DAYALARM" mode. Thetip ofthe second
hand automatically returns to the 12 o'clock position and the tips of the
hour and minute trands indicate the alarm time previously set.
* lf the one-day alarm has already been set and engaged, the designated
alarm date will appear in the calendar frame. Otherwise, today's date
will appear.
Press " A' repeatedly to set the tip of the minute hand to the desired
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