Seiko 8R39 Manual - Page 14

English ACCURACY OF MECHANICAL WATCHES ● The accuracy of mechanical watches is indicated by the daily rates of one week or so. ● The accuracy of mechanical watches may not fall within the specified range of time accuracy because of loss/gain changes due to the conditions of use, such as the length of time during which the watch is worn on the wrist, arm movement, whether the mainspring is wound up fully or not, etc. ● The key components in mechanical watches are made of metals which expand or contract depending on temperatures due to metal properties. This exerts an effect on the accuracy of the watches. Mechanical watches tend to lose time at high temperatures while they tend to gain time at low temperatures. ● In order to improve accuracy, it is important to regularly supply energy to the balance that controls the speed of the gears. The driving force of the mainspring that powers mechanical watches varies between when it is fully wound and immediately before it is unwound. As the mainspring unwinds, the force weakens. Relatively steady accuracy can be obtained by wearing the watch on the wrist frequently for the self-winding type and winding up the mainspring fully everyday at a fixed time to move it regularly for the wind-up mechanical type. ● When affected by strong external magnetism, a mechanical watch may loss/gain time temporarily. The parts of the watch may become magnetized depending on the extent of the effect. In such a case, consult the retailer from whom the watch was purchased since the watch requires repair, including demagnetizing. 26 SPECIFICATIONS 1 Display system Time/Calendar Hour, minute and small second hands Date is displayed in numerals Stopwatch Measures up to 12 hours Stopwatch hour, Stopwatch minute and Stopwatch second hands 2 Vibrations per hour 28,800 3 Loss/gain (daily rate B e t w e e n +2 5 a n d -15 s e c o n d s a t n o r m a l temperature range (between 5 °C and 35 °C or between 41 °F and 95 °F) 4 Continuous operating time More than approx. 45 hours 5 Driving system Automatic winding type with manual winding mechanism 6 Number of jewels 34 jewels • The accuracy above is factory adjusted. • Due to the characteristics of mechanical watches, any actual daily rate may not fall within the range of time accuracy specified above dependent on the conditions of use, such as the length of time during which the watch is worn on the wrist, temperature, arm movement, and whether the mainspring is wound up fully or not, etc. 27 English