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List of time zone differences in major regions of the world Names of the cities UTC ± (Hours) JST ± (Hours) Other cities in the same region Tokyo +9:00 00:00 Seoul Beijin +8:00 -1:00 Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore Bangkok +7:00 -2:00 Dacca +6:00 -3:00 Tachkend Karachi +5:00 -4:00 Moscow +4:00 -5:00 Dubai, Mecca Jeddah +3:00 -6:00 Nairobi Cairo ★Paris ★London +2:00 +1:00 00:00 -7:00 -8:00 -9:00 ★Istanbul, Athens ★Rome, ★Berlin, ★Madrid Casablanca ★Azores -1:00 -10:00 ★Rio de Janeiro -3:00 -12:00 ★Santiago -4:00 -13:00 Caracas ★New York -5:00 -14:00 ★Montreal ★Chicago -6:00 -15:00 Mexico City ★Denver -7:00 -16:00 ★Los Angels -8:00 -17:00 ★San Francisco ★Anchorage -9:00 -18:00 Honolulu -10:00 -19:00 Midway Island -11:00 -20:00 ★Wellington +12:00 +3:00 Fiji Island Nouméa +11:00 +2:00 ★Sydney +10:00 +1:00 Guam ※ Regions marked with ★ use daylight saving time (as of January, 2013) ※ UTC = Coordinated Universal Time / JST = Japan Standard Time 32 English ■FUNCTIONS OF DIVER'S MODEL Unidirectional rotating bezel By using the rotating bezel, you can measure the elapsed time since the start of an event or an activity such as diving. This watch has a unidirectional rotating bezel. As the evaluation of the remaining air in your cylinder is based on the information of the elapsed time of the dive, the rotating bezels for a diver's watch is designed to rotate only counterclockwise, so that the watch is prevented from displaying the elapsed time shorter than it actually is. CAUTION Make sure that you check the correct remaining amount of air in your cylinder before diving. Use the display of the elapsed time by the rotating bezel only as a guide during diving. How to use the rotating bezel ① At the start of the activity, for which you want to measure the elapsed time (for example, when you start diving), rotate the bezel so that the mark on the bezel is aligned with the minute hand. ② Read the graduation on the rotating bezel to which the minute hand is pointing. ʲ&Yʳ8IFOZPVTUBSUEJWJOHBU 4UBSUPGUIFEJWF "GUFSNJOVUFT "MJHOUIFɹNBSL IBTFMBQTFE XJUIUIFNJOVUF IBOE 3PUBUJOHEJSFDUJPO PGUIFCF[FM &MBQTFE UJNF 3FBEUIFHSBEVBUJPOPOUIFSPUBUJOHCF[FM UPXIJDIUIFNJOVUFIBOEJTQPJOUJOH 33

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English
Make sure that you check the correct remaining
amount of air in your cylinder before diving. Use the
display of the elapsed time by the rotating bezel only
as a guide during diving.
CAUTION
By using the rotating bezel, you can measure the
elapsed time since the start of an event or an activity
such as diving.
This watch has a unidirectional rotating bezel. As the evaluation of the remaining
air in your cylinder is based on the information of the elapsed time of the dive, the
rotating bezels for a diver±s watch is designed to rotate only counterclockwise, so
that the watch is prevented from displaying the elapsed time shorter than it actually
is.
■FUNCTIONS OF DIVER±S MODEL
How to use the rotating bezel
①
At the start of the activity, for which you want to measure the elapsed
time (for example, when you start diving), rotate the bezel so that the
mark on the bezel is aligned with the minute hand.
②
Read the graduation on the rotating bezel to which the minute hand is
pointing.
List of time zone differences in major regions of the world
Names of the cities
UTC ± (Hours)
JST ± (Hours)
Other cities in the same region
Tokyo
+9:00
00:00
Seoul
Beijin
+8:00
-1:00
Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Bangkok
+7:00
-2:00
Dacca
+6:00
-3:00
Tachkend
Karachi
+5:00
-4:00
Moscow
+4:00
-5:00
Dubai, Mecca
Jeddah
+3:00
-6:00
Nairobi
Cairo
+2:00
-7:00
★Istanbul, Athens
★Paris
+1:00
-8:00
★Rome, ★Berlin,
★Madrid
★London
00:00
-9:00
Casablanca
★Azores
-1:00
-10:00
★Rio de Janeiro
-3:00
-12:00
★Santiago
-4:00
-13:00
Caracas
★New York
-5:00
-14:00
★Montreal
★Chicago
-6:00
-15:00
Mexico City
★Denver
-7:00
-16:00
★Los Angels
-8:00
-17:00
★San Francisco
★Anchorage
-9:00
-18:00
Honolulu
-10:00
-19:00
Midway Island
-11:00
-20:00
★Wellington
+12:00
+3:00
Fiji Island
Nouméa
+11:00
+2:00
★Sydney
+10:00
+1:00
Guam
※ Regions marked with ★ use daylight saving time (as of January, 2013)
※ UTC = Coordinated Universal Time / JST = Japan Standard Time
Unidirectional rotating bezel
【Ex.】
When you start diving at 10:10.
Start of the dive
Rotating direction
of the bezel
After 15 minutes
has elapsed
Align the 　 mark
with the minute
hand
Elapsed
time
Read the graduation on the rotating bezel
to which the minute hand is pointing.