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III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
Regular maintenance
A watch is one of the few devices that operates continuously around the clock. To
ensure optimal reliability and long-life, an authorized Baume & Mercier After-Sales
Service Center should carry out a complete watch service every 3 to 5 years.
Water-resistance
All Baume & Mercier watches are water-resistant to a depth of at least 30 meters. For
greater levels of water-resistance (30m and more), the corresponding figure is engra-
ved on the case back. The water-resistance of your watch protects the movement
from dust, moisture and from any deterioration when fully immersed in water. The
gaskets keep the watch water-resistant. However, as they are constantly exposed to
several forms of outside aggressions (cosmetics, perspiration, and temperature chan-
ges), the water-resistance of a watch may decrease with time. Therefore, we advise
you to have the water-resistance of your watch checked every 12 months.
Important: when the watch is immersed in water, do not adjust the position of the
crown or press on the push buttons to change the time, date or any other functions,
as water may seep into the case.
If condensation appears in your watch, you should take it to an authorized Baume & Mercier
retailer or After-Sales Service Center as this may indicate a water-resistance problem.
After swimming in the sea or chlorinated water (swimming pool), carefully rinse your watch
in fresh water.
Daily care
To preserve the shine of your watch and its metal bracelet, if applicable, we recom-
mend gently cleaning it with a soft brush (e.g. toothbrush), dipped in slightly soapy
lukewarm water. After this procedure, carefully rinse your watch in fresh water.
Setting the moon phase
3) With the crown in position 2, turn clockwise until the full moon appears in the center of
the aperture, then turn the crown clockwise for as many days as have passed since
the previous full moon (consult a calendar)
4) Place the crown in position 3 and then turn the hands counter-clockwise until the date
changes at midnight and then continue setting the hour.
Setting the day of the week
Using the tool which was supplied with your watch, press on the corrector button (C1) until
the desired day is indicated (K).
It is extremely important that you do not adjust your watch (with the exception of setting the
hour) between 20:00 and 02:00 in the morning.
Your chronograph may be equipped with additional functions listed below:
FLYBACK FUNCTION
The fly-back function enables you to switch from one timing sequence to another by
pressing the push button only once instead of three times.
1) Press push button (P1) to start the chronograph
2) To move directly on to the second sequence, press on push button (P2), this will
start a new time measurement on your chronograph.
QUARTZ CHRONOGRAPH WITH A SPLIT-SECONDS FUNCTION
- FIG 3f, g
Press push button (P1) to start the chronograph.
To read an intermediate time, press push button (P2). This freezes the time and lets
you read off the elapsed time without actually stopping the chronograph. Pressing
push button (P2) again will reset the hands and measure the elapsed time between
two pressures of (P2), without stopping the chronometer function that continues to
measure the ongoing event.
Important FIG 3g: the counter (H/J) has two scales, which means that during the first thirty
minutes of timing, you will read off 1/10th-second measurements when you stop your watch.
Beyond this time, it is indicated in hours.
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