Using World Time

Operation Guide 4343

❚To check the current summer time on/ off setting
❚To turn summer time on or off

World Time lets you display the current time in any one of 27 cities (29 time zones) around the world.

•Press the Dbutton to enter the World Time Mode.

•If you are entering from the Chronograph Mode, the chronograph must be reset first. See “Chronograph Reset” for more information.

World Time Mode

Currently Selected City Code

❚To search for a city

In the World Time Mode, press the Dbutton to move the indicator hand (which is pointing at the currently selected city code) clockwise.

• About one second after you

release the Dbutton, the hands

of the watch will move to the

(Indicates zone)

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In the World Time Mode, press the Abutton.

•The second hand moves to “0” when summer time is turned on, and to “5” (between “4” and “6”) when summer time is turned off.

•The second hand will resume normal operation after about five seconds.

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Off

1. In the World Time Mode, use the D button to select the

city code whose summer time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down the Abutton for about five seconds to toggle summer time on or off.

•You can turn summer time on or off individually for each World Time city. Note, however, that you cannot change the summer time setting for the “GMT” (Greenwich Mean Time) zone.

Indicator Hand

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current time in the zone of the

indicated city code.

(Clockwise)

Current time in the zone where the currently selected city code is located (24-hour format; hour, minute)

When summer time is turned on

• When you turn on summer time for a city code that supports time

calibration signal reception, the watch will decide automatically

whether or not to apply the summer time or standard time setting

in accordance with the received signal.

• In the case of a city code that does not support signal reception,

turning on summer time advances the current time setting by one

 

(5 seconds)

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Time City Code Zone

(Hour, Minute)

Important!

If the current time shown of the selected city code is not correct, check the current time setting of your Home Time and make adjustments as necessary.

• For information about configuring home time settings, see “Changing the Home City Setting”.

• Press the Bbutton to return to the Timekeeping Mode.

Home City beep indicator

If the city code that the indicator hand moves to when you press the

Dbutton is your currently selected Home City, the watch will beep.

hour.

• City codes that support signal reception are TYO, HKG, HNL,

ANC, LAX DEN, CHI, and NYC.

• Signal reception is possible in Hong Kong (HKG), Honolulu

(HNL), and Anchorage (ANC) when reception conditions are

good.

• To select summer time manually for a city code that supports

signal reception, turn off summer time for the city code and

then select a city code in the neighboring time zone that will

advance the time by one hour.

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ON

Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time (DST) as is it is called in some countries, calls for setting clocks ahead one hour during the summer season. Note that the use of summer time depends on the country and even the local area.

Changing the Home City Setting

Use the World Time Mode to specify your Home City.

Example: To change the Home City setting from New York (NYC) to Tokyo (TYO)

Important!

If you are using the watch in Japan, be sure to select TYO (Tokyo) as your Home City.

Selecting another city code will make it impossible to receive the time calibration signal, which will cause your time setting to be off.

World Time City Code List

City

GMT

 

City

GMT

 

Differ-

City Name

Differ-

City Name

Code

Code

ential

 

ential

 

GMT

+0.0

Greenwich Mean Time

ADL

+9.5

Adelaide

1. In the World Time Mode, use the Dbutton to select the city code you want to use as your new Home City.

Current Time in

Selected City

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LON

+0.0

London

SYD

+10.0

Sydney

PAR

+1.0

Paris

NOU

+11.0

Noumea

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATH

+2.0

Athens

WLG

+12.0

Wellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

JED

+3.0

Jeddah

PPG

–11.0

Pago Pago

 

 

 

 

 

 

THR

+3.5

Teheran

HNL

–10.0

Honolulu

 

 

 

 

 

 

DXB

+4.0

Dubai

ANC

–9.0

Anchorage

 

 

 

 

 

 

KBL

+4.5

Kabul

LAX

–8.0

Los Angeles

2. Hold down the Abutton as you press the D button to swap your current Home City with the World Time City you selected in step 1.

•The watch will beep and make the currently selected World Time City your new Home City.

•Your previous Home City will become your new World Time City, and the indicator hand will move to its city code.

TYO Selected

Indicator Hand Movement

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KHI

+5.0

Karachi

DEN

–7.0

Denver

DEL

+5.5

Delhi

CHI

–6.0

Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAC

+6.0

Dhaka

NYC

–5.0

New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

RGN

+6.5

Yangon

*CCS

–4.0

Caracas

 

 

 

 

 

 

BKK

+7.0

Bangkok

RIO

–3.0

Rio de Janeiro

 

 

 

 

 

 

HKG

+8.0

Hong Kong

–2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYO

+9.0

Tokyo

–1.0

 

 

• Based on data as of June 2007.

• The rules governing global times (GMT differential and UTC offset) and summer time are determined by each individual country.

* In December 2007, Venezuela changed its offset from –4.0 to

–4.5. Note, however, that this watch displays an offset of –4.0 (the

old offset) for the CCS (Caracas, Venezuela) city code.

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