Louis XVI 981 RONDA Startech User Manual

Louis XVI 981 RONDA Startech

You have decided to buy a watch, which was assembled by a watchmaker using a Ronda movement. Please note that no watches are produced or distributed under the Ronda brand. In case of repairs, guarantee claims and questions concerning the functioning of a watch, purchasers and consumers should contact their retailer or the watch manufacturer, for which the relevant information can be found in the sales or guarantee documentation provided with the watch.

Description of the display and control buttons

Setting the time

1. Pull out the crown to position III (the watch stops).

2. Turn the crown until you reach the correct time 8:45.

3. Push the crown back into position I.
   Please note:

   • In order to set the time to the exact second, 1 must be pulled out when the second hand is in position «60».
   • Once the hour and minute hands have been set, 3 must be pushed back into position I at the exact second.

Setting the date (quick mode)

1. Pull out the crown to position II (the watch continues to run).
2. Turn the crown until the correct date appears.
3. Push the crown back into position I.

Please note:
During the date changing phase between approx. 9 PM and midnight the date must be set to the date of the following day.

Setting the date/time following a battery change

Example:

• Date/time on the watch: 17 / 1:25 AM
• Present date / time: 4 / 8:30 PM

1. Pull out the crown to position II (the watch continues to run).
2.  urn the crown until yesterday’s date appears 3.
3. Pull out the crown to position III (the watch stops).
4. Turn the crown until the correct date 4 appears.
5. Continue to turn the crown until the correct time 8:30 PM appears.
6. Push the crown back into position I.

Please note:

• To set your watch to the exact second, please refer to the chapter entitled «setting the time».
• Please observe the AM/PM clock rhythm.

Chronograph: Basic function

(Start / Stop / Reset)

Example:

1. Start : Press push-button A.
2. Stop : to stop the timing, press pushbutton A once more and read the chronograph hands: 1h / 20min / 38 sec.
3. Zero positioning:
   Press push-button B. (The chronograph hands will be reset to their zero positions.)

Chronograph: Accumulated timing

Example:

1. Start : (start timing)
2. Stop : (e.g. 15 min 5 sec following 1)
3. Restart : (timing is resumed)
4. Stop : (e.g. 5min 12 sec following 3) = 20 min17 sec (The accumulated measured time is shown)
5. Reset:
   The chronograph hands are returned to their zero positions.

Please note:
Following 4, the accumulation of the timing can be continued by pressing push- button A (Restart / Stop, Restart / Stop, …).

Chronograph: Intermediate or interval timing:

Example:

1. Start : (start timing)
2. Display interval: e.g. 20 minutes 17 seconds (timing continues in the background)
3. Making up the measured time: (The chronograph hands are quickly advanced to the ongoing measured time.)
4. Stop : (Final time is displayed)
5. Reset : The chronograph hands are returned to their zero position.

Please note:
Following 3, further intervals or intermediates can be displayed by pressing push-button B (display interval / make up measured time, …).

Adjusting the chronograph hands to zero position

Example:
One or several chronograph hands are not in their correct zero positions and have to be adjusted (e.g. following a battery change).

1. Pull out the crown to position III (all chronograph hands are in their correct or incorrect zero position).
2. Keep push-buttons A and B depressed simultaneously for at least 2 seconds (the second counter hand rotates by 360°  corrective mode is activated).
3. Returning the crown to position I
   Termination of the chronograph hands adjustment (can be carried out at any time).

Battery type : 395 / SR927SW
Accuracy : +20 / -10 seconds per month.

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