Operation Manual

■ POWER RESERVE ACCUMULATED
WHILE YOU ARE WALKING
★
Wearing the watch.
12 hours
POWER RESERVE
➡
150 m
FULL
CHARG
E
1 day
➡
500 m
S
TART
Note:
The illustration above provides only a gen-
eral guideline of the relationship between
the power reserve and the distance you walk.
Actual amount of power reserve differs from
person to person.
■ FULL CHARGE OF THE KINETIC E.S.U.
• When the KINETIC E.S.U. is fully charged,
the watch will keep operating for a maxi-
mum of about 6 months without recharg-
ing the KINETIC E.S.U.
■ REMARKS ON THE KINETIC E.S.U.
CAUTION
Never install a silver oxide battery
for conventional watches in place
of the KINETIC E.S.U. The battery
may burst, become very hot or
catch fire.
■ ENERGY DEPLETION FOREWARNING
FUNCTION
• When the second hand starts moving at
two-second intervals instead of the normal
one-second intervals, the watch will run
down in approximately 12 hours. In this
case, swing the watch from side to side to
charge the KINETIC E.S.U. sufficiently.
* The watch remains accurate even while
the second hand is moving at two-second
intervals.
■ INSTANT-START FUNCTION
• When a long time has passed since the
watch stopped, you can get it started quickly
with only a few swings.
• This function is available as long as the
watch has been stopped for less than a
year.
* When this function is activated, the sec-
ond hand will start moving at two-second
intervals. Swing the watch from side to
side to charge the KINETIC E.S.U. by re-
ferring to “How to charge the watch”.
* After the second hand starts moving at
one-second intervals, put the watch on your
wrist so that it will be charged further.
■ PRECAUTION ON SEE-THROUGH
CASE-BACK MODELS
✩ If your watch is a LORUS LUMIBRITE watch,
it has following features.
LORUS LUMIBRITE watches absorb and store
light energy from natural and artificial light
sources and emit light in the dark. They are
made of environmentally friendly material,
and therefore, are harmless to human beings
and the environment.
• With a full charge, LORUS LUMIBRITE
watches glow in the dark hours longer than
conventional luminous watches of this type.
If exposed to a light of more than 500 lux
(i.e., the brightness of a typical office) for
approximately 10 minutes, or direct sunlight
for 2 minutes, they will glow for hours.
• Since LORUS LUMIBRITE watches emit
the light they store, the brightness will
decrease gradually over time. The length
of time they will glow may also differ slightly
depending on such factors as the brightness
of and distance from the light source used
to charge the watch.
■ LUMIBRITE WATCH
(dial, hands, buttons, case, bezel, strap,
etc.)
• If your watch has a glass case back, do not
expose the case back to strong light such
as direct sunlight or an incandescent light
at close range, as this may temporarily
increase the power consumption of the watch
circuit, thus reducing the power reserve in
the KINETIC E.S.U. This condition, how-
ever, will be corrected when the case back
is turned away from the light.
* While you walk with your watch on your
wrist, swinging your arm will charge the
KINETIC E.S.U. more efficiently than merely
swinging the watch by hand.
If the watch is worn for 12 hours a day, about
36 hours (one and a half days) of power re-
serve will be newly accumulated every day.
Ex.:
If the watch is worn almost every day:
If the watch is worn for 12 hours a day
over a week, about 10 additional days of
power reserve is accumulated.
The relationship between the period
(the number of days) during which
the watch is worn and the power reserve
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• The electric energy generated while the
watch is worn on your wrist is stored in the
KINETIC E.S.U. It is a power source com-
pletely different from conventional batter-
Notes:
1. No additional benefit is obtained by swinging
the watch more quickly or with greater
vigor.
2. When the watch is swung, the oscillating
weight in the generating system rotates to
drive the mechanism. As it rotates, it
gives out a sound, which is not a malfunc-
tion.
3. The watch is equipped with a system to
prevent overcharge. Even if it is further
swung after being fully charged, no mal-
function will result.
< How to swing the watch >
• Swing the watch from side to side, making
an arc of about 20 cm.
• Swing rhythmically at a rate of twice a
second.
ies for watches, and therefore, this watch
does not require battery replacement.
• The KINETIC E.S.U. is a clean and envi-
ronmentally friendly power source.