Operate a Marathon Navigator Watch
Marathon watches, founded in 1904 by the Wein brothers, is best known for producing watches to military specifications. This tradition began in 1941 manufacturing watches for the Allied forces, and continues to this day with the popular Navigator, SAR, JSAR and other models. Marathon watches are easy to adjust and use. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Adjusting the Time/Date
1. Hold the watch case in your left hand, and locate the crown on the right side of the case. Pull the crown away from the watch case until it clicks once. In this position, rotate the crown clockwise to alter the date. If the watch is not electric, and requires winding to operate, you may manually wind the watch by rotating the crown counter clockwise.
2. Pull the crown away from the watch case again after setting the date, until it clicks for a second time. This position allows setting of the time. Rotate the crown to adjust both the minute and hour hands.
3. Push the crown towards the watch case until it clicks twice, then screw the crown back into place to complete the adjustments.
Adjusting the Bezel
4. Many Marathon watches include a diving or second time zone bezel. A bezel is a movable ring around the crystal face of the watch. Step 2 will explain the use of the diving bezel, while Step 3 will explain the use of the timezone.
5. Rotate the bezel counter clockwise, until the large arrow on the bezel points towards the minute hand. As a diving bezel is marked in 5 minute sections, it can be used from that point onwards to determine elapsed time during a dive. Simply find the minute hand of the watch, and compare it to the number on the bezel--that will indicate how many minutes have elapsed since the bezel was set.
6. Move the 12 o'clock indicator of the bezel clockwise to track times ahead of your current time zone, and counter clockwise to track those behind. For each hour difference, rotate the bezel one full hour in that direction. To read the time in the second time zone after the bezel has been set, use the hour markings on the bezel to read the watch, instead of the normal numbers on the face. While set, the bezel markings will tell the time in the secondary time zone, while the face numbers will tell the primary.
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