Panerai Date Change

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Panerai Date Change

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Can someone with a Panerai help me with date change procedure

the manual is basic but extract below. The same position of the crown is used for doing a rapid change of the time (in bold) and the date change, so I don't know if I am being stupid, but I could not change the date, all that was happening was that the hour hand kept moving forward an hour or back an hour. How then can I stop that happening and just change the date?

SETTING THE TIME
1. Raise the lever of the device protecting the winding crown (A) and pull out
the winding crown (B) to the second click (position 2).
2. Set the correct time.
3. Return the winding crown (B) to the initial position (0) and close the lever of
the device protecting the winding crown (A).


For a rapid change of the time, start from position 1. In this position the hour
hand (C) moves in steps of one hour.


SETTING THE DATE
The Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic watch has a gradual date change
mechanism, a process which takes about 3 hours to complete: from 10 p.m.
to 1.00 a.m., with a margin of ± 30 minutes. This particular method of
changing the date is inspired by the mechanical tradition of Swiss
watchmaking and it allows the date to be changed in both directions, moving
it either forwards or backwards.
To set the date indicated, proceed as follows:
1. Raise the lever of the device protecting the winding crown (A) and pull out
the winding crown (B) to the first click (position 1). Turn it clockwise or anti
clockwise until the correct date appears in the date window located at 3
o’clock. If the date changes when the hour hand (C) goes past 12, 12
corresponds to midnight, otherwise it corresponds to midday.
2. Return the winding crown (B) to the initial position (0) and close the lever of
the device protecting the winding crown (A).
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Re: Panerai Date Change

Post by smegwina »

If I remember correctly.......

When you set the date, the minute hand stays where it is, and the hour hand moves in one hour increments/jumps forwards and backwards. Watch will keep ticking.

To set the date, just move the hour hand in its one hour jumps until it goes round past midnight and the date will change.

Remember, the minute hand will not move and the watch will keep working.

It makes changing to BST a breeze. You can also go backwards if that date is closer!

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