Presented by Chuck Maddox

on 4 August 2002 22:00 GMT,

Last Revision 8 September 2002 at 11:45 GMT

  Introduction / Panel 8

One of my most recent acquisitions came with an original manual, so I thought I would share it with everyone. A unique thing about this manual is that it is written in French, and, well, I don't speak, read or write French. But I do know the location of a number of Internet translation sites and I figure that if they get the english close I can spackle in the rest... Here goes...

But First: A note about layout.

Like most eight-panel catalogs, this Tissot catalog is laid out on a single sheet of stock folded twice. In order to preserve the intended order of viewing, I'm displaying what I call "Panel 8" first and then the other panels in sequence. The actual layout of the four-color printed catalog is diagramed below: 1 2 3 4     5 6 7 8

  Panel 1 / 2

Translation:

Super T-12 Electronic Réf. 40602: Large sized diver's watch, super-tight (Water resistance guaranteed up to 200 meters deep). Rotating under crystal bezel provides perfect protection against sand and salt water residues. Large luminous index: good legibility, even at-depth. Electronic movement with date.   Instructions: The under crystal bezel is rotated by means of the crown located at the 2 o'clock position. Before diving, adjust the triangular index to point to the _time_ that you will surface. When the triangular index and the minute hand are at the same position, your diving time is done. Model provided with a battery which functions for 12 months. After this time, please have it replaced by your watchmaker.

Super T-12 Automatic Ref. 44594: Large sized diver's watch, super-tight (Water resistance guaranteed up to 200 meters deep). Rotating under crystal bezel provides perfect protection against sand and salt water residues. Large luminous index: good legibility, even at-depth. Automatic with date. Also available with day and date.   Instructions: The under crystal bezel is rotated via the crown located at the 2 o'clock position. Before diving, adjust the triangular index to point to the _time_ that you will surface. When the triangular index and the minute hand are at the same position, your diving time is done.

  Panel 3 / 4

Translation:

Super T-12 Navigator Réf. 44596: Large sized diver's watch, super-tight (Water resistance guaranteed up to 200 meters deep). This watch has 24 hours a time dial, and not from 12 the needle of the hours follows a rotary movement corresponding to that of the ground around the sun (or earth around it's axis), the standard time is thus read from 1 to 24 hours.   Instructions: Internal rotating bezel is actuated by means of the crown located above the date. It's dial's 24 divisions which corresponds to the 24 time zones. The bezel also has 24 divisions (in the lieu of a conventional watch's 12 divisions) and as a result the hour hand makes only one turn of the dial of every 24 hours. Navigator thus gives the local hour and that of the other time zones. Example: you are in Sydney. It is 19 h. 08 and you want to know the current time in Geneva. Knowing that there is a 9 hour backwards shift between Sydney and Geneva, you adjust the internal bezel to match the local hour hand indicated. Counting backwards 9 hours on the under crystal bezel and you see indicated: Genéve 10 h. 08.

Seastar T-12 Chronograph Réf. 40504: Chronograph large size, provided with sub-registers indicating elapsed time in seconds, minutes and hours. Tachometric scale pure control speeds. Water resistance guaranteed up to 200 meters deep.   Instructions: To start press on the pusher opposite 2 o'clock. The needle second hand start to rotate and the counters of minutes and hours are then started and increment as time elapses. At the end of the operation to be measured, to press a second time on the same pusher (at 2 o'clock) then read the time elapsed, in hours on the 3-6-9-12 sub-dial, minutes on the 10-20-30 sub-dial the red central second hand. To return the Chronograph to zero, press on the pusher opposite 4 o'clock. It will be ready for it's next use. The watch continues to work intependent of operations carried via the chronograph and continues to display the proper current time.

  Panel 5 / 6

Translation:

Super T-12 Automatic

Réf. : 46592. Automatic, with the day and date, super-tight (seals guaranteed up to 200m. of depth). Also available in Day only model.

Seastar T-12
Réf. 46804 Automatic, with the day and date, Super-tight, Stainless Steel	Réf. 38804 Automatic, with the day and date, Super-tight, Stainless Steel, Small Model

  Panel 7

Translation:

Seastar T-12
Réf. 46558 Automatic, with the day and date, Super-tight, Stainless Steel	Réf. 38558 Automatic, with the day, Super-tight, Stainless Steel, Small Model