Seiko World Timer
Cal. H021 - Setting Instructions

Created 07-10-2001

Seiko H021 movement.

Refer to the instructions below for directions on how to set this watch
Note: your watch may have a different case or face than the one shown in the pictures.
The important thing is that they all share the same basic movement.


Features:
  • Worlds first Quartz watch with Daylight Savings Time memory. Time is automatically adjusted for DST.
  • Shows time and corresponding date for 28 cities and the difference between main time and world time. Unique scrolling window shows a digital readout of the city selected.
  • Time Transfer Function: Main hands instantly adjust to display the time in selected city when in World Time mode.
  • Perpetual Calendar: Self adjusting Day/Date calendar begins each month with correct date and automatically adjusts for leap years to the year 2040.
  • Digital display of seconds, minutes, hours, day, date, and month.
  • Chronograph records elapsed time up to 99 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds in 1/1000 seconds.
  • Two-Channel world time alarm can be set to ring in minutes on a 24 hour basis for two designated cities.
  • Luminous hands.
  • Digital battery life indicator: "Battery Change" is displayed when the battery needs to be replaced.

Setting the Digital Date and Time
A
- Press button
A to show Time/Calendar
B - Press button
B for 3 seconds. The lower digital display will go blank.
C - Press button
D to select the city of your time zone.
D - Press button
C to select: Second > Minute > Hour > Date > Month > Year > 12/24 hour.
E - Use button
D to change the set of blinking digits selected in the step above.
F - Press button
A when done.

Setting the Analog Time
A
- Press button
A to show Time/Calendar
B - Press button
B for 3 seconds. The lower digital display will go blank.
C - Press button
D to select the city of your time zone.
D - Press button
C until the upper display reads SEC-SET.
E - Press button
D to reset the second hand to the 12:00 position.
F - Press button
C once more until the upper display reads HOUR-SET.
G - Press button
A to move back or button D to advance the hour and minute hands.
H - Press button
C when done.

How to set World Time
This movement has World Time features:
  • Times of 28 cities throughout the world.
  • Time difference between selected city and your Time Zone.
  • Automatic Daylight Savings Time adjustment.

A - Press button A to show WORLD TIME mode.
B - Press button
C to select desired city.
C - The time in the lower digital display will show the time in the selected city. The analog hands will show the time in your area. The second hand (on the model shown above) will point to the city name on the bezel of the watch.

Time Transfer function.
A - Press button
A to show WORLD TIME mode.
B - Press button
C to select the desired city.
C - Press button
D for 2 seconds.
The analog hands will move to the time of the city selected.


Using the Stopwatch
A - Press button
A to show STOPWATCH mode.
B - Press button
C to Start/Stop/Restart.
C - Press button
D to Split/Split Release/Reset.

How to set Alarm-1/Alarm-2
This watch has 2 regular alarms that ring on a World Time basis.

A - Press button A to show Alarm-1 or Alarm-2.
B - Press button
C to engage/disengage the selected alarm. A small Icon will show in the lower left of the bottom display if the alarm is engaged.
Alarm time setting.
A - Press button
A to show Alarm-1 or Alarm-2.
B - Press button
B for 3 seconds.
C - Press button
D to select city.
D - Press button
C to select Hour > Minute.
E - Press button
D to set.
F - Press button
B to return to ALARM display.


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