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     Angela Reitz Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
My Swiss father recently passed away, and I found a man's Helbros wristwatch with leather band among his possessions. I am mystified by its dial markings. Outer ring (blue): "Base 1 mile 400 350 300 260 240 220 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 110 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60"; next inner ring (black): "05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55"; next inner ring (red): "Telemeter 1 mile 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12"; innermost ring: hour marks of 1-11; upper dial: "10 20 30", lower dial: "20 40 60"; and winder with pushbuttons above and below. I'd appreciate any information on this watch! Thanks... | ||
| gatorcpa Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
Angela - What you have there is called a chronograph. Almost all of the major manufacturers had at least one in their product line. The two buttons above an below the crown control the large second hand (timer) in the middle of the watch. The function of these buttons may differ from watch to watch, so I can't help you there. You should wind it up and try them out. The large second hand is for the timer feature. When the proper button is pushed, the timer will move. When it reached one minute (back at "12"), then the needle on the lower dial should move by one minute, up to 30 minutes. The outermost ring (blue) is a logarithmic scale designed to tell you how fast you are going if you traveleved one mile in the time indicated on the scale. So "400" means 400 miles per hour, etc. The next ring (black) should be obvious. It's for the timer seconds. The last ring (red), I'm not sure about. The lower dial should be the seconds hand of the watch when it is running. It is not connected with the timer (large) second hand. Hopefully everything is running OK when you wind it up. If not, please e-mail me and I can give you the name of a good repairman who specializes in chronographs. One warning, they are not cheap to fix! Here is a picture of a similar watch. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/gatorcpa/Watch%20Photos/Landeron/MVC-030S. jpg Hope this helps, gatorcpa | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 1310 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Gatorcpa, good post, thanks. On the telemeter scale, it is used to measure the distance of a phenomenon which is both visible and audible such as lightning/thunder. For example, when you see the lightning, you start the chrono. When you hear thunder, you stop the chrono. What you read on the dial is the distance the lightning strike was from your position. | ||
| gatorcpa Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
A-ha! I wondered what the Telemetre was for. Learned something new today. Thanks Zaf, gatorcpa |