CITIZEN WATCH 0950
To see details of specifications and operations, refer to the online guide: https://www.citizenwatch-global.com/support/html/en/0950/0950.html
Component identification
- Actual appearance may differ from the illustrations.
- The crown has two positions when pulling it out.
Winding the mainspring
This is an automatic mechanical watch powered by a spring.
When wearing the watch, your arm’s movement rotates the oscillating weight to wind the mainspring automatically.
- When your arm’s movement is small and/or a few, winding will become insufficient. We recommend to wear the watch as long as possible or wind the mainspring manually in such cases.
Winding the mainspring manually
- Push the crown in to position 0.
- Hold the crown with your thumb and index finger and rotate it clockwise slowly.
- Rubbing down the crown from the back side of the watch can also rotate it.
- When the watch is stopped, turning the crown about 42 times will wind the mainspring fully.
- Once the mainspring is wound fully, the watch will run for about 50 hours.
- Rotating the crown further after the mainspring was wound fully does not damage the mainspring.
Adjusting the time and calendar
Setting the time
- Pull the crown out to position 2 when second hand points 0 second.
The second hand stops. - Rotate the crown to set the time.
- The hour and minute hands move synchronously.
- The calendar also move synchronously as the time is advanced. Change of calendar shows it just became 0:00 AM. Take care the time set is AM or PM.
- Push the crown in to position 0 in accordance with a reliable time source to finish the procedure.
Adjusting the calendar
- The date indication based on the 31-day calendar. Calendar adjustment is required on the first days of March, May, July, October and December.
- Adjusting the calendar in a certain period of time on the watch may cause incorrect change of indication.
- Do not adjust the calendar when the watch indicates a time between 8:00 PM and 4:30 AM.
1. Pull the crown out to position 1.
2. Rotate the crown clockwise to set the date indication.
3. Push the crown in to position 0 to finish the procedure.
About mechanical watches
Accuracy of a mechanical watch may be affected by using conditions such as below.
| Winding amount of the mainspring | A mechanical watch keeps its accuracy best when its mainspring is sufficiently wound. |
| Posture of the watch | Accuracy of a mechanical watch varies affected by gravity. The accuracy varies as the result that the watch may take various attitude while worn and gravitate to a different direction every moment. |
| Temperature | Metal parts are used for the part for keeping accuracy in a mechanical watch. The accuracy varies affected by their thermal expansion and contraction and change of characteristics as a spring. |
| Magnetism | Metal parts are used in a mechanical watch. Magnetism affects them and accuracy of the watch in consequence. Do not bring it close to things which have or generate strong magnetism. |
| Impact and others | Strong shocks and continuous vibration may also affect the accuracy. |
