[terry]

I just bought a pre-owned Explorer II from Tourneau. The price on the new ones just jumped I think something like $600 and so the preowned piece seemed like a good idea. It was manufactured in 2000. I have a stainless/gold datejust that I've had for about 18 years which I think looks really good.

Anyway the question relates to the big red hand that is suppose to track the 2nd time zone. I did not get an instruction manual on setting it. But I did figure something out and set it to track EST while I'm PST - so 3 hrs ahead.

I would expect the big red hand hand to stay exactly 3 hrs ahead of the hour hand. This does not seem to be occuring.

What should I be seeing? Any help/advice would be appreciated.

thanks

terry

 

[Aaron W]

The big red hand is operating on a 24 hour or military time, not two 12 hour periods per day. Enjoy it, that's a nice watch.

 

[terry]

OK, thanks. That is what the watch appears to be doing. So I guess it doesn't automatically track a 2nd time zone. But by having the 24 hour clock displayed it is easier to track other time zones.

would like to know where to get a manual for the explorer II

 

[aaron]

OK, thanks. That is what the watch appears to be doing. So I guess it doesn't automatically track a 2nd time zone. But by having the 24 hour clock displayed it is easier to track other time zones.

would like to know where to get a manual for the explorer II

Hey Mate,

Somewhere out there on the net is a site which has all the manuals on-line,for the life of me I cant remember which but I am sure someone will chime in.

Now as said before the red hand operates on 24 hour time hence the bezel makings and you can actually track three time zones;

1) with the normal hour hand,
2) with the red hour hand and
3) with the bezel rotated to a position that relates to another time zone.

The reason the red hand is in 24 hour mode and also the two colour bezels (red/blue and black/red) is to allow the easy way to work out if it is am or pm.

Once you have played a little bit you will get the hang of it as the red hand on a 2000 model onwards is easily adjusted quickly.(Quickset).

Enjoy and if I remeber where the manual site is I will drop you a line.

Aaron

 

[deanlim]

OK, thanks. That is what the watch appears to be doing. So I guess it doesn't automatically track a 2nd time zone. But by having the 24 hour clock displayed it is easier to track other time zones.

would like to know where to get a manual for the explorer II

you can try this link http://www.movements.dk/dokumentation_gb.htm

 

[LarryD]

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I would expect the big red hand hand to stay exactly 3 hrs ahead of the hour hand. This does not seem to be occuring.

What should I be seeing? Any help/advice would be appreciated.

thanks

terry

Terry,
It does stay 3 hours ahead....It just does it in 24 hr format using the bezel. You never read the red hand off the dial, always off the bezel.

Here's the nutshell:

Always set the 24 hr hand first using the bezel...to whatever timezone you want, although it is generally set to your local time using the 24 hr clock (You can set it to any timezone). The seconds hand also "hacks" at this position so set it accurately.

Next, set the date using the Mercedes hand to jump the date to today.

Last, set your local time using the Mercedes hand..

You are now ready to travel. If you cross a timezone, you jump your Mercedes hand, backwards or forwards, to the new timezone and the 24 hr hand stays where it is, displaying your home time on the bezel..

 

[Guest]

Congratulations on new watch. A solid pre-owned watch is always a good choice! enjoy it !:thumbup:

 

[newrolexman]

The GMT with the rotating bezel is a bit tricky for me.

I get the two timezones but one can only do 2 at a time.

To get the third timezone I think the bezel has to be rotated the number of hours from GMT.

So, you can still only view 2 time zones at a time, not 3.


If you are in Australia, you can forward ahead a day 15 hours.. Your 24 hr hand will how the time at home (youll have to minus the date in your head) but if you want London time in australia, you ll have to click the bezel as many times as it GMT time.

THen to get home time, set the bezel back to the 12 o clock position.


I will be testing this out in april when I go down under.


don

 

[terry]

explorer II - continued

I've gotten good info so far.

Apparently the bezel does not rotate on the explorer II. I do need to locate a manual so that I fully understand the procedures for setting the watch. As far as I can determine, there are only 3 positions on the winder: the winding position, the date/red hand, and the minute/hour hand. Right now my red hand is set for the same timezone.

thanks for all the info.

 

[LarryD]

This should help you out...

 

[terry]

This should help out alo! Thanks.