Just recieved my watch, how do I turn it on?

[TimeStopper45]

Hello, I just received my chrono watch (Omega SMP 300m chrono). The chrono works fine however, how do I make the big second hand tell me the time instead of the small subdial?

[iceberg1459]

big second hand is for chrono only, or u can sync it with small second hand and keep it running

[Jkay]

The "big hand" is the stopwatch hand. The little one is the normal seconds hand.

[TimeStopper45]

Is that how it is on chrono watches usually? (big second hand for chrono)?

[Jkay]

Yes that's right. The large hand counts off seconds, and the little sub-dials record the passing minutes and hours, plus the little sub-dial which is the "normal" seconds hand.

[Ronin]

Not necessarily your watch, but the concept is the same.

[TimeStopper45]

Ah I see! I never knew this. Thanks for the clarification

[marblegranite]

The lap timer function of the reset button is pretty neat. Is that just for quartz watches or do some automatic genuine watches also offer that?

[FxrAndy]

The lap timer function of the reset button is pretty neat. Is that just for quartz watches or do some automatic genuine watches also offer that?

Only if you spend a lot of money for a ratarapant equipped movement. Where you have 2 large seconds hands and one can be paused to read the lap time and then when restarted it wil re sync to the other large seconds hand

[iceberg1459]

awesome

[Tim]

Turn it on? I suspect that you should not be buying watches, much less Reps....

[Kevin18]

Turn it on? I suspect that you should not be buying watches, much less Reps....

Bit harsh?

[Tim]

Bit harsh?

Perhaps. At least he asked before returning it as defective...

[TimeStopper45]

This was my very first real rep as well as my very first chrono watch. And I would not have just returned it as defective I would have e-mailed dealer first if the response here was something else. And by real rep I mean with a working chronograph. The other rep I have of this watch does not have a working chronograph. And I only purchased that non chronograph rep just last month. The rep from last month month was the first rep I ever purchased

So in summary, yes I am a noob when it comes to chrono watches and reps. I only joined this forum about 1.5 weeks ago because I was after one watch (the non chrono version of the SMP) but after reading some of the thread in this forum I realized that the chrono version would be a better way to go

Edited May 3, 2012 by TimeStopper45

[TimeStopper45]

Also please understand that I am only a broke college student and do not have the money to buy nice expensive chrono watches like a lot of people here. Ive only wanted the SMP non-chrono watch since 1997 but I just didn't know that they made replica for it until very recently. And I was just planning on buying the gen in a few years when I have a real job and career.

[asf]

It's ok man, your question is very legitimate. Keep having fun here and hopefully you'll participate in in the wrist checks!When I was a noob, I thought that to wind a submariner you had to twist the bezel hahaha.

[TimeStopper45]

Thanks mate. I will definitely participate in the wrist checks on this board very soon. Except Il be checking in with the same watch every time

Edited May 3, 2012 by TimeStopper45

[Jkay]

When I was a noob, used to swirl my quartz B&R to wind it. I thought it was an undetectable rep

[ubiquitous]

We all gotta start somewhere, and the hobby (and life) is an ongoing education

[Star69]

thanks guys !! after all this years i finally found the ON-switch !

[TimeStopper45]

Lol but the thing is I was never searching for the ON switch until now