User Manual

Please be sure to handle your watch with care and adhere to the following precautionary measures.

Soyuz Collection

General – Soyuz Collection

se operate the crown with the requisite care. You are handling a fine mechanical device. The crown can easily be pulled off or “mangled” with the application of force.
Keep the watch away from from magnetic force.
Do not place the watch near sPleaources of heat.
Ensure that the crown is pressed in before placing the watch in water.
Rinse the watch with freshwater after swimming in the sea.

Water resistance to 10 ATM corresponds to a depth of 100 m.

Special precaution for water sports: The impact of water (e.g. when water skiing, diving etc.) can mean that water pressure is rises briefly above 10 ATM.

Date & time – Soyuz Collection

Level 1: Winding up the watch

If your watch stops, it should be wound up by rotating the crown alternately in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction for 15-20 seconds.

Note: The watch will begin to tick with even the smallest of movements. At this precise moment, however, the tension of the main spring (provides the operating power) still has too little energy to enable to watch to keep accurate time. As such, where possible, the watch should always be kept wound up.

The watch has a power reserve of almost two days.

Level 2: Setting the date

Before setting the date, point the hands downwards. (If the hands are pointing upwards, it can occur that the date mechanism becomes blocked.)

Locating the second level and rotating the date wheel requires a little sensitivity.

In case of a chronograph watch turn the crown in a clockwise direction. In case of an automatic watch turn the crown in an anticlockwise direction. The date can only be adjusted in one direction – forwards.

Caution: Your watch is mechanical. It doesn’t know whether the time you’ve set is in the morning or at night. The date changes after two times twelve hours. In order that the date changes at midnight, you should pay attention the following when setting it:

Always set the date to the previous day, then move the time forward until the date changes.
If you’re setting the time in the morning: Set it as normal.
If you’re setting the time after noon: After changing the date, move the watch forward another twelve hours before setting the time.

Level 3: Setting the time

Pull the winding button out completely. Set the time.

Chronograph – Soyuz Collection

Button at two o’clock: Start/Stop
Button at five o’clock: Reset
The “stopwatch hand” (big thin hand) should not be used as a second hand. The second hand is the small auxiliary dial (totaliser) at nine o’clock.
Do not press the stop button when the watch is underwater.

The large stopwatch hand measures the seconds, the totaliser at twelve o’clock the minutes and the totaliser at six o’clock the hours.

Launch Sequencer – Soyuz Collection

The Launch Sequencer shows the phases en route to orbit. Information such as time, height and phase (for rocket phases 1, 2 and 3) is arranged on the watch. It indicates not only the point at which the three rocket stages are jettisoned, but also the point when the rocket crosses the altitude commonly defined as the boundary with space (the “Kármán Line”).

The seconds after lift-off are measured on the rehaut at the edge of the watch face. The minutes & stages are measured on the small display (totaliser) at twelve o’clock). Information about the heights at which the three rocket stages are jettisoned is displayed in the lower region of the rehaut. The small display (totaliser) at nine o’clock shows the seconds .

The journey (in time) begins by pressing the lift-off button. The rocket is launched with a propulsive force of 4.5 megatons.
After minute 1:58, the first stage is jettisoned. The rocket is at a height of approximately 46 km and is coasting at over 5,000 km/h.
After minute 3:10, the rocket crosses the Kármán Line – the commonly accepted definition of the boundary with space – at a height of 100 km. The cosmonauts celebrate the moment with a high five.
After minute 4:48, the second stage, the central block, is jettisoned. The rocket is at an approximate height of 169 km and coasting at over 13,000 km/h.
At minute 8:49, the spacecraft detaches from the rocket. It is now in orbit at a height of 207 km and coasting at a speed of approx. 27,000 km/h.

Leonov Collection

General – Leonov Collection

Please operate the winding button with the requisite care. You are handling a fine mechanical device. The winding button can easily be pulled off or “mangled” with the application of force.
Keep the watch away from from magnetic force.
Do not place the watch near sources of heat.
Ensure that the winding button is screwed in before placing the watch in water.
Rinse the watch with freshwater after swimming in the sea.

Water resistance to 5 ATM corresponds to a depth of 50 m.

Special precaution for water sports: The impact of water (e.g. when water skiing, diving etc.) can mean that water pressure is rises briefly above 50 ATM.

Date & time – Leonov Collection

The winding button is screwed into place. Before you can set the watch, the button must be released. Turn the button carefully in an anticlockwise direction until the button “springs out”. The button is now at level 1.

Level 1: Winding up the watch

If your watch stops, it should be wound up by rotating the winding button alternately in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction for 15-20 seconds.

The watch has a power reserve of almost two days.

Level 2: Setting the date

Before setting the date, point the hands (second and minute hands) downwards. (If the hands are pointing upwards, it can occur that the date mechanism becomes blocked.)

Locating the second level and rotating the date wheel requires a little sensitivity.

Turn the crown in a clockwise direction. The date can only be adjusted in one direction – forwards.

Always set the date to the previous day, then move the time forward until the date changes.
If you’re setting the time in the morning: Set it as normal.
If you’re setting the time after noon: After changing the date, move the watch forward another twelve hours before setting the time

Level 3: Setting the time

Pull the winding button out fully. Set the time.

Caution: After you have set the date and time, the winding button should be screwed back in. Make sure you do this gently – no force is required. Use gentle pressure to twist the winding button back to its original position.

If the winding button is not properly locked in place, the watch is not waterproof. Should the winding button be extended, it is also at risk of snapping off if the watch suffers an impact.

Launch sequencer – Leonov Collection

The adjustable launch sequencer dial on the inner ring of the watch indicates the flight phases of the rocket in orbit. Information about the time, height and stage (for rocket stages 1, 2 and 3) is presented here.

Set the launch sequencer:

The winding button for the launch sequencer is located at two o’clock.

To set the dial to the correct time, the winding button must be released. Turn the button in anticlockwise direction until it springs out. It’s now possible to rotate the inner ring.
Turn the launch sequencer dial to your desired lift-off time.
The minute hand shows you in which phase the rocket is located: at minute 1:58, stage 1 is jettisoned; at minute 3:10, the rocket crosses the boundary with space (Kármán Line) and at minute 4:48, stage 2 is jettisoned.
After minute 8:49, the spacecraft detaches from the rocket. It is now in orbit at a height of 2,000 km and coasting at a speed of approx. 27,000 km/h.

Caution: After you have set the launch sequencer dial, the winding button should be screwed back in. Make sure you do this gently – no force is required. Use gentle pressure to twist the winding button back to its original position.