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Charging your watch
Charging time by environment
Below are the approximate charging times when exposing to light continuously.
Please use this table as a reference only.
Environment
Illuminance
(lx)
Charging time (approx.)
To work for one day
To start working
normally when the
cell is discharged
To become fully
charged when the cell
is discharged
Outdoors (sunny)
100,000
2 minutes 1 hour 9 hours
Outdoors (cloudy)
10,000
12 minutes 4 hours 50 hours
20 cm (7-7/8
inches) away from
a fluorescent
lamp (30W)
3,000
40 minutes 13 hours 160 hours
Interior lighting
500
4 hours 100 hours −
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Exposing to direct sunlight is recommended to charge your watch
. A fluorescent lamp or
interior lighting does not have sufficient illumination to charge the rechargeable
cell efficiently.