Re: Hi Doug, The Kentucky is a v.7750 movement... Posted By: Doug Shelton Date: 8/9/05 08:55 GMT In Response To: Hi Doug, The Kentucky is a v.7750 movement... *LINK* (Chicagoland Chuck Maddox)

: Hi Doug, The Kentucky is a v.7750 movement...

: So the instructions for setting the day-date

: is the same as most any other 7750... I've

: posted a link to a scanned set of

: instructions that you may use in setting

: your Kentucky below.

: I'm sorry for not spotting your query earlier,

: It's been a long tough week - 10 days for

: me.

: I hope this helps!

: Chuck

Thanks for the response. The instructions helped, to a point. The Kentucky I have includes display of both day and date, not just date. So setting was a little different than in the scan. Ultimately, through experimentation, I learned tha the crown has two detents: pulled to the 2nd, it sets the time as usual, but moving forward and backward around midnight does not set the date. Once I discovered the 1st detent things became more clear: rotate the crown clockwise to set the date, anti-clockwise to set the day of week. The watch has been keeping flawless time since I wound and set it. This site is wonderful - a great contribution to collectors and enthusiasts.

I hope your week improves and includes a weekend sometime soon.

Doug

Whoops! I guess I should have read the manual that I linked you to! Yes, rotate clockwise for Date, anti-clockwise for Day. Fortis spells this out on the dial of some models...

Relieved I got you to the answer you needed, sorry it wasn't a "hole in one"!

Cheers and congrats on the Kentucky! Which one do you have? I have the Blue Dial myself.