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The Quarter Hour Watch-function
The Quarter Hour Watch contains a built-in clock. When a coded Picture card is put in the
Quarter Hour Watch the number of quarters of an hour left until the coded point of time is
shown.
The display always shows 8 circles (when a Picture card is in place). The number of
remaining quarters of an hour left until the coded event is indicated by filled circles (dots).
If there are more than two hours left before the coded event, all 8 circles are filled. When
there is one hour and 45 minutes left, 7 circles are filled. When there is one hour and 30
minutes left, 6 circles are filled, etc.
When the coded event occurs, the Quarter Hour Watch beeps and the dots flash intensely
for 1 minute. The dots continue to flash for 15 minutes. Thereafter, the Quarter Hour Watch
shows that the point in time is passed by way of a dot slowly travelling over the display, i.e., if
one inserts a Picture card coded with a passed point of time, a dot slowly travels over the
display. The point of time is considered passed in 12 hours, after that it is before that point of
time the next day.
The Picture card may continuously be placed in the Quarter Hour Watch showing the flow of
time before the coded point in time occurs.
It is a good habit to place the Quarter Hour Watch in its stand (available as an accessory)
when one is at the same place for longer periods of time, at home or at work.
Coding of the Quarter Hour Watch-function
It is strongly recommended to use white watchcases to prepare Picture cards for the Quarter
Hour Watch-function.
Attach a suitable picture to represent the activity/event, it may be a sticker, a photo or a
drawn picture. One can also draw/write directly on the watchcase.
The desired point in time is coded by pressing out segments from the black plastic
disposable watch face so it looks like the desired point of time on a normal watch face.
The point in time shall be coded as it is written, i.e. 14:45 “fourteen forty-five” (not “a quarter
to three”). Start by pressing out the segment for morning “AM” or the segment for afternoon
“PM” at the bottom.
Then press out the segment for “hour”, e.g. “fourteenth hour”, finally press out the segment
for desired quarter of an hour, e.g. “forty-five”.
In order to achieve the Quarter Hour Watch-function three segments should be pressed out.
Then insert the coded watch face into the watchcase. Press firmly all the way around.
