clockace wrote:that is an odd one. it also presents a bit of a dilemma. the inst booklet i have for the mkII[i think it is a mkII] shows the running secs and leap yr # on the display. in the inst for adjustments for hrs advance, min advance, day advance, month advance, speed up, & slow down it says to slide the rear switch left. if there is another version that would necessitate a new inst. booklet. for what it is worth the handwritten ser # in this booklet is 69147. mike, andrew, anything to add? peter
Okay, I had a chance to pull the two MkIIs I have here out of their cases and take a look at them.
Please take these findings with a grain of salt, though. Back when I was figuring these things out, I wasn't fully aware of the different variations of Mk modules and might've gone solder pen happy and put reeds in where not necessary or technically correct.
One of them has 4 reeds on the top, and one on the right rear. I have a MkII instruction book here and I can verify that I have to move the magnet opposite of what it says in the book to change functions. What's also weird is the fact that there's a reed switch in the hours position of a MkI module, which does change the hour, in addition to the "correct" way of changing it via the combo of the rear switch/time switch.
The second one is similar to the one above, with the hours reed in the MkI position, but the rear reed is in the "correct" left side.