Orion Skeleton Watch

I bought this watch from RLT Watches and the instructions that came with it were only in russian so I scanned them in and then asked on the news group cam.misc if anyone could give me a rough translation. Sergei kindly did one for me, and so here it is, re-worked to fit around the pages.

The first image is a title page, containing places for various stamps, date of purchase and so on.

The left-hand side of the second image is technical specifications. The points of interest are that:

• the watch has "water protection" - "can withstand splashes and rain"; says nothing about depths the way western watches might.
   
• It says a full wind should last at least 38 hours, and that the average drift of the watch at room temperature is -20 seconds to +60 seconds every 24 hours.
   
• The average lifetime of the watch is 10 years.

The right-hand side contains details about what the outside is covered with (yellow bits are gilt, 1-2 micrometers thick, using 750 parts per thousand gold; white bits ara palladium). Below that are the "instructions". They read:

Starting standard watches:
We recommend that you wind the watch every 24 hours, always at the same time, until the spring is fully wound. Attention: winding should be stopped as soon as resistance is felt.

Starting self-winding watches:
starting a self-winding watch, initially or after a period of storage, may be accomplished by gentle rocking in the plane parallel to the dial for 30 seconds. Attention: no additional winding is required if worn for at least 10 hours every day.

Left-hand side of the third image carries on with the instructions:

Setting the time:
Pull out the winding knob and rotate to set the hands to the desired time, using counterclockwise rotation. Push the winding knob back into place.

USAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
The watch is a complicated mechanical device that requires careful treatment:

• protect from falls, shocks, magnetic fields and chemical agents
• the level of waterproofing permits the watch to be worn in the rain, and also while washing your hands if the water jet isn't extremely powerful and the level of splashing is moderate.
• the anti-shock construction of the balance does not prevent damage to the watch if it is dropped from an extremely great height or suffers severe impact
• do not allow the watch to undergo rapid/large changes in temperature as this may cause condensation on the inside of the glass

The right-hand side of the third image contains two warranty repair tokens, the part the owner fills out. The left-hand side of the fourth image contains the corresponding parts that the repair shop fills out [these are front and back of the same piece of paper]

Finally, the right-hand side of the fourth image is a list of things that the warranty does not cover.

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