If you absolutely want to make yourself a hand watch!

The St. Leonhard Funk Movement I can only recommend, if you want to make sure even a hand watch. For the price one gets also complete radio clocks. I have therefore replaced a defective quartz movement. In the watch case made of pine-milling I had the recess for the drive to 3 mm deeper because of the shorter axial mounting (coaxial threaded sleeve).

If you include the movement properly, the pointer touches down correctly while the order described below complies exactly, the clock also makes exactly what has to make a radio clock: The CE (S) Z show the exact second!

Positive I noticed:

+ This movement offers the possibility to run it as a pure quartz watch with manually set time. This could z. B. be interesting in a concrete bunker or in Spain, where the DCF77 signal is not received.

+ The movement is quieter than all compared quartz (manufacturer unknown) and radio-movements (of Hechinger and Junghans).

Negative I noticed:

- The axial attachment is shorter than in other (quartz) movements.

- The operating manual is incomplete (lack of notice, impose the pointer exactly in 12:00 clock position and with what force that needs to be done) and incorrect (the battery must not be used prior to removal of the safety pin).

- The pointer must be pressed with great force, the drive shafts "compress" axially far into the drive. I can not imagine that the drive does well - or is it so intended? One can feel no snapping or sliding of the defined pointer, as is noticeable in other movements (quartz).

- When the battery this clock begins to investigate, because again and again not take place individual seconds steps. Therefore one does not recognize that the clock no longer automatically displays the correct time. In other radio controlled watches begins when battery is low, the second hand to "rush" to 3 to 5 seconds per round (minutes). That drops to clear!

- What is a "low battery"? This clock is already beginning to pursue with batteries, which still ran other radio clocks correctly with me. I conclude conversely, that the battery consumption with this clock is greater.

Because of these negative points were only 3 stars.

During initial commissioning observe the following sequence must be observed:

1. Installation of the movement (safety pin must be plugged in)
2. Hour hand pressing precisely in 12:00 position Clock
3. minute hand pressing precisely in 12:00 position Clock
4. Second Hand pressing precisely in 12:00 position Clock
5. Remove the locking pin and lock away
6. Insert the battery
Now it may take about 5 minutes until the clock starts, set the time.

If you want to change pointer or something went wrong during the initial start-up:

Press the RESET button. The clock starts running and remains in the 12:00 clock position stand.
Now remove the battery immediately and insert the safety pin.
Set all pointers exactly 12:00 clock.
Then the safety pin removed again and only then reinstall the battery.
It may take about 5 minutes until the clock starts, set the time.