How to reset (recalibrate) the hands on a chronograph watch - Watch and Learn #30
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- In today's episode of Watch and Learn, we will show you how to reset (or re-calibrate) the hands of your quartz chronograph watch. Many times, either after changing the battery, or in transit, the hands do not go back to their proper "zero" positions. Most chronograph movements have a method you can use to put the hands back in their proper positions.
Save yourself some frustration and possibly a trip to the jewelry store by watching this quick video.
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This video saved my sense of security. The hands on my Swiss movements were out of whack and I thought I had to take the movement out and take the crystal off, all kinds of shit. This is the best video I've ever found on UA-cam. Life saving.
made me laugh how simple the solution was. i thought i bought a faulty watch. fixed it within seconds. thanks so much.
Same here I bought 3 Movado watches all were fixed with this method. Thanks
Me too fixed in 10 seconds, beauty!
hah, seconds.. pun intended
That’s it. I finally searched for it. Came across this video. Tried the first method and it worked. At least 4 years of just sitting on a non zero set subdials and being slightly annoyed, I fixed and all thanks to you.
Can't thank you enough!!! Struggled with zeroing in my Citizen Eco-drive and had looked everywhere to try to figure it out. Came across your video and literally seconds later it was fixed. Thank you
Although late to the game, just wanted to express my sincere gratitude to you Marc for posting this informative video. You've helped me rescue a misaligned dive watch & consequently earned yourself a new subscriber + future customer. Keep up the great work & vids you do with TGV! Cheers mate! 🍻🍺🍺🥂🍷🍷
Thank you! I've been binge watching this series and I've fixed a fast automatic and now a broken quartz chronograph! Keep it up Marc!!
Great, thank you!
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Hi.
The sweephand stops and the bottom sundial keeps going? I wand the sweephand to keep going and the subdial to stop. Any ideas?
Thanks
Literally, absolutely literally, anytime I have a weird issue with my watches, I get thrown back to Marc’s videos and I love that you made a video for everything lol
Another excellent W&L. I had a Victorinox chronograph with an ETA quartz movement in it that was off for years and it drove me nuts. There was no mention whatsoever in the user manual of a reset procedure, but fortunately one day I happened across a UA-cam video that explained the process. It's now spot-on, but now I know even more about the subject and the subtle differences among movements. Thanks, Marc!
Glad you got some more knowledge.
Thank you so much! Got an old Citizen my wife gave me back up and running and calibrated and the smile on her face when she saw me wearing it was priceless.
Thank you Mark! I changed the battery and gasket on a Seiko quartz chronograph 7T94-0BG0 and then noticed the 60 min timer was off after. Thought I too was going to have to live with it. Your video was great. I will order my next Bambino and other watches from you. Thanks again. Enjoy your videos very much!
I've been digging through some of your Watch and Learn videos and learned quite some stuff. Now, someone mentioned this video as a comment on a recent Random Rob video. As I recently got a preowned Seiko Flightmaster with a slightly misaligned seconds hand, I had to search this tutorial out.
Many thanks a few years afterwards, this was very helpful as usual. I also of course hope you'll imagine new helpful stuff to put out in your Watch and Learn series. Thanks again!
Excellent video! Thank you for the explanation! I was bummed, thinking my new watch had to go in for repair already, but these instructions helped me reset it! Thank you!!
Hello Mark, thank you for uploading this video. I just couldn't figure out how to zero the sub dials. Your simple instructions where a great help. May God bless you.
Even though i had a different chronograph, i was able to figure out the resetting with the help of your first explanation with some minor tweaks. Thank you.
Hi I’ve inherited a seiko chronograph from my late dad for years it never aligned properly even when my dad wore it .and now after watching this it’s all working properly.so pleased thank you you are a legend 👍🏻
Best video about resetting different types of chronographs. Thank you Mark.
I tried 2 years back, it worked. Good that I manage to find this video and I reset my seiko chronograph and it works again. Thank You Marc!
THANK YOU!!! I brought my Seiko that I've had for at least 10 years to 2 different watch repair shops in Boston and they told me the "motherboard" needed to be repaired to reset the minute sub-dial. Easily fixed after watching this.
Just received a new Seiko reissue from you, the SSC569, and the stopwatch second hand was +8 seconds. I checked the manual, the instructions were there, but I wasn't following them correctly. Checked a few other videos, no luck, see this WL#30, get the hand reset in as much time as it took you to explain it. Awesome! Nor my first reissue from you and won't be my last. Also bought a couple of Orient's from you as well. Keep up the great work!
Instructions start at 2:47, if you're already familiar with the layout of a chronograph watch. Besides that, the information is good and helped me get mine fixed. Thanks!
Thank you so much! My watch has been driving me nuts with this chronograph or I setting and your video helped me step my step. Very concise and helpful.
Thank you so much for this video Mark! I just reset one of my chronographs, and I saved a bunch of money and time with my local watchmaker.
Wow, thank you so much, that seiko adjustment was just right for me, saved me a lot of time and made all my worries go away, thanks again 😊👍.
Thank you! 5 years off my second hand on my beloved Chrono Grandeur. Drove me crazy. Now I can sleep in peace. Thanks.
Thank you!!! I just got a new battery for my pulsar and you saved me a lot of time
Thanks a bunch! I was stressing about it for hours, not knowing how to move it back to 0. Watching this in 2023 - still relevant.
My new Chrono came in the mail today... Thank you, perfect. You are the man!
Thank you very much
My watch is Morris Garages. When i got it all the chronograph hands were changed. Because of you i fixed it
Man this is some great tutorial. I could reset my Radio Sinatra Chronograph.
Thank you very much! I had this Nivada Moonmaster with the cronograph hand unalingned, and finally it is solved. After watching many videos you are the only one with the solution.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. My chrono stopped workig and just watched your video and it's working again. Great video.
My Bulova Precisionist was just a bit different than your examples but got me in the right direction. Saved me a trip to a watch repair shop. Thank you!
I know that this video is 6 years ago, but I still want to say thanks! It fixed the issue for my chtonograph watch after I have replaced the battery!
Many thanks. The watch shop I took my Seiko to to have the battery changed ballsed up the chronograph second counter and tried to charge me for an entire new movement. Glad I didn't pay as your instructions here worked a charm.
Mark thank you. I have a Wenger Chrono and could never get the main second hand to work. But now after watching your tutorial it’s moving, it’s alive!!
Thanks so much for this. My chronograph kept resetting to the 20-second mark, but this helped me fix it
Once again, thank you. Pulled out my Tag Aquaracer manual and there it was. I never liked the minute counter, always at a slight tilt. What is funny is I just got it back from Tag for some minor repairs after 10 years of use and they didn't align the hands back to perfect zero. I didn't ask them, I figured it was just a tiny bit crooked, no big deal. But still it bothered me just a little. Now it's all squared up and looking perfect. Thank you. Soon I will have to go to your Web page and shop around to repay the favor.
I keep coming back to this video--pure excellence! 👍🏻
Thank you. Saves me a long shipment to breitling. (Endurance model )
You and TGV are my favez 🤘
was about to book an appointment at a watch shop to get one fixed. Saved me a few pounds and time. Great stuff
Thanks so much for your tutorial. I finally reset my Seiko Chrono after years of it being out of calibration. Cheers from Australia.
Second time I've watched this video to recalibrate a watch. Worked great both times. Many thanks.
ALL your videos are gold! You are a godsend sir
Oh, that is cool. Never encountered the problem but knowledge is power. Thanks!
It sure is!
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Dude you really helped a lot of people out with this video
Thank you so very much. I thought I had to go in the watch and struggle, this made my week mate!!!
Thank you ! Always great instructional videos ! Every time helpful !
Thanks for watching.
Thank you for your valuable information, so glad there is someone like you teaching us about watches
Simple stuff to You, Huge to me. I've had 2 Chronos needing reset, You helped alot!!
Thank you! This has been vexing me for a while.
Thanks (like all the rest) - clear instructions and images. Very much appreciated - was able to reset chronograph which was satisfying in its own right. Well done and thank you.
Holy crap, you bring my watch's life back! Thumb up for you!
You are so awesome. Saving up for one of your Junkers, would have come to your shop first if I had not found out about you sooner. Love the videos, and I really like your voice. Its lovely.
Thanks, just done mine. Changed battery and decided to look up to see if it could be reset easily! Now subscribed
Thanks a lot, you're a real life saver, my seiko chrono was all messed up and the guys at the store kept telling me the mechanism was broken and that I needed to buy a new one.
Thanks Marc, this video has always been of help!
Thank you Mark! Love the channel and your videos.
A big thanks to you!
I almost lost hope before seeing this tutorial, but now my Seiko Solar is back to perfectness!
You learn something new every day .Thank You.
THANK YOU!!!! This sequence jump started my Seiko that I thought was dead! Thanks again!
Thank youMark. I have that Seiko Solar chrono. I am sure that information will save me at some point! Please keep making your watch and learn videos!
Sure will, thank you.
You're a lifesaver mate. My solar Orient Neo70s (WV0041TX) chrono dials haven't been resetting correctly since I let it wind down, and I just couldn't find how to reset it - looked for instructions online (it's a JDM so they're hard to find) tried every version of crown and buttons I could think of. Turns out it has a Seiko v175 inside just like the Seiko you showed, and that worked great.
I know this is an old video Marc but I have a 15yr old Seiko Chrono I revived and had this issue. Needless to say you solved my problem. Thanks!! Now I can enjoy the watch again~
This video is Great. Really helpful. I got to fix my Invicta Chronograph.
It worked! My Accurist stop watch hand was out by 2 seconds..followed the advice and reset to zero! Perfect!
Wow, three great looking chronos. And, as always, more great info on watches!
Thanks for watching.
This is most helpful. I just fixed my Fossil Retro Traveler seconds dial following your instructions for the Messerschmitt watch.
Super thankful for the video! Saved me a lot of time and headache.
Thanks! Non of these three methods worked exactly for my Victorinox but I was able to figure out how to reset it after seeing your examples.
Thank you so much. I have a different Seiko with the same movement. Thought I had to look at the seconds hand being off the rest of my life. This is why I bought my last watch from you and my next one as well.
Thanks for that!
Thank you a lot, I recently had my battery changed and this was a huge peeve for me
You're a blessing got a couple of old chronos . Hands always been off. Just put them right. They have a new lease of life now. Cheers buddy.
Perfect! Great to hear.
Thank you so much! I've a Junkers chronograph watch that always get its hands off the zero positions. Your tips helped me so much!
Thank you for posting this!! Had no idea this could be done AND I reset the hands a seiko I purchased from you. Thanks again!!
Great, thanks for watching!
First example worked in my Luminox 3180, you saved me a visit to de watch maker. Thanks a lot!
Just found this video and I was able to fix two watches in five minutes. Thank you!
Hey Mark - Very helpful! I was helping out my brother by changing the dead battery in his Relic brand chronograph watch ( w/ a Seiko VD57 movement). He no longer has the original manual for the watch, and I've not been able to find one online (there maybe some awesome web sleuths out there who can, but I couldn't). I found some literature on the movement itself, but it didn't talk about resetting the various chrono subdials. Once you demonstrated the technique, I was able to get all 3 sub-dials back to their proper alignment.
Many thanks for the video!
Thank you so much Mark! I did not know that this was possible! I love this series!
Great! Teaching one little bit at a time!
Thanks for posting this useful video. It helped me quickly reset the chronograph hands on my Seiko Caesar SNDA 13 when the hands moved after a battery replacement
Once again you saved me.... great content. Also just re-sized my watch!
Hi Mark, I want to thank you so much for this video. I took my Pulsar chronograph to a "watch shop" for a new battery. When I got it back the hands were all over the place and he'd no idea what to do about it! Some watch shop, eh? Can't thank you enough.
I was able to reset my Movado chronograph. Thank you. You are the best
Great video. First solution fit my watch perfectly, thanks!
Great video. You explained the process perfectly, thanks.
Wow, I almost sent the watch back!
Thank you so much. This was my first Chronograph and I was starting to get discouraged about getting into watches like this. Thankfully this video was super helpful. The manual I had was translated from Chinese so I didn't have a clue what it tried to tell me.
Same with my watch. My chronograph stopped resetting to zero about 3 days after the warranty expired; I figured that I just had to live with it. The manual appears to be a bad translation from Chinese. It says to push the crown "all the way out." Great video! Very helpful.
Thanks for sharing,my chronograph is a little different layout , but after messing around with it for a little while,I got it calibrated.👍🏻
Awesome bro!!!!!! Very Helpful.. you have saved me some money and visiting the shop..
Thank you for this video, It allowed me to reset the Chronoraph on one of my favorite watches.
Worked perfectly for my Swiss Army Chronograph. Thank you.
Very informative I couldn't figure out how to set the mode for the double eye both 0 out on 60 and you showed that pulling out the setter placed me in the zero FINALLY thank you so much
Wow! Worked like charm on my HMT chrono. Thanks a lot
So useful information I had 3 watches with this problem for so many years... Thank you so much!!!
Very much appreciated. Just reset three quartz chrinos that had been uncalibrated and niggling me for a long time. Thank you!
This was great! I have two quartz chronos that had this problem and I thought I had to go to a watchmaker. And one of them is a Swatch which is not serviceable, so I thought there was nothing to be done for that one. After watching this I recalibrated them in minutes. Thanks!
Thank you Mark, I have Timberland Scuba chronograph and after battery changed my sub dial pointed wrong number. And your video save my time and my money..👍
Perfect!
Used this to re-set my Mondaine. Great post, many thanks.
Thanks mate! Really appreciate it! I just bought a watch with this exact problem! The first method as you show on your Messerschmitt worked perfectly! 🙂
Man it's just an awesome guide, i appreciate you a lot!
Have fixed my Casio EF-547D
Very thankful for this video today! 👍🏼
Hi Mark, Thank your very much for this video. I have 2 Seiko Solar Chronos exactly as the one you showed in the video. The stop watch hand was off a little for both and was driving me crazy. With the help of your video, I was able to fix both. Thanks again man, you are the best. Cheers
Perfect!
Thank you! Your explanation helped me reset my Victronix Field Force Chronograph even though it was not one of the watches that you featured.