How to reset (recalibrate) the hands on a chronograph watch

How to reset (recalibrate) the hands on a chronograph watch - Watch and Learn #30

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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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@user-uw4qw7xg6y 18 күн бұрын

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 KZfaq. Life saving.

@Blackmetalstudios 5 жыл бұрын

made me laugh how simple the solution was. i thought i bought a faulty watch. fixed it within seconds. thanks so much.

@miguelarreguin64 2 жыл бұрын

Same here I bought 3 Movado watches all were fixed with this method. Thanks

@lima1087am 2 жыл бұрын

Me too fixed in 10 seconds, beauty!

@datutturugang666 2 жыл бұрын

hah, seconds.. pun intended

@jerryx2000 4 ай бұрын

Man this is some great tutorial. I could reset my Radio Sinatra Chronograph.

@alexkfj8695 12 күн бұрын

Thank you. After 5 videos. I finally found the solution in yours

@Spirit510ak Жыл бұрын

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

@WoodNYC 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH. My chrono stopped workig and just watched your video and it's working again. Great video.

@randymichael1855 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SuperFIlmsTV 6 жыл бұрын

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!!

@islandwatch 6 жыл бұрын

Great, thank you!

@stevefletcher3088 6 ай бұрын

@@islandwatch 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

@pemotor541 10 ай бұрын

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.

@nightknight9415 2 жыл бұрын

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! 🍻🍺🍺🥂🍷🍷

@theadmiralg Жыл бұрын

It worked! My Accurist stop watch hand was out by 2 seconds..followed the advice and reset to zero! Perfect!

@fatehazim 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@terryhoole1158 3 жыл бұрын

Why is there 142 Thumbs Down I don't understand it this video has saved me a fortune I was quoted £435 for a capacitor replacement in my Seiko Solar v175 replace the battery myself £12 then it needed adjusting took the Watch into a repair shop and he said it would cost £ £100 because the Watch needed stripping down came onto this website which I have now subscribe to followed the instructions now the watch is working perfectly fine this man does not have to give these trade secrets away but he does if I lived in America this is the only man I would do business with

@smoothwatchreviews855 Жыл бұрын

Sir, you are brilliant. Thank you for helping me fix my watch.

@bobbarrow1763 2 ай бұрын

Just found this video and I was able to fix two watches in five minutes. Thank you!

@FolkRoots 3 жыл бұрын

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!!

@MostlyBlindMitch 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@abhiraj4286 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@gunteris1144 5 жыл бұрын

Best video about resetting different types of chronographs. Thank you Mark.

@bobhide3380 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, just done mine. Changed battery and decided to look up to see if it could be reset easily! Now subscribed

@chill9349 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@3rdstone1 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@ajwade 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. My chronograph kept resetting to the 20-second mark, but this helped me fix it

@amilalaks4398 4 жыл бұрын

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 😊👍.

@damongraumann2992 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@kurtiss3227 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Yoshikaable 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I just got a new battery for my pulsar and you saved me a lot of time

@GarudaPhoenix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your tutorial. I finally reset my Seiko Chrono after years of it being out of calibration. Cheers from Australia.

@ksherrick430 2 ай бұрын

It sounds crazy, but I needed to reset the chrono on my Islander Bethpage and couldn't figure out how to zero out those dials. Following these instructions did the trick. Thank you! It's been my daily wear watch since I bought it last year.

@badroo 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@twcmcy Жыл бұрын

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!

@craigsawyer6453 5 жыл бұрын

My new Chrono came in the mail today... Thank you, perfect. You are the man!

@northofthecity21 3 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this video--pure excellence! 👍🏻

@rickmtbhaywood2311 3 жыл бұрын

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 👍🏻

@dasher189 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@PhilbyFavourites 2 ай бұрын

I have to add my thanks to the masses below 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I bought a Festina Chrono Bike in Livignio, Italy some 20 years ago. The 1/20 seconds dial at the six o’clock has always been out pointing at the two o’clock area. I’d given up many years ago thinking how to adjust it and just accept the watch as cock eyed. Two minutes of KZfaqing and five minutes fiddling and it’s looking as new 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Many many thanks

@h.t.8565 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 5 years off my second hand on my beloved Chrono Grandeur. Drove me crazy. Now I can sleep in peace. Thanks.

@j.vanguard4654 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc, this video has always been of help!

@Mike_Sierra_2711 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@rar133 6 жыл бұрын

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar! Bravo!

@islandwatch 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@melchizedekpsj 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, that is cool. Never encountered the problem but knowledge is power. Thanks!

@islandwatch 6 жыл бұрын

It sure is!

@melchizedekpsj 6 жыл бұрын

Long Island Watch 🙏

@AlexandroMechina-yb3tf 2 ай бұрын

I just changed the battery of my Seiko 175 and it was offset. its exactly the model on your video. thanks a lot for the help!

@johnshifflett1722 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your valuable information, so glad there is someone like you teaching us about watches

@shemsiusman9157 4 жыл бұрын

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

@aleksejssuharevs866 3 жыл бұрын

A big thanks to you! I almost lost hope before seeing this tutorial, but now my Seiko Solar is back to perfectness!

@hiphopdan 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Saves me a long shipment to breitling. (Endurance model ) You and TGV are my favez 🤘

@Lee_K_5555 6 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq 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!

@islandwatch 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you got some more knowledge.

@jasonhill9680 3 жыл бұрын

Super thankful for the video! Saved me a lot of time and headache.

@Neil219 Жыл бұрын

Used this to re-set my Mondaine. Great post, many thanks.

@navix711 Жыл бұрын

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!

@crestkoemel9159 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you a lot, I recently had my battery changed and this was a huge peeve for me

@philrodriguez558 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you ! Always great instructional videos ! Every time helpful !

@islandwatch 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@eklypse13 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, It allowed me to reset the Chronoraph on one of my favorite watches.

@mikestone9129 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. You explained the process perfectly, thanks.

@colinkeane6634 3 жыл бұрын

ALL your videos are gold! You are a godsend sir

@1960shakey 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! This sequence jump started my Seiko that I thought was dead! Thanks again!

@darrensmith6999 5 жыл бұрын

You learn something new every day .Thank You.

@mikemerritt7461 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - the misaligned subdial on my Bulova 96B251 was driving me crazy!

@swimmlatina9760 4 жыл бұрын

So useful information I had 3 watches with this problem for so many years... Thank you so much!!!

@kenrubin1586 4 жыл бұрын

Very much appreciated. Just reset three quartz chrinos that had been uncalibrated and niggling me for a long time. Thank you!

@spy8464BB 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@andrel7484 5 жыл бұрын

This video is Great. Really helpful. I got to fix my Invicta Chronograph.

@mrmarklandsutube 2 жыл бұрын

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

@lazarpetrov3314 Жыл бұрын

I have Tissot seastar 1000,i had the same problem and fixed it in the way you showed.Thank you very much 😀

@drmaheshanaesth 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Worked like charm on my HMT chrono. Thanks a lot

@cristianstefanescu5226 2 жыл бұрын

Just changed the battery at a small watch repair shop and noticed the cronometer wasn't alligned, the advice of the shop was don't use the chronometer... I was lucky that I watched this video. Thank you!

@Rulky007 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Ikesane 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much. I thought I had to go in the watch and struggle, this made my week mate!!!

@troylawrence8563 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I was about to adjust my Cadola, using the same method you used for the Seiko. Much appreciated

@JoeGreeneFilmsOslo 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@Technically_Working 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this!

@qk2835 3 жыл бұрын

Second time I've watched this video to recalibrate a watch. Worked great both times. Many thanks.

@oiramsq73 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This has been vexing me for a while.

@rlj151 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@chutorosan4655 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this knowledge..

@jtuwock 9 ай бұрын

The first option worked for me. Thanks!

@flickthenick 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for giving me some clues on how to reset the Citizen Chrono which is similar to the Seiko - fantastic!

@kevinpfurtado 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Strato777 4 жыл бұрын

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!!

@jamesnelson8237 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So very helpful!

@muneebuk1343 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! I have corrected mine. All credit goes to you!

@sachinsampath 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@marvcatx6852 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark! Love the channel and your videos.

@omega3556 2 жыл бұрын

This helped me. Thank you!

@zohaibasif6274 5 жыл бұрын

Dude you really helped a lot of people out with this video

@wkearney99 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! Took care of resetting the hands on mine.

@stephenowen1585 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, brilliant worked on my watch first time!

@ap4709pk 4 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly for my Swiss Army Chronograph. Thank you.

@jeffsuen6461 3 жыл бұрын

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~

@chrisselders3548 2 жыл бұрын

Very thankful for this video today! 👍🏼

@1FRANHER1 4 жыл бұрын

First example worked in my Luminox 3180, you saved me a visit to de watch maker. Thanks a lot!

@leonidjoseph5483 2 жыл бұрын

just corrected my orient chrono second hand. first was the watch small second hand, second was the chrono second hand. Thank you for the video

@danielpolanco3285 6 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! GOD BLESS YOU IN ALL THE WAYS POSSIBLES.

@NAWCCMuseum 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This was a big help.

@briandavidjansen1416 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@jamesponce2665 4 жыл бұрын

This is most helpful. I just fixed my Fossil Retro Traveler seconds dial following your instructions for the Messerschmitt watch.

@danieltholejr722 4 ай бұрын

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!

@paulmirabelle7352 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@BarrySanel 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I fixed my dad's Porsche design 911 chronograph which was like your first demo watch. Next time I need service, I'm calling you!