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.

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.

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

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! 🍻🍺🍺🥂🍷🍷

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

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!

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

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!!

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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

Spent 3 years thinking about should I go to a jeweler to get the second hand on my Fossil Arkitekt fixed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Liked and subbed.

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!

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.

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!

was about to book an appointment at a watch shop to get one fixed. Saved me a few pounds and time. Great stuff

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~

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

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!!

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

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!

Good video,a friend has a Rado chrono he was going to send back to the makers because he couldn't get the hands set up in line.I said no, its probably not been reset after its last battery change,and with the help of this video we got it fixed.

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.

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

Great instructions for the Seiko Solar Chronograph. It worked like a charm.

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.

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

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!!

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!

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

This video was very useful even if does not show my watch model. I have a cheap Blue Grid (YVS454) Swatch, and it was slightly different to set the hands. It was like this: > The first nock of the middle button allows to set: - big second hand using the bottom button - small 10th sec dial hand using the top button > The second nock (most open) of the middle button was to adjust the small minutes hand using the top button. Thank you very much for the video!

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

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

Thank you! My swatch extravehicular was resetting to 0 instead of -10 seconda after a battery change and I fixed it after watching this!

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

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 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!

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!

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.

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

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 👍🏻

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.

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!

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

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.

Thank you so much for this. I was worried that I got a faulty watch. But then I fixed my watch within a few minutes after watching this.

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

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.

Thought I was screwed and this video helped me out with all the off chronograph’s 👍🏼

Simple stuff to You, Huge to me. I've had 2 Chronos needing reset, You helped alot!!

Was about to take my watch back to jewellers thinking he messed up the calibration until I saw this video! Cheers!!

Thank you, I thought my Seiko was broken. Thanks to your channel. I bought Orient Bambino from you, I am very happy with this purchase.

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

I dropped my husband's watch and the second chronograph was a bit off. He was sad cause it is a wedding gift from her sister. Lucky i found your video and managed to fix it back for him! Thank you so much!

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..👍

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

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

The Messerschmitt chrono-zero method works for a Deep Blue Master 1000. I just reset mine back to zero with that method. Thanks for putting this out there.

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

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

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

Thanks! I wish I had seen this sooner. My chrono seconds hand was off about 10 seconds. It was driving me nuts. After seeing this it took 15 seconds to fix this! Intro to the topic: ++ Kaycee Fan

Thank you! Your explanation helped me reset my Victronix Field Force Chronograph even though it was not one of the watches that you featured.

ALL your videos are gold! You are a godsend sir

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

Wow, three great looking chronos. And, as always, more great info on watches!

Thank you for this! I almost sent my brand new watch back. They had NO instructions on this with the watch lol. I knew there had to be a fix. GREAT VIDEO!

Holy crap, you bring my watch's life back! Thumb up for you!

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

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

Thank you!!! You're the absolute best. 7t62: time setting, hold top button and press it to cycle. My chrono hand was slightly left and it drove me nuts forever. Thank you again so so much.

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! 🙂

Excellent! I have a Guess chronograph, which I believe has a Seiko movement. It has been in my drawer for a few years because the hands weren't zeroed. I popped in a new battery, used your tutorial and now the hands are in perfect alignment. Brilliant stuff! I guess (no pun intended) I should have hung on to the manual I never read. It's a 'Guy thing', don't judge me. 😜

Thank you very much sir. Such a huge timesaver and hassle free solution.

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.

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

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!

Thank you so much for this helpful video. I recently tried to change the capacitor for my Seiko SSC293P2. In the process, my stophand watch needed to be reset. Fortunately on page 10 of Seiko V172 movement, I was able to follow the instructions to reset it. I really wish Seiko had the instructions on how to replace the capacitors. It is almost impossible to find out the information on the type of capacitors these watches use. I really wish these watches came with Lithium batteries instead. Thank you once again. You, Sir, are an Encyclopedia of watches. I have learned so much form you. Thank you,

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!!

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.

Good job! Everytime I need to reset the chronograph I come to this video!

Wonderful video. Easy to follow. Thank you very much!!

I couldn't work it out from the manual coz it turns out it was a different setting from the chronograph in there. thank you, I've been looking for months for a fix!

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!

I have a Swiss Military Hanowa Flagship II and it's a little bit different but I reset it and the video helped a lot, thanks!

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

Thank you! I decided to save some money and change the battery myself. I must have accidentally pressed some buttons while it was in the watch holder (still have no idea how) but the stop watch hand was now pointing at the 8 second mark... 😱 Of course now I'm panicking and thinking I'm an idiot for trying to do the battery change myself... 😭 However, your video came to the rescue and helped me reset it to the 12 o'clock mark! 👍

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

This is wonderful information and helped me repair my "broken" Lemans chronograph! Thank you a lot, Greetings from Germany!!

Thanks Marc, this video has always been of help!

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.