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How to reset your Swatch Chronograph’s misaligned hands

Dec 24th, 2007 by mark

I’ve posted a while ago about my experience with my Swatch Irony’s chronograph hands being misaligned. Just recently, a reader emailed me that he too was facing such a problem and battery changes don’t help. This leads me to believe that there could be more people out there who face this problem, getting frustrated, then chuck that Swatch watch away and get a new watch.

Now if you love your Swatch watch as much as I do, fret no more. This is what I discovered on how to reset the hands of the chronometer.
To reset the Microseconds hand (this is the small top right circle on the watch face):
1) Pull the center knob, half click (as how you would to change the date)

2) Next press the top push button to adjust the hand

To reset the Seconds hand (this is the long thin hand):
1) Pull the center knob, half click (as how you would to change the date)

2) Next press the bottom push button to adjust the hand

To reset the Hours hand (this is the small top right circle on the watch face):
1) Pull the center knob, full click (as how you would to change the time)

2) Next press the top push button to adjust the hand.

Once all hands are reset, push the center knob back in fully and test the watch.

Hope the above helps!

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30 Comments to “How to reset your Swatch Chronograph’s misaligned hands”

on 12 Jan 2008 at 5:24 am1Rob

Mark - Thanks for passing on the Swatch Chrono knowledge - much appreciated!
Rob
on 12 Jan 2008 at 9:42 am2mark

Hi Rob,

Glad to be of help!

Mark
on 17 Jan 2008 at 5:57 pm3Vardhan Joshi

Hi Mark,
This was very useful. I just (today! 2 hours ago!) got the strap on my beloved 10 year old swatch replaced (I’m 25 so imagine how dear the watch is to me) and was wondering if to spend more on getting the hands aligned… Saved me a pretty penny and I’m still wearing it.
on 17 Jan 2008 at 8:04 pm4mark

Hi Vardhan,
Glad to have helped you save those pennies!

Mark
on 06 Feb 2008 at 6:38 pm5Dimitri

Hi Mark,
Thank you very much for your help. Everything went wrong after I changed the battery.
Much appreciated
Dimitri
on 27 May 2008 at 2:18 am6zbynek

I also thank you for this post, it helped me
on 21 Jul 2008 at 10:03 pm7Ankur

Thank u Thank u thank u!!
I cudnt get the microseconds one to work somehow.. but was able to reset the other 2. Cheers!
on 23 Jul 2008 at 3:29 am8Sinister

hi ! i have this irony swatch watch but i need to re-set the seconds circle at the bottom !! anyone knows how to pls ? and the 1/10 seconds hand always at 10 ?
on 24 Jul 2008 at 11:50 pm9mark

Hi Ankur, you should bring your watch to a Swatch shop to have it looked at. It might really be faulty

Hi Sinister, the seconds circle at the bottom is supposed to be continually ticking. That circle counts the seconds for normal watch function. The big seconds needle is for stop watch function. The 1/10 seconds hand should be pointing at 0
on 30 Jul 2008 at 6:01 pm10VassilisD

Hi Ankur, thanks for the post, it really helped me.
on 25 Aug 2008 at 6:13 pm11naginata

Hi buddy!!!
Thanx a lot !!! Got everything sorted now …… cheers for that. If u ever find yourself in Wales, I owe you a beer !!!!
on 05 Oct 2008 at 6:37 am12jeff

Thanks for that. I’m sure i will need to do it again in the future and i will not remember how. VERY much appreciated
on 27 Oct 2008 at 6:03 am13Marc Bishara

thanks very very much for this post (:
PS. (The technique differs a little bit from a watch to another but the concept is the same)
on 09 Nov 2008 at 4:50 am14Lukas

Great help. It worked. Thanks
on 15 Nov 2008 at 10:02 pm15Richard

Great, thanks for that! Works a treat.
on 10 Dec 2008 at 3:34 am16Tyrrell

Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm. Previously had tried all possible combinations but was unable to get it done.
My swatch is now 8yrs old. Really love it.
Thanks again
on 11 Dec 2008 at 3:18 am17Patrik

Well done. I knew, that must be a little trick, as they fix it already for me once in a Swatch store (for free ;). So a little bit of googling and.. voila!
Thanks!
on 26 Dec 2008 at 3:21 am18digital_Sin

Thanks man, saved me the hassle of looking for the manual and looking it up.
on 01 Jan 2009 at 2:20 am19Nick

Worked perfect - thanks
on 04 Jan 2009 at 1:52 am20James

Thank you very much. Much time saved.
on 07 Jan 2009 at 1:34 pm21Nicola

damn, I’ve just given the watch to my friend this morning. why didn’t I search it on the net first? damn!
on 21 Jan 2009 at 12:33 pm22Vaibhav Joshi

Mark, Thankyou very much,
That was simple and clean treat to my Irony.
on 02 Feb 2009 at 12:28 pm23Diego

Thanks a heaps Mark…..It is unbelieved that Swatch doesn’t include this info in its website. Thank you very much from Australia
on 18 Feb 2009 at 10:50 pm24Claudiu

Cool! It worked! Many thanks!
on 23 Feb 2009 at 3:01 am25Colm

Thanks for that! Was told by a store that I’d need a new watch. 10 seconds with Google and I have your solution. If you’re ever in Dublin I owe you a beer!

I concur with Diego, Swatch doesn’t include *any* information on the website or with the watch on howto use the chrongraph.

– Colm.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 8:29 pm26edy m

THANK YOU
on 28 Feb 2009 at 12:26 am27Stu

Just found this page after googling. Watch hands are now in the right position - thank you!
on 05 Apr 2009 at 8:44 am28Brian

Thanks!! This works..

I have something to contribute too.

If your alarm feature doesnt’ work, simply:

To reset the alarm trigger(this is the slide switch on the other side of the knobs):
1) Pull the center knob, full click (as how you would to change the time)

2) Next slide the alarm switch up and then down (as how you turn on or off alarm).

Once all hands are reset, push the center knob back in fully and test the watch.
on 15 Apr 2009 at 1:33 am29toto

hola,
All I can say is WOW. Just fixed my swatch without any glitch. Aligned to its place just like new. THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have been very helpful
on 26 Apr 2009 at 4:06 am30apex

thank for the info, its help me a lot after change my swatch battery