Timex Expedition Hour-hand off

Here is a link to the Timex support page with the download links for all the different instruction manuals:

http://www.timex.com/info/Product_Instruction_Guides_Downloads


And here is the direct link to the manual for the Expedition Digital Compass model:

http://assets.timex.com/user_guides/W215_M179/W215_M179_NA_EN.pdf


To view the Support Page or the Owner's Manual with Operating Instructions just use your mouse to click on the link, which is the underlined and highlighted text just above. This will open a new web browser page automatically for you and allow you to view the information at the website indicated and the contents of the Owner's Manual.

You may need ADOBE READER installed on your computer to read PDF documents.
You can download this free at WWW.ADOBE.COM if necessary.
Click on the DOWNLOAD ADOBE READER button on right side of the ADOBE home page when you get there, then follow the onscreen instructions to install the software on your computer.

See page 1 of the manual for instructions which basically read as follows:

1. In TIME mode, press and hold SET/RECALL. Time zone will flash.
2. To set, push + or - to select first or second time zone.
3. Press NEXT. Hour digits flash.
4. Press + or - to change hour including AM/PM. (Scroll through 12 hours to get to AM/PM).
5. Press NEXT. Minute digits flash.
6. Press + or - to change minutes.
7. Press NEXT. Second digits flash.
8. Press + or - to set seconds to zero.
9. Press NEXT. Day of week flashes.
10. Press + to - to change day.
11. Continue pattern to set month, day of month, 12-hour or 24-hour time display, MM.DD or
DD.MM date format, turn hourly CHIME on/off, turn BEEP on/off. If you select BEEP on, a
beep will sound every time you push a button (except INDIGLO).
12. Press DONE to confirm and exit or NEXT to continue and set second time zone, if desired.


I hope that was helpful to you, good luck.

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Joe.

There are two crown positions on this timepiece. The furthest out, or second position, sets the analog time hands. The first crown position in one direction sets the day, and in the other sets the date. To access the first crown position, pull the crown out very slowly until you feel a "click" or pull the crown out all the way and push it in slowly until you feel a "click" with your fingers.

To set the watch:

1) Pull the crown to the second position and bring the hour and minute hand to the 12:00 position, if it switches the day and date after moving past, you are then in AM time.

2) Set the time appropriately to AM/PM. Use http://www.time.gov/ for the most accurate time.

3) Put the crown in the first click position. Set the Date and Day appropriately, having determined the AM/PM time setting. This will ensure that the day/date change at 12:00 midnight instead of 12:00 noon.

Try this:
To set time and date:
1) With time and date showing, press SET.
2) Seconds ?ash. Press START/STOP to round time to nearest minute,
setting seconds to zero.
3) Press MODE. Hour ?ashes. Press START/STOP to change hour,
including AM (no symbol) and PM.
4) Press MODE. Minutes ?ash. Press START/STOP to change minutes;
hold button to scan values.
5) Press MODE. Month ?ashes. Press START/STOP to change month.
6) Press MODE. Date ?ashes. Press START/STOP to change date.
7) Press MODE. Day ?ashes. Press START/STOP to change day.
8) Press MODE. Time format ?ashes. Press START/STOP to select
12- or 24-hour time format. 12-hour format has AM/PM.
9) Press SET, at any step, to exit and save settings.
Date (day of month) appears in upper part of display in Time mode.
Press and hold START/STOP to see month and date in large digits.

Thank you for contacting FixYa.<br /> <ol id="ecxintelliTxt"> <li id="ecxjsArticleStep1"> Press the "MODE" button---usually on the lower left side of the watch, but sometimes on the right center side---to cycle through to the time display.<br /></li> <li id="ecxjsArticleStep2"> Press and hold the "SET" button---usually on the right lower side of the watch---until the seconds flash.<br /></li> <li id="ecxjsArticleStep3"> Press "MODE" repeatedly to cycle through the displays that flash: from hours to minutes to month to date and day. At the end of the cycle is the hour display option. Make this option flash.<br /></li> <li id="ecxjsArticleStep4"> Press the "SPLIT/RESET" button below the face of the watch to change the hour display option to "24-hour display." This is the same as military time. If there is a "NEXT" button on the upper-right side of the watch, use this to advance to the 24-hour option instead of using the "SPLIT/RESET" button. You may need to press a "START/SPLIT" button instead a "SPLIT/RESET" button to cycle between 12- and 24-hour display. The "START/SPLIT" button could be located below the watch face or on the upper-right side of the watch, depending on the model.<br /></li> <li id="ecxjsArticleStep5"> Press the "SET" button again. You are now done. All PM hours should be displaying hours between 12 and 23.<br /></li></ol> Contact TIMEX for further assistance at:<br /> http://www.timex.com/info/Product_Instruction_Guides_Downloads

Click on my profile (escapement), then click on Tips and Tricks. There you will find link to all TIMEX watch manuals.

Throw it in the bin, find any old analogue watch, set the right time and point the hour hand at the sun. Bisect the angle between the hour hand and the 12-o-clock position on your watch and that line points due south - if you're in the northern hemisphere - or due north if you're an Australian. For night navigation, find the Pole star, just up from the 'big dipper', then off you go...

• Press "MODE" (lower left hand button) three times to get to the screen where the numbers are blinking, indicating that you can adjust the time
• Make note of the hour if you don't have another clock handy
• Press "LAP/RST" (lower right hand button) once to get the hour numbers to blink, indicating that you can change them
• Press "ST/STP" (upper right hand button) to move the hour forward until you go past 24
• At this point, you will notice a little "A" next to the time to indicate AM, and if you keep going past 12 hours, it will cycle back to 1, this time with a "P" next to it to indicate PM

Hold down the adjust button bottom right then press the mode button top left you will notice the a or p that stands for am/pm will disappear & reappear. If you have an a or p on your display then you are out of military time.

If your set up is: Top-Left=Indiglo Top-Right=St./Stop Bottom-Left=Mode Bottom-Right=Lap/Reset

Than follow these steps:
1. Press Lap/Reset and hold. You should see the time the alarm was set for.
2. While holding Lap/Reset, press Mode.
3. Let go of all buttons.
4. There you go!

Hope that was a help

hi Jim the hour hand is easy to be fixed but by pro qualified , it is a matter of little drift to back words so don't worry for the 100 Mwater resist if the person opened the back cover of the watch then he have to replace the rubber belt at the border of the cover case and then evry thing for the water resist will be good regards , and plz don't forget to rate , remember i am here for help thx