How to change the time on Bulova Marine Star 100m. This is an old watch with 4 stems. 2 on each side. One is an on/off stem which is on the right side of the face.

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best to go to a bulova dealer to get the original fitted as its most likely the stem is sheered of inside the old crown if however it has just unscrewed from the stem any good watchmaker should be able to refit it and reseal it

If you have registered your watch with the maker, then it is bes to send it to them (talk to them about it first- go to Boluva.com and look for service centers).


The seller would probably just send it off anyway and increase the delay time to gettingit back.

All work should be done by one of their service centers or an authorised dealer, in order that the warranty is not affected.

With a cheap watch the answer would be to remove the back and put it in a warm dry place for a day or so but as yours is not in that catagory, I would not advise any DIY methods.

I know its' a pain to loose your watch for a time but only accredited service agents can guarantee the water resistance it a watch is opened.

Most of the time you can find the serial and or model number on the first link that is attached to the case of the watch on the back. Often there is a serial number on the back of the case itself. If not in any of these locations you may have to open the case and look on the inside of the case. Be careful with opening case, if you're not comfortable opening the case yourself take it to a reputable jeweler.
If there are no serials on the watch it is probably a knockoff or replica.

Hope this helps.

I have the exact same issue with the minute hand resting at the 1 minute mark and now I have condensation under the glass. The watch is only 2 months old so I think I will return it.

Go to http://www.bulova.com/brands/bulova/product.aspx?origin=collection&sku=96B113&brand=bulova and look at the list of Marine star watches but not the model you have.

I suggest you look through the models the show and select the one that looks similar to yours and click on the watch to get details, which should include operating instructions.

You can get the .pdf here:

http://www.bulova.com/brands/bulova/product.aspx?origin=sku&sku=98B013&brand=bulova

While I can find "Marine Star" in the list of models, I could not find one with the same refernce number.

There are a number of models so if you go to http://www.bulova.com/brands/bulova/bulova.aspx?brand=bulova#coll_id=30&coll_name=Marine%20Star&gender=1 ", you may be able to find one that looks like yours.

If you click on a watch, details appear and these include operating instructions.

Copy "http://www.bulova.com/brands/bulova/bulova.aspx?brand=bulova#coll_id=30&coll_name=Marine%20Star&gender=1" into your search engine and you should arrive at the Boluva web site page listing Marine Star models.

I couldn't find your particular model but perhaps one of those listed is similar to yours.

Pull the stem out 2 clicks the in 1 click turn stem clockwise for day and counter-clockwise for month. to set time pull stem out again 1 click, when finish push in 2 clicks