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Military Time Somehow my watch got switched from regular time to military time and I have no idea how to get it back. The watch came from Wal-Mart. I can only assume that the model number is on the back as I don't see anything else resembling that on the watch. It's FMDAW500

  • timdavis7 Jun 17, 2008

    Thanks!

  • xfiles815 Jan 12, 2009

    I only have Mode, Light, Start , and Reset. How Do I change it from military time to normal time?

    thanks!

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Hello I have the same watch and had the same problem. You press the mode button till you get to the point to change the main time, you then press the reset button (bottom button on right side of the watch)to toggle to the hour place, you then cycle thru the time untill the "h" in the top right hand corners disappears and then the watch will be back on regular time.

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First you do Tim go to set button,then press it for 20 seconds,then the number is flashing,then go to menu button push the hour,until hour setting finish.12h and 24h will come out after setting the time,choose 12h that is normal time not military time.only the setting button needs along press in order to set.

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  • On some of these watches, while setting the hour part of the time, you can keep scrolling through the numbers and it will go through 1 to 12 AM and 1 to 12 PM and 1 to 12 AM then 13 to 24.
  • On some others you have to be setting the alarm time to get in and out of 24-hour time.
  • On others you get to set the A or P or H separately from the numbers, A is AM, P is PM, and H is 24 hour or military time.
The Chinese companies that build these watches seem to put different insides in the same cases so you might get any of the different kinds -- and they rarely bother matching the directions to the actual watch -- but one of those three methods will work on all the ones that I have seen.

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Can we have the instructions for this watch? Can’t see me to find online we and we can’t not do any d ungrateful with the new battery installed.

https://oureverydaylife.com/how-to-set-my-athletic-works-watch-12234179.html

No instructions are online for AW91-729 Walmart Athletic Works watch.

Article online that may help:

How to Set My Athletic Works Watch
by John Smith ; Updated September 28, 2017
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Wal-Mart sells affordable watches by the company Athletic Works. It's sometimes common to throw away the directions, only to discover later you can't figure out how to set the watch. The problem is that Athletic House doesn't have a website or any manual online, so you may have difficulty getting help unless you find someone who also has the watch.

There should be four buttons: mode, reset, start and light. Find the mode button and press it three times until it is in the set time mode.

Find the reset button, which usually is located on the bottom right side of the watch face, and hold it until the time starts blinking.

Press the start button to change minutes.

Press the reset button again to switch to hours. You will know it worked when the hour starts blinking instead of the minutes.

Press the start button to change the hour. The watch can handle two modes: standard and military. As you press start, the hour will change from AM to PM, noted by an "A" or a "P" in the top right. When you get through 24 hours, the watch will change to military time and an "H" will be displayed instead of "A" or "P." Keep pressing start to go through another 24-hour cycle and it will revert back to standard time.

Press the reset button to switch to the date, starting with the month, and press start to change it.

Press reset one last time to switch from month to the day, and again press the start button to switch days.

Press the mode button to finish the changes.
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Depending on which type of Athletic House watch you have, the buttons might be in different places. But the steps remain the same, regardless of button placement. If you have more questions about your watch, bring it to Wal-Mart and ask to see a manual.

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John Smith began writing back in 2003. Smith is a technology writer currently living in Lansing, Mich. His articles have appeared in online publications including PC World and IGN, where he specializes in mobile apps for both Android and iOS. How to Set My Athletic Works Watch
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2. when you are adjusting the hours go through a full 24 hour cycle. You'll notice that the 2nd time through it is on military time.. 3rd time through back to 12 hour day AM/PM cycle .. 4th time back to Military.
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Possibly you can change it back by pushing the hour-setting button through a 24 hour cycle--you can see if you are on military time during the PM part of setting it. If it's on military, just keep pushing till you start over at 12 am again (hint: that's 0:00 in military.) At least, that's how it is on my watch.
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I have a G Shock DW-004 made in 1997. I had this same problem, and I tried everything to change TO military time and back to standard time. I just read the bit to try and was about to do it. I pressed the top left button to get the time to flash, and hit the light button by accident (the one with the big G on it) and VIOLA! It changed to military time. So in my model, anyway, the G light button (under the display on the edge of the watch body) changed the time to military from standard and back again, when the time is flashing.

Good luck!
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