Please tell me how to make my watch work

June 18, 2010 4:25 AM

I recently received a Pulsar watch as a gift that came with this manual. I can set the time and date, reset the stopwatch, etc., just fine, but I can't get the watch to actually start. This is my first dress watch, so I'm wondering if there's something so painfully obvious that the manual doesn't even mention it and I'm just missing it. I have a job interview in a couple hours and a functioning watch on my wrist would be lovely, so, any help from more experienced watchwearers out there would be appreciated.
posted by Kosh to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (7 answers total)

did you check if it has a battery?
posted by jannw at 4:31 AM on June 18, 2010

I know this sounds silly, but did you push the crown back in after you set it?
posted by lee at 4:34 AM on June 18, 2010

Response by poster: The stopwatch works, so I assume it has a battery. (Maybe I'm wrong in assuming that.) The crown is pushed in as far as I can push it, too.
posted by Kosh at 4:47 AM on June 18, 2010

Is it a model with a screw-in crown? I don't know if that makes a difference, though.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 6:36 AM on June 18, 2010

Stop in at the watch counter at a department store on the way to your interview?
posted by misterbrandt at 8:28 AM on June 18, 2010

make sure there's not a small clip in between the crown and the watch. If so, pull it out and press in the crown again. I seem to recall a watch I had having such a clip.
posted by bessel functions seem unnecessarily complicated at 10:02 AM on June 18, 2010

Sometimes there is a battery insulator -- which prevents draining the battery. Could be inside the battery Compartment or it could be in the base of the stem

Also, push the stem incredibly hard. Sometimes it has a deep detent and you have to push past.
posted by ohshenandoah at 3:47 PM on June 22, 2010