Citizen Skyhawk Instructional Tutorial Part 2; Resetting the Watch

This video discusses how to reset the citizen Skyhawk. Check out Part One in the link below to learn about the watches other features and settings.
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[@beckman2713]

I tried everything in your first video and the hands still wouldn't match the display, so your second video did the trick..manually resetting the hands worked..Thank You!

[@Manzanita205]

Looking forward to your video on the bezel calculator

[@michaelbonocore1827]

WOW WOW That was fantastic. I was overwhelmed when I got my watch. I could not make sence of the Booklet. You were step by step, so patient, you spoke clearly, gave great directions, explained All the functions. I am so grateful that you did this, Thank you so much

[@thomascassese3648]

What if all screens are blank and hands have stopped with a full charge

[@Secretsquirrel121]

@@thomascassese3648 I would suggest you take the watch back to a Citizen appointed outlet.

[@duaneboone630]

Wow! Thanks so much. Hands had gotten out of synch and I couldn't find anything on how to recalibrate the analog to digital time. This did it, thank you so much!

[@biggles54321]

My watch had the power hand 70 degrees to the right of the highest charge bar and other hands were in random positions. Everything is normal now, thanks to your two videos.

[@paulholbach3716]

This was very helpful. Especially the trick moving away the minute hand to see all other hands underneath by pressing Button A.Thanks a lot.

Thank you so much for this. My hands were out by a matter of hours! But thanks to your video, just resetting the hands to their zero positions and pushing the crown back in has rectified it. Once again, thank you.

[@awesomeak47]

Fantastic tutorial! I really needed to have a thorough walkthrough for the functions as I bought this watch pre owned. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@AlainDaubechies]

And thanks for showing how to unmask the UTC window handles during the very same procedure !

[@Bill-Robertson]

Very helpful tips on the Skyhawk. I watched both 1 & 2. Just got my watch today and the jeweler gave me the wrong manual. Don’t keep us waiting on the rotating bezel video. Thanks for spending the time.

[@TheRocketman360]

Thanks for watching!! I'm working on the next video as we speak! I'm hoping to have it out next week

[@Fmoon303]

is there an option to find it if lost оr stolen?

[@googelite231]

Amazing. My Skyhawk was off by 4 hours, I was losing my mind. Many thanks. 🙏

[@hugostiglitz47]

Thank you for these videos, I didnt wanna read the instructions, its been great learning about this watch I received as a gift, I love it.

[@georgelamacka8125]

Bought one last week with Caliber U680 in SS. Unfortunately in this region, wasn't available in Titanium. I found some discrepancies in owners manual (transaction to Slovak language), for example it is stated to adjust charge indicator to EUR instead to 6 O'clock position (China marking) which is reading wrong now when fully charged or confirming radio signal where comes from. I must re-set it as per your instructions. Thanks again for clear explanation and easy to follow instructions. George

[@georgelamacka8125]

Another excellent tutorial video, "How to...". Many thanks for your effort.

[@marklauderdale13]

Brilliant thank you! Wouldn't wear the watch because it was a bloody mystery. Now I get it.

[@MrSimyou]

This is such a helpful video and I was able to reset the hands on my Eco Drive after watching it. A very thorough and well made video!

[@kacperlubecki5174]

I was worried my watch was broken because the battery/country indicator was at the 6 o’clock position in normal operation and wasn’t showing battery power essentially. Glad I found this video before I sent it out!

[@mywatcheswithben]

Thanks for the thorough overview

[@Secretsquirrel121]

This must be the easiest to follow and most comprehensive tutorial that I ever came across. Well done! I have subscribed, please do more on other subjects as well.

[@c-los89]

Waiting on the video on how i use the rotating bezel.

[@The_Touring_Jedi]

Thanks for the video. I have CB5000-50L Sky Pilot Chrono and your video helped me to align minute dial and seconds as they were slight off. Now it's just perfect. 👍

[@EricAllen-i4o]

Thank you for the video I figured out how to set my watch, but there is one thing I noticed that my Skyhawk at one point I thought I seen New York time no longer do I see New York time so my watch is set YMO, also it’s set in European signal so I was wondering how to also adjust it to go into USA signal if it needs to be!!

[@jgoodine9376]

Just stumbled across this video, as I am in the market for a new AT watch. I was somewhat intimidated with some of the comments for the Citizen Promaster Skyhawk AT in terms of the set up process, however your tutorial video really "simplified" things. I definitely feel more confident about making a purchase. You should be commended for a job well done.

[@micha68v]

Thank you for for this second Video. Good Job! Got my JY8085-14H today. awesome Watch!

[@chrisminchin854]

Excellent, clear, precise and well thought out.

[@alberttickle1106]

Great video....did you do a video on the bezel??

[@greyman1363]

My hour hand is always in the same spot as yours . They must all come that way , but it’s all good since you can manually calibrate this watch

[@haraprasadnayak4040]

Thanks for the this video as well as the other one. Very very detailed 👌. Can you help me on one thing why my auto calibration always shows EUR though i set automatic while in RX-S mode

[@mustang_70w97]

Great Job Anthony!

[@jessemalott944]

Wished you would do a review on how to reset citizen eco drive Skyhawk.

[@TheRocketman360]

@@jessemalott944 this video is the review of the citizen Eco-Drive Skyhawk

[@jessemalott944]

@ this must be a older one but that’s the name on it blue angel

[@jessemalott944]

I set my new citizen eco drive Skyhawk to your video while back !! It is the best video on KZbin

[@iceman213]

When are you going to make another video explaining the dial ?

[@Tenncup76]

Yes this is very helpful and so far I love my watch although the one thing I’m disappointed in is the lumens…. I was told it would last a long time but I find mine not doing so.

[@falconfalcon223]

Thanks for the review. Quick question; If the hour and minute hands are covering the digital displays for example at 3:20pm or at 4: 45pm; Can the hands be moved away from the digital display so that the user can use the chronograph ?

[@TheRocketman360]

Good question! Sadly there is no way to move the hands.😢

[@falconfalcon223]

@@TheRocketman360 thanks for the reply

[@orwellknew9112]

@@falconfalcon223 Can you just swap the cities so the hands are moved to a different time zone?

[@falconfalcon223]

Hi @@orwellknew9112 I think that is an option ; however in a different time zone as far as I know the minute hand will be in the same place; only the hours change.

[@orwellknew9112]

@@falconfalcon223 You can set up an HOM time zone that is UTC +/- x hours and y minutes. The y value is 15,30,45,00. That time zone is for people who live in places where the minutes is not the same as UTC. Then, if you are having that problem, just grab the HOM time zone and use it.

[@georgelamacka8125]

Just subscribed to your channel. You mentioned 3rd part "How to use rotating bezel." I can't find a link to it if it was made, please.

[@TheRocketman360]

Thank you so much!! The 3rd video is long overdue on my part!! Sadly I haven't gotten around to making it yet. But it is still going to happen!

[@PlausibleParadymes]

Thank you for your 2 videos... they were very helpful! I was not able to find the 3rd video you spoke of explaining how to use the bezel... can you post a link to it here? The bezel is very intriguing and I am looking forward to learning how to use it!

[@TheRocketman360]

I'm so happy I could help! Sadly I have not had much time in the past year to work on the last video, but I'm hoping to have it out soon!

[@colinbyerly5212]

Thank you for your video ! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@abdiwalfarah9103]

Thanks man just what I needed

[@nimanasjian2386]

Hi, what is the difference about this model and JY8085-81H ? thanks

[@TheRocketman360]

Good question! The JY8085-81H actually has all the same features as this watch. To the best of my knowledge the only difference is in the appearance.

[@falconwings3864]

Good job again. Awesome

[@willyarogar8406]

NICE ONE...THANKS FOR INFO....MORE VIDS PLS...

[@Universal.G]

Thanks for these great videos. I can't seem to find part 3 for the bezel. Did you create it?

[@TheRocketman360]

Thank you for watching! Sadly I haven't had time to make the third video yet, but it is still on the to do list!

[@brianperry9108]

Thanks for this info, great clip..

[@mkhurram67]

thank u so much. its really helpful information

[@7chamling]

Hi can you do a video on how to read a bazel on skyhwk.

[@AlainDaubechies]

Don't forget to depress the 'B' button for at least 2 seconds, when done with the handle reset procedure, before resetting the crown to position '0'.

[@eslamelsayed7996]

Very useful and interesting detailed explanation, as I'm facing some delay in the hour hand, I did the reset 3 times now, but the delay still unchanged. Minutes and seconds hands are working normally, but hours hand is delayed 6 hours every 12 hours, what can I do ???

[@TheRocketman360]

Humm, I'm not really sure what you mean when you say "the hour hand is delayed 6hours every 12 hours." I would start by double checking that you have the proper time zone set for the main dial. Also make sure that you don't just reset the watch, but that you also align the hands properly

[@maxxawesome7412]

I have a previous Skyhawk with similar controls. But the 24 hour and regular hour had seem off by about two hours and since they are mechanically linked I can’t seem to zero both. Any tips for that or do I need to remove the glass and bump the hands into place (send it in)?

[@ThanosSiozos]

Isn't the alarm sound too low to be useful at all? Every time I set the alarm on my jy8085 I miss the appointment because the alarm sound is too low almost inaudible. Is it yours too, or should I send it back?

[@jeromeriley3570]

Have a problem with the minute hand not aligning during the reset,second and hour hand align to the 12 o'clock position, but the minute hand stays on the 8 o'clock position, have any idea to resolve this issue ? Your instructions are excellent, thanks any reply would be greatly appreciated.

[@TheRocketman360]

Humm, this is odd. The only thing I could think might work would be to do the factory reset, then do the hand alignment procedure. Is the issue that the minute hand won't move away from the 8:00 position at all? When the watch is functioning normally, is it always running 20 minutes behind?

[@thefloridiancanuck2721]

Are the pushers and crown screw-down?

[@TheRocketman360]

They are not screw down. The textured edges that you see surrounding the pushers and crown are strictly decorative.

[@thefloridiancanuck2721]

Gotcha. Thanks for the reply. Take care.

[@Radwinskee]

Thank you!!!

[@Brownie113]

Wow ty u so much, had this watch 5 days and couldn't set the time, it was cause all the hands were off. Odd brand new they weren't aligned

[@Brownie113]

I lived in the country so I figured it was my signal, kept point to Europe as well

[@darwinamara3237]

I think I accidentally turn off the beep sound. I did a full reset but it does not come back. Do you know how to turn it back on? Thanks!

[@iceman213]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 excellent, this is really helpful. Thank you.

[@Metalcore_mike]

Sir, I did everything you said and got all the arms where they need to be but now the hands arent aligned with the digital time.

[@mikestone9129]

I just bought one with no booklet. When I do a manual radio sync the rec needle points to Eur although my home time is set to Chicago. Do I need to do a reset? Or am I doing something wrong?

[@TheRocketman360]

In this case there are 1 of 3 things would recommend.. 1.) Make sure the rec needle is properly calibrated (as seen in this video). If the hand on that subdial is not properly calibrated, it will not show that it's receiving from the correct antenna even though it is. 2.) Make sure you have selected a US city in the main display. Before acquiring a signal. 3.) (This is the most common answer to your problem) if you look at the battery power/antenna sub-dial, you will notice that "USA" has a small line leading to a tick mark under it. Same thing with "EUR". When the pointer indicates which antenna it is getting its signal from, it points to the tick mark, NOT the actual letters "USA". As poor design would have it, the "USA" tick mark lines up with the lettering "EUR" this misleads many people to believe the watch is getting a signal from EUR when it's actually getting a signal from USA. So make sure you are looking at the tick mark under the lettering, and not the lettering itself.

[@TJ-wp4yz]

I think you should be the one to write a manual on this watch, your skill levels are far beyond Citizen tech writers.

[@lb9007]

Excellent detailled vidéo. When I do full reset the needles all go to 3 O'clock NOT 12....

[@bradk4303]

What happened to the rotating bevel video?

[@christianmoreton9326]

There is a mistake in this calibration, to do with the charge indicator hand. The video starts with the charge indicating full charge, but ends indicating half charge. Also the radio location will indicate wrong too. The issue is that an earlier design had this face so that you calibrate it to the 6 o’clock position, but this model (like mine) is a bit different and is zerod at a 7:00 position, pointing to the dash for Europe. Those graphics have been rotated 30 degrees or so from what is shown in the manual, but manual does say that hand should be zerod to point at EUR. When you calibrate set to EUR, will go back to showing full charge. I noticed this issue after I could not figure out why the watch was not fully charging and syncing to EUR instead of NYC. It was at full charge and received the correct signal but hand was off.

[@READComment1]

This is very interesting, thanks for sharing. I’m noticing the same issue where the watch is staying at charge 3, despite giving it light. Accidentally played around with the hand calibration mode and came upon your comment. Are you sure EUR (at 7 o’clock position) is the correct zero position? The manual on the website states that the 6 o’clock CHN is the proper zero. It may be that you’re not getting full charge due to lack of exposure to natural light (the best source of light to charge vs artificial light).

[@christianmoreton9326]

@@READComment1 Yes I am sure it's the correct position now because when I check that the watch has done it's atomic clock sync, it indicates that it's using the USA station, and correctly showing full charge, which are accurate. Both those were wrong before.

[@READComment1]

@@christianmoreton9326 And I assume you are situated in the US within reception of the atomic radio tower? If so, then it seems like your power reserve hand is properly calibrated, so when it indicates full charge now, it is indeed full. The issue is that mine indicates charge 3, but when I press the 4 o’clock pusher to see where it tried (and failed) to get a signal, it points to USA. If I offset the zero to EUR, it’ll indicate charge 1 as the location, theoretically…

[@haraprasadnayak4040]

@@READComment1 Do you know how to change the automatic calibration to us. It's always taking EU for me even if i select automatic

[@READComment1]

@@haraprasadnayak4040 is it getting a signal at night when it syncs? If not, then it won’t technically know you’re in the US.

[@greyman1363]

The app that sets the radio watch is great it makes clicking noises and gives a artificial radio signal that is correct and will put you radio strength indicator in the high. The app is called clock sync

[@Fmoon303]

is there an option to find it if lost or stolen

[@TheRocketman360]

Sadly this can't do that

[@MOTIVATEDLIVING]

Great video. After having those for under a year, it completely died. It has been in light, so I am not sure what could have happened. Any help would be much appreciated

[@TheRocketman360]

Dang, I'm sorry to hear that! Sadly if the watch is totally dead there isn't much you can do. Every now and again, I have heard of cases where the watch is delivered with a faulty capacitor. If you send the watch to citizen they should be able to change it for you! I have found their customer service to be pretty good.

[@TheRocketman360]

Also, I should add to NOT try to open the watch case yourself. If Citizen sees that you opened the case it will immediately void your warranty

[@MOTIVATEDLIVING]

@TheRocketman360 I have it sitting in direct light now hoping for the best. Thank you for the info. I may be having to send it to Citizen.

[@charleshabonimana6726]

Hello, I've got my watch now but it is switched off. What would be the steps to start it?

[@TheRocketman360]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZTFn5aIpc-SiJY This tutorial will show you how to reset it. However, if your watch is totally dead I would recommend charging it fully before resetting it.

[@merawiaragaw7324]

Trying to reset the watch but the indicators are not coming to the 12oclock position... what shall I do?

[@TheRocketman360]

Starting at about 5:40 I show how to align the hands. Try this to help get all the hands to the 12oclock position

[@rafaltulowiecki5891]

Can you please help with hourly signal setting, I'm trying but can't find it.

[@TheRocketman360]

Sure thing! Can I ask what you mean by the "hourly signal setting?"

[@Fearless-1]

This watch does not feature an hourly chime.

[@210370Alan]

When I’ve tried to do a reset, the hands do not go to straight up position but show a 10 to 3 position. They adjust when you do the small resets but in the 10 to 3 position??

[@TheRocketman360]

Forgive me if my answer does not adequately answer your question, but it sounds to me like after you do a full reset the hour/minute hands on your watch go to the 10 o'clock and 3 o'clock position respectively. Is that correct? If this this the case, it sounds like you may need to perform the watch reset first, THEN do the hand alignment procedure as shown in this video. In short, hands will be considered "aligned" only when the watch is in CHR mode, with the crown pulled all the way out, and the hands in the 12 o'clock position.

[@OusamChebaro]

Hi there, I'm having the same issue here. My goal is to sync both my digital and hand clocks,. However, when I follow your steps in this video (crown all the way out and in CHR mode) the hands do not reset to the 12 position. Any help would be much appreciated

[@i4wam]

I support you, smart man !

[@nicholaszannettou2465]

Hi. I see you changed the strap to stainless steel. Look good. Where can I find the strap please, thanks 🙂

[@TheRocketman360]

It looks like the company I used is out of stock. But this sight seems to have a good collection of citizen watch straps. Although I should mention that I have never used this website www.mastersintime.com/

[@aaronhansen5101]

@@TheRocketman360 was there a reason why you swapped straps? Been going back and forth on if I want the leather strap or not. My old citizen Skyhawk was stainless steel but I’ve been contemplating the leather strap. I’m assuming it was easy to swap out the strap?

[@TheRocketman360]

@@aaronhansen5101 The letter strap is good, but I was just time for a change. I generally like to used a bracelet type strap in the summer and a letter or cloth strap in the winter. This way I not ruining a nice leather strap on those hot/sweaty summer days.

[@NJF60]

Thank you for this video, but I’m ready to throw my Citizen watch out the window. Cannot set the time.

[@greyman1363]

I own the same model just not a blue angel logo and mine is the titanium one . This watch once you know how to use it it’s not as complicated as people make it

[@jim.vithanage]

How do you set it to show the date, it only seems to show the time 🤷🏽‍♂️?

[@TheRocketman360]

simply pull the crown out one click, turn it until the mode hand is over "cal" then pull the crown out the rest of the way to set the date. Once you have the proper date set, push the crown in all the way, and it will display the date in the digital display. Part 1 of this video can help with that! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJaXeoVse7ytadk

[@jim.vithanage]

Thanks for your reply - I have sorted it, it’s a great watch 👍🏽

[@TheRocketman360]

It certainly is! I'm glad you got it all figured out!

[@kdrkid81]

Hello, after doing the reset I am stuck on utc. I click the top button and hold an nothing happens. Also when I did the reset it never went to 1200.just moved a little

[@TheRocketman360]

Sorry for the late reply. That is odd 🤔. Are you still having these issues? My starting recommendations would be to verify that the crown is on TME mode with the crown pulled out to the middle detent. It is possible that you may need to send the watch in to citizen for a service.

[@mca1960]

Hello, where is shown the current day and the current date at this watch ?

[@TheRocketman360]

At if you check out me previous video, at 12 minutes 04 seconds, I discuss this. Basically you pull the crown to the intermediate position and rotate until the hand points to the "cal" position, then push in. You will then see the day/date appear on the right screen.

[@faunce1177]

This video was so helpful!! Keep these videos coming. 🍄🍄🍄

[@franciscoventuragonzalez4613]

Perfect video

[@treylem3]

👍👍👍

[@bazbazzler188]

How do i get mine to beep

[@IheartmyEFhatch]

Is there any update on the 3rd video? I just bought my limited edition Skyhawk and loving the content and learning all of this. Much better explanation than Citizen in my opinion

[@TheRocketman360]

My apologies on the delay of the 3rd video, I was hoping to have it out by now. I'm hoping to have it out with in the next month or so

[@IheartmyEFhatch]

@@TheRocketman360 no worries, life gets the better of us sometimes!

[@cerp62]

My watch hadns stoppes at 4:05...

[@bigtruckdriver00000]

This same watch I have. I reset it. The time goes to 1010pm. It will not goto 12. It will not let me fine tune the hand in any way.

[@HURTSWHENIPEE310]

Why did the power gauge go down?

[@TheRocketman360]

Doing full factory resets and aligning the hands takes an abnormal amount of battery power. During the course of filming, I performed about six factory resets, so by the time I got to my final take (the video you see now) the battery had drained thus the needle dropped a little bit.

[@nicolascadiac4062]

Hi, my skyhawk utc time is 2 hours off... How do I fix that?

[@TheRocketman360]

Humm, this is quite the interesting scenario. If all other time zones read correctly, and daylight savings time has been set properly, UTC time should be reading correctly. Unfortunately with out being able to see your watch, the best I can offer is this link. If the UTC time does not match the time in this link, and a full reset of the watch does not resolve this issue, you may need to send your watch to citizen for repairs. www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc I am sorry I could not be of more help😔

[@jayanthreddyd]

My UTC dial is 4 hrs ahead than actual. How to fix it. My digital UTC IS SET to actual

[@TheRocketman360]

This has been an interesting issue that a surprising number of people have. As of now, my research has shown me two possible options: 1) there may be a firmware update that citizen needs to perform. Unfortunately this can only be fixed at a Citizen service center. 2) Try to do a full reset first, THEN aligne all the hands. If you continue to have the issue, perform the hand alignment, but set the UTC hour hand behind 4 hours (essentially placing the UTC hour hand at the 8:00 position). This "fix" is really more of a hack job than an actual fix, but is a way to get your UTC time to read properly. Hope this helps!!

[@charleshabonimana6726]

@@TheRocketman360 all is off! Is it a battery issue or I should start it, how?

[@fmj_556]

Where's part 3?

[@perrysar5954]

This guy is BRILLIANT, but as much as I find this watch full of eye candy and a mechanical marvel,isn't it a bit of overkill?

[@silasruiz2577]

Mines off completely So I don't know

[@florinelbumbaru3571]

Trebuie sa faci curs de calificare

[@LuisAlberto-cx8cj]

En español

[@terencefreese5730]

I'm in iraq and I just can not set my time

[@garystafford3354]

What would cause the radio signal not to work. It keeps saying no when I try to get a radio signal.

[@TheRocketman360]

Good question! So this is where the watch can get a little touchy. The signal that the watch gets is very weak, so any little thing can cause it to not get a signal. If the weather is poor, if you are moving it around, or if the watch is too close to a computer or radio while trying to get a signal, it will have a hard time. Also, location has a lot to do with it as well. If the watch is trying to get a signal when in a building with a lot of medal, or if the building is next to a radio station, or even sometimes in a downtown area, it might be hard to get a signal. When I first got my watch, I was struggling to get a signal on it. So I waited for a night with clear skies, and took it to the middle of a Walmart parking lot, about 20 feet away from any car and it worked! Since then I have found that letting it sit next to a window at night helps a lot!

[@garystafford3354]

@@TheRocketman360 I may try that. I have a newer citizen thats radio controlled and it has no problem getting a signal every night between 2 am - 3 am. I can live with it as long as it keeps accurate time. I may do a reset and see if that helps. Thank you for the fast response. And your video on this particular watch. Great job👍👍

[@adebisi27]

The watch can be set on dd.mm.yy?