When NOT To Change The DATE on a Watch (and how to do it properly)

[@EvilSSP]

Wow so I've been doing this wrong my whole life. My Hamilton must be pretty resilient because I've done this wrong so many times and haven't broke the movement yet.

[@vinteng825]

I thought I literally would have to wait between 5AM until 7PM before I can change the time. Haha.

[@Petmalumomalupet]

Me too

[@FancyCP30]

Change the time first and then change the date. No problem.

[@jo-oy4vj]

Same lmao

[@ayellowfinger132]

Ah... I've been doing that for a year now. I'm smart

[@James011]

😂😂 I was busy waiting

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Thank you. Never knew this until I bought a Seiko presage. This video is beyond helpful. You just saved my watch.

[@mrscollinsstorytime6014]

Fabulous video! Very clear and I finally got the date on my watch right without damaging it. Thank you!!!

[@omnivector45]

you have got to be out of your mind! How about a video w/o music, w/o such an incredible amount if unnecessary babbling!! How about instructions in a military type way! FFS! Is everyone in the watch community so.....drawn out, loving to hear their own GD voice? Tell me how to operate the MF'r and then shut F up!! I cant find an intelligent instructional video anywhere!!

[@zeroexct]

Thank you! I was doing it wrong, I bought my first mechanical watch and the dealer lady said I should put the hour and minute hand at 11 or close to 12 mark before changing the day and date. This cleared up a lot of things. Thank you!

[@civanlfc4358]

Very informative video Alessandro, thank you! Life saver ;)

[@chenlu79]

Great video! I've seen so many videos that only tells you _not_ to change date between 21:00-03:00 but never explains why. Thank you sir 👍

[@141sharon270]

I only needed to know which way to turn day or date and saw it right at the beginning, but had to see the video right through because it was very interesting and the guy explained everything clearly. Many thanks for the tutorial on setting date, day, and time.

[@arjunnarang16]

Great video! Very helpful Thank you :) you explained very clearly with various different watches and different scenarios. As someone new to watches it was an absolute life saver.

[@davidmichienzi101]

Thank you Sir, I made the mistake once and my watch runs fine but will not change the date at the wrong time ⌚👍

[@susanmiller2890]

WOW! Finally a video that easily shows how to get the date set accurately. I'm bookmarking this video for future reference.

[@sardaar_sanveer_singh]

Thank you sir, it is so informative video, I was doing wrong date change around 2 pm (according to watch 2am) past 2 days, then searched net about the issue and got the best guidance.

[@jjk4891]

Oh so it's not a horrible thing to change the time when it's between 9pm and 3am, just the date. I get it now haha. For some reason I always thought it is bad to change ANYTHING when it is between 9pm and 3am. Thanks for clearing it out with many examples!

[@TimedSquare]

Noooo time is okay! 😉👍

[@leonardo3689]

Same for me, I thought that I would break my watch by changing time when the hour hand was in that unsafe area, now I see that it's only the date 😂

[@141sharon270]

Dickhead lol🤣

[@coke8077]

well to change the time a lot of the time you’ll have to change the date before you change the time because you should NEVER move the time or date backwards. That will for certain destroy the movement.

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

It is if you go backward. The date/day wheels are supposed to move only in one direction, if you are at 3am and you move the time backward to 10pm "of the previous day" you seriously risk to damage the movement.

[@fduyilemi]

Thanks for the tip! I have just broken my date mechanism before watching your video. Good enough it is just one watch. I will be so courteous inorder not to break my other ones. Thanks a lot!

[@crystalthomas2767]

This video was so helpful I finally set my watch and I understood everything thank you for explaining in such detailed words

[@LHyoutube]

This is such an important detail that I'm surprised it isn't included in most watch manuals by default! 😲

[@thechinadesk]

Amen to that. They really ought to include an information leaflet warning users not to make this mistake.

[@PrithwishMandal1337]

They make money off repairs

[@marcosm3392]

They do. It’s just no one reads the manual lol.

[@LHyoutube]

@@marcosm3392 - It's never been in any watch manual I've seen. Perhaps it is only in those for more expensive watches?

[@suratjamtangan]

Crystal clear explanation , thanks a million

[@camtron1967]

This was very helpful. The date kept changing at noon and I didn’t know why but now it’s fixed

[@ianjeromelim7566]

Great video. I was afraid that I couldn't set my watch to 11pm as the day/date was changing as I thought it would damage the watch but u cleared my mind of doubts. Thank you!

[@coprolandia]

Thanks for the really helpful video! But you shouldn't say "Don't change the date between 9pm and 3am", but rather "when your watch's time is set anywhere between 9pm and 3am". Those are different things. The way you put it, I'm afraid it's misleading. It all gets cleared out when you watch the whole video, though. Cheers!

[@Lloyd1913]

Thank you, I needed this

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

Lol

[@afroditta6950]

I bet you drink shampoo if it doesn’t come with a huge warning label :)

[@wrcz]

true, might be useful for sub-80 IQ people

[@0Rafikki0]

Thank you for making this video! I wasn’t able to find the answer by googling, but your video came up and answered exactly.

[@andremanning245]

The explanation and instructions were very thorough.

[@7itese840]

So for short, first set the time to 5 am/pm, then set the date (day) to the previous day, then set the hands to the correct time and the correct date (day).

[@brokenedits10]

What if the watch goes to 31 in a 30 day Month? For example its 1 Oct and watch shows 31 September

[@7itese840]

@@brokenedits10 When setting the date to the precious day (step 2), set 29 if current day is 30, and set 31 if current day is 1. If you are already wearing it (it's running), just advance one day between 5am/pm and 7am/pm, and not worry about changing time.

[@viliancvetanov3910]

@@7itese840 So in that case on the 1 you can set only the date between 5am and 7pm, without changing the time, because it is already in the safe time zone?

[@randsp3c709]

Thanks man I've heard this before just couldn't remember when to safely set very informative

[@mr.hecker1723]

Thank you so much for your help love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@timhadzisavas3692]

Gee… thx so very much for this. I’ve finally decided to dump my smartwatch and go back to an analog time piece. You saved me a lot of time in showing me this neat trick. Thx again

[@OBYourThirst]

Oh my goodness I'm saving this video!!!!!! I almost returned my orient that's coming tomorrow and your video helped me out soooo much thank you.

[@KevAlberta]

Once I changed the date on my Hamilton at 8:30pm (says not to change between 9pm and 2am). the action felt normal but the next day I was surprised to see the date still on the same number. I fast forwarded the hours to go through a full day and it changed over. Happy to find out I didn’t break my first watch lol

[@aleontecristian9260]

Wait...Even if you screw it up, if you just go over 24 hours, you fix it????

[@KevAlberta]

@@aleontecristian9260 no, I got lucky

[@aleontecristian9260]

@@KevAlberta is the watch still ok?

[@julienxie1110]

Just bought my first watch and I think that I changed the date at the danger hour .. what's the risk ...

[@drp.wolfgang]

​@@julienxie1110 If a watch broke just by changing the date during the "forbidden hours" that would mean the watch and it's mechanism is shit. No modern good watch is going to be demaged by doing this.

[@xrpwatts2116]

Everyone should watch your tutorial. It helped me out immensely. Now I'm less likely to screw up my watches.

[@PBHorrorGaming]

How do you know what month the watch is set to, for the date to be correct ?

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

Great video, Alessandro!

[@dalegreerkentucky]

Completely hosed an expensive watch doing this the wrong way. Had to go in for factory service.

[@yaseenal-rubaie357]

The best videos ever about setting an automatic watch thanks alot

[@sysakPL]

Cool just broke my 3 months old automatic Seiko, as this wasn't mentioned in the manual and the watch was a gift so i never had a chance to speak to the sales person about the typical do's and don'ts

[@liquidfoops]

Same bro I just fucked my lorus watch by doing it aswell

[@roycedayton5364]

Thank you best explanation on setting watches - absolutely fantastic Thank you again 😁

[@MsFishingdog]

Great video .Thanks

[@Will_b83]

You really like Japanese automatics. Nothing wrong with that I have a few myself. But I have a real fondness of my Tags and Livs.

[@frankdesantis8078]

Thanks, so much more necessary information than the Citizen manual.

[@daskrak6979]

Excellent video, thank you!

[@_B_K_]

Between 8pm and 4am on Orient Kamasu, per its manual.

[@wolf2525]

How can I fix m rolex submariner that the date changes exactly at 00:00? Right now it changes like 6min after midnight. And I did the mistake as well but I learned now when not to change the date...thank you.

[@chandanshet4537]

Most needed video I loved it ❤

[@jakobpalmer2956]

Very informative video, thank you..just getting into automatics and I was pretty sure I knew what I was doing but yeah didn't want to screw up a expensive Omega I have coming.

[@drpeemac]

Thanks for teaching...

[@jithinsingh3764]

The saviour. Thank you so much bro!!!!

[@accendo1979]

Thank you, you explained it well. I changed the date on my watch manually, I was freaking out thinking I should not of done that, luckily it was set in the late morning. Thank you for this neat work around.

[@agentbrandt]

Thank you veru much! This has helped me big time in setting the date of my Seiko 5. 😊

[@yasserbasheer364]

Omg you are a life saver. I thought that my watch is broken, Thank youuuu :)

[@PukaHeadMan]

Thank you very much for the great advice, Alessandro!👍

[@aizenemmaiaht.mendoza8010]

Thank you so much for this video, God Bless! ❤

[@arthurbailey6516]

very very good . thank you for that video.

[@lukejodoin3449]

Dude!! Thanks!!!! This video was super helpful!!!!

[@lemonke9644]

Please help me!! So if your date wheel in at the 6:00 position is it still safe to change the date when the hands are at the bottom

[@edvardschock9739]

That is such a clear explanation.

[@albert333pool]

Very informative... NEVER knew this... I still think it's odd @ 6:21 why the day hasn't fully changed till Sunday until 4am - why do you think that is? My Seiko SNK807 was doing that and thought it was weird but I see it's normal. Thank you again

[@monty1957]

nicely explained brother. thanks

[@tomjamesmabini4722]

Thank you Alessandro! I appreciate you. Really helpful videos! More power to your channel! 👍✨💯

[@shahrukhimam4899]

Fantastic explanation with multiple watches and combinations. I started thinking my new Casio watch is screwed up but with this enlightenment I'm seeing the unseen face of the world. 👏 Can't thank you enough!

[@ricardogomes1103]

Thanks so much! Your explanation was very clear.

[@OscarRPalma]

Amazing explanation, i learn it for my day date tissot. Thanks

[@zaki44r]

Thank you for the good information👍👍👍🌹

[@rishav2808]

Amazing video | great observations

[@IKhanNot]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@drp.wolfgang]

I have had many mechanical and automatic swiss watches during my life, I have changed the date and the time during the "forbidden hours" countless times and all of those watches still after years work completely fine. It's not only me, plenty of watch collectors I know have done that as well, never had an issue. If your watch breaks while going backwards with the watch hands or you set the date during "forbidden time" it means you have a shitty quality watch.

[@vincentzhu1970]

The gears are worn out now, open the back case and see it for yourself

[@BlueshellGamer]

Hes right about damaging the movement, I took the S off for seiko by not doing this right and the hour hand was rubbing against the seiko logo and it was peeling.. it sucks because it's a new watch but oh well

[@marcuslew523]

Thank you great advise!

[@joseluque03]

Thank you!

[@eb4913]

Very cool... for novices like me this is awesome info

[@Siju2235]

My date changes at night, but day changes after a few hours. Is it okay, or i need to set the day when the date changes at midnight. Please advise Sir

[@Criccrazeworld]

I was literally going to return my new Alba watch to the store since I was unable to adjust the date.thanks!!!!

[@nikolamma]

I changed the date during 9pm -3am will it be damaged

[@babekazimi]

Hi sir. Can you say me am i write or not? İ watched to Orient ray watch part there , which is the "brother" of my Orient Kamasu, and i did same thing in video as you. When taking it firstly from box, it showed 9 PM. and the real time was 14:40 (2:40 pm) Knew that it is AM or PM , then i set the time by turning hands clockwise to 2:40 pm at afternoon, and this time is not between 9pm and 4 am( for safety) and finally i changed day and date.

[@mahfuzulhaque6264]

Very useful

[@nothing_tudu]

Quality content😊

[@maxiringo2802]

When to adjust time & date after travelling between towns in 12 hours time zone disparity then? What should i refer to? The initial time zone or the destination? Thanks

[@rickl6843]

Thank you, man.

[@bingogarvin2924]

Very helpful

[@tokiedayuji6018]

do you have to manually adjust the date for every alternate month?

[@erjoldeda8285]

Why the day changes after at 3 am some like that

[@infinity7164]

Me too hapend To me

[@Sonic_000]

Thanks man

[@ashwinukey227]

At first, I thought my new watch is broken, u saved my time to revisit the store, Big Thanks 🙏

[@hyunkyungim2971]

Thank you so much!

[@srenborch6339]

👍Great video

[@slo8432]

Thank you

[@degenerateWA]

Every watch is different (sometimes the clutch engages at different times for the date change). But as a general rule of thumb i ALWAYS set the time to 6 o clock before I do the quick adjust on the date.

[@SuperExadidas]

Thanks for a great demo. Btw, may l know the model name and number of your Orient watch?

[@nicholasolifant9538]

Very helpful 🤙🤙🤙

[@larryfishkind5387]

thank you for your information/content very helpful What is your opinion on the Hamilton broadway chronograph automatic with the H-21 moment ?

[@ariajain7393]

Thank you very much for this video. It really helped me understand the way date change works and now I can confidently change the date anytime I want simply by changing the time first in order to avoid the dangerous time window! Just something I wanted to mention, my seiko watch came with a little booklet and there it says before changing the date i should set the date on the previous date. Is that important and if so in which way? Thanks alot again.

[@screem_]

Thank you very much. I was dead scared that I just wrecked my new watch, turns out I was trying to change my date at the wrong time.

[@MrBarrystuart]

So, if I understand correctly, I can in fact change the time (anytime night or day) - but do not adjust the date wheel during 9 pm - 3 am ? Is that essentially correct ?

[@richieb74]

How do you know if you damaged it? Everything seems to be working. But I was too close to 9 and tried changing the date and I could feel it. So I stopped. But now I’m worried I damaged something

[@zoltan-8233]

If i want to make correction can turning backwards the time when set it on the correct time? Or it is not good

[@nelsonc6173]

I'm late to the party but this was so helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

This watch has misaligned hands... With minutes at 12 the hour hand is not centered on the hour marker. Apart that, yes, your are correct. On 2824 one time is enough to damage the movement if you change the date when the date change wheel is engaged.

[@Riot43014]

Is it 9 or 8 pm ?

[@merdovski5858]

does the mechanism get damaged permanently?

[@OakenFlunky]

This is brilliant thanks so much for your help, I thought my watch date was broken but no, the time was back to front 😅

[@4fuad]

Thank you sooooo much

[@babylonreviews9827]

Some say that is better to set the date from the first option of the crown and never from the second...is that correct?

[@akiraxlegend]

Can you change the date between 9am - 3pm though?