Hi, I have just purchased a Timex perpetual calendar watch, and the problem is that the date changes at midnight, as one would expect, but the day changes later, at about 3am or just after. There are 2 positions to the crown. The first changes the date only. When I pull the crown out completely, which is the only other position left, then it operates the hands and nothing else. Is there any way to synchronise the date and the day? Both should change at midnight! I am reluctant to return the watch over, I suppose, a small problem like this, but it is niggling that it is not actually working correctly. Yours, Mr Jones.

try the link below
http://assets.timex.com/user_guides/W217/W217_NA_EN.pdf

only timex watch technician is changing the battery of a timex perpetual calendar because the date must be calibrated so that it works properly again...

Hi isengard03,

Setting the day on your Timex analog watch is a simple process. Please follow the steps below.

Multi-Function Models

1. Pull the crown on the side of the watch case all the way out. This will be position "C," with position "A" having the crown pushed all the way in and position "B" being pulled out halfway.

2. Turn the crown clockwise until the correct day appears on the small face displaying the day.

3. Press the crown all the way in, to position "A."

Chronograph Models

1. Pull out the crown on the side of the case to position "B." This is halfway out. You will feel a slight click when the crown is in position "B."

2. Turn the crown clockwise until the watch face shows the correct day.

3. Push the crown all the way into position "A" to complete the process.

Hope it helps.

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the perpetual calendar is not changeable date. you have to bring it to Timex watch expert because they know how to set it.

You have to bring it to TIMEX watch technicians because it has to be calibrated.

to reset the date manually, pull the stem out to the second position to reset TIME; manually continue setting time until the date is on the correct day/date.
I had to do this to get back to the proper date when my timex was off by a week. Nothing else worked. 14 times around (twice per 24 hour day) and each time I passed "midnight" the date advanced.
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You can get instructions from the Timex web site "timex.com".

At the bottom of the screen click on "manuals/downloads", then on "product
manual download"

Enter your watch type in the search box and click on "search"

mcdevito75 here, Your watch (Timex) may have a 2 position stem. Push the stem (winder) all the way in, NOW just lift the stem a little to it:s first position, this should allow the date, (number ) to change, change that number to the date before the date you want, NOW pull the stem out to set the hands, rotate the hands to set proper date and time.

You have to adjust the date every February (28 or 29 days), April, June, September and November (each 30 days). Self adjusting calendars are called Perpetual Calendars and this feature is quite expensive, especially in mechanical watches. Your watch has calendar ring with 31 days printed on and the simple calendar mechanism which is changing dates from 1 to 31 inclusive,day after day, so, when the 30-day month is ending and there is no 31st date to follow, your calendar is showing 31st anyway,instead of 1st of the next month. This is when you have to adjust date. Now about the date adjusting. If you pull out crown gently, you will notice there are two clicks (positions), not just one. So the first click, when crown is not pulled out fully, is exactly for day/date adjustment. If you pull the crown further out, watch is in hand adjustment mode. Try it carefully and you will find out the right position.
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You can download the Perpetual Calendar instructions from Timex's website here.
If you don't like clicking on a link, here's the URL:
http://assets.timex.com/instructions/perpetualCal.pdf

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