SKA535P1 After much shaking, got the charge indicator to go to 11 seconds, then it quickly reverted to the 6 second indicator. Then, after about 2 minutes of shaking, it went all the way to the 25 second marker. But quickly (in minutes) reverted back to the 6 second marker. Is it the charge indicator or the keeping of charge itself that is perhaps faulty?

Bill, when you say "does not work" I am going to guess you mean that the second hand does not sweep as it should, so you do not have an accurate indication of remaining capacitor charge.
There are many other malfunctions of the Indicator on a Seiko Kinetic but I am guessing that is your current watches malfunction.
The button at 2 o'clock depresses a tiny lever inside the watch, and that in turn releases a discharge from the capacitor.
The strength of that discharge swings the indicator.
The lever itself is very very small, and can be misaligned, very commonly after capacitor replacement.
Actual breakage of the lever is quite rare.
Does the button have a definite detente when you press it?
Or is it instead like pushing on Jello.
Is the button spring loaded such that it returns to the neutral state on its own?
It is actually a quick diagnosis for anyone familiar with Kinetics; as a quick peek will tell if a broken lever, absent button gasket, need of lubricant, etc.

1. Since all of the settings seem to go through the start/stop button, hold it down for three seconds to put it in "set the watch mode" (when the seconds at the bottom start blinking).
2. Do a quick press of the start/stop button to move from seconds to minutes to hours to years to months to days. The mode button subtracts & the reset button adds.
3. Setting alarms & so on require putting it alarm mode via the mode button. Use the reset button to move to the selected alarm (1-5). 
4. Hold the start/stop button for three seconds to "set the alarm mode."
5. Quickly press the start/stop button to between things to set (kind of alarm, hours, minutes).
6. Again, the mode button subtracts & the reset button adds.
7. A three-second press of the start/stop button exits the setup mode.

I am going to make an assumption or two. One is you wear your watch regularly. At least every other day. Two is you are not sedentary. Try wearing the watch for three days. If the power indicator doesn't read at least 15 to 20 you have a bad cell (capacitor). If it does charge up to 15 to 20 then see if it lasts very long. Should last a couple weeks or more. If not then you still have the same problem. You can also go to a watchmaker and he will have a piece of equipment that can charge your cell in 3 1/2 hours. Then if the cell goes dead rapidly he/she will replace it. Should cost around 50 or less.

(A=LIGHT,B=MODE,C=START,D=RESET)
1.How to use the luminescence Any time indication,Press A the Luminescence will last for 3 seconds.
2.How to view date? Standar time indication, press C "month/ date" indication.
3.How to switch 12/24 hour systems In the normal mode, press B twice and press D twice ,then hold C until 24 hour system is actuated, then press B for recovering.
4.How to check alarm ring and alarm time? Standard time indication,press D alarm time indication.
5.How to set alarm time? Standard time indication,Press B twice. The hour area flickers,press C to set the hour. After setting hour ,press D,the minute area flickers, press C to set the minute. Last press B for recovering.
6.How to set alarm ring? In standard time indication mode ,Hold D then Press C this will toggle alarm symbol on & Off.
7.How to set Hourly Chime? In standard time indicationmode, Hold D then Press B DAY OF WEEK area toggle on and off.
8.How to use stopwatch(1/100 seconds) Press B,then Oress C for 1 timing; Press D for multiple timings. Press D once more to continue operation after multiple timing. Press D for 1 timing; press C once and press Dtwice for multiple timing. (1)Max range of the stopwatch is 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds. (2)When timing within 30 minutes, the watch indicates: minute/second/1/100 second (3)When timing beyond 30 minutes, the watch indicates:hour/minute/second
9.How to adjust time, date,day of week (1)Standard time indication,press B twice ,the second area flickers, pressC to adjust second. (2)Then press D the Minute area flickers,Press C to adjust minute. (3)Press D the hour flickers, press C to adjust hour. (4)Press D the Date flickers, press C to adjust date. (5)Press D the month area flickers, press C for adjustment. (6)Press D the Day of Week area flickers, press C for adjustment. Then press B for recovering.

I thing required cleaning for the movement and new capacitor.

From:

AmFix Jewelry & Watch Repair
203 N. LaSalle Street,
Chicago, IL 60601
Ph: 312 641 7000
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.goamfix.com

Just bought a STARTER Sport Watch Model# STW14 @Walmart

TO CHANGE TIME: 1. Press and release MODE button quickly 3X in a row(top middle no.(Seconds will flash)& change Seconds by pressing START button 2. Press & release RESET button 1X quickly(Minutes will flash) & you change Minutes by pressing START button 3.Press & release RESET button 1X quickly(Hour will flash) & you change Hour by pressing START button. 4.Press & release RESET button 1X quickly(Date will flash) & you change Date by pressing START button.5.Press & release RESET button 1X quickly(Month will flash) & you change Month by pressing START button 6. Press & release RESET button 1X quickly(Day of week will flash) & you change Day by pressing START button 7. Press & release MODE button 1X quickly to return to Normal use
TO SET ALARM: 1. Press and release MODE button quickly 2X in a row(Hour will flash)& you change Hour by pressing START button 2.Press and release RESET button quickly 1X (Minutes will flash)& you change Minute by pressing START button 3. Press & release MODE button 1X quickly to return to Normal use
TO VIEW MONTH & DAY: 1. Press & Hold START button 2.Just Release START button to return to normal use.
TO USE STOP WATCH: 1. Press and Release MODE button quickly 1X 2. To START stop watch: Press START 1X quickly 3. To STOP Stop watch: Press Reset button 1X quickly 4. To RESET Stop watch: Press & Hold START button and press RESET button quickly @ the same time, 2X in a row 5.Press & Release MODE button 1X quickly to return to Normal use

Hi

Thanks for using FixYa. You can set the time on your accurist watch by following this procedure--

TIME SETTING--

1. Push the bottom right hand button until the mode hand indicator points to TME.
2. Press and hold the upper left button for three seconds. The hour and minute hand will retract to the 12 O’clock position.
3. Select the time zone on the digital display by pressing the upper right button or the lower left button.
4. Pull the bottom right button out one click. The bottom part of the digital display will start flashing. Press the bottom left button to adjust for daylight saving time.
5. Press the upper right button. You will see the seconds flashing on the lower half of the digital display. Press the lower left button to reset the seconds to 00.
6. Press the upper right button. You will see the minutes flashing. Press the lower left button to set the minutes to your current time.
7. Press the upper right button. You will see the hours flashing. Press the lower left button to set the hours to your current time.
8. Press the upper right button. You will see 12H or 24H flashing. Press the lower left button to switch between 12 hour and 24 hour.
9. Push the lower right button back in.

SET THE CALENDAR--

1. Push the bottom right hand button until the mode hand indicator points to CAL.
2. Press and hold the upper left button for three seconds. The hour and minute hand will retract to the 12 O’clock position.
3. Select the time zone on the digital display by pressing the upper right button or the lower left button.
4. Pull the bottom right button out one click. You will see the month flashing on the digital display. Press the lower left button to change the month.
5. Press the upper right button and the date will begin flashing. Press the lower left button to change the date.
6. Press the upper right button. You will see the year flashing. Press the lower left button to change the year.
7. Push the lower right button back in.

Please do accept the solution if the issue is resolved or else revert for further assistance.

Thanks
Rylee

Here is the information from the website. The link to the manual is provided below. HOW TO CHARGE AND START THE WATCH Swing the watch from side to side approximately 50 times. * Before swinging the watch, check and remember where the minute hand is so that you can tell if the start-up indicator has worked or not. First, check that the crown is at the normal position. * If the crown is pulled out and the watch is swung, the start-up indicator will not work even if the watch starts operating. * Swing rhythmically at a rate of twice a second. * No additional benefit is obtained by swinging the watch more quickly or with greater vigor. * When the watch is swung, the oscillating weight in the generating system rotates to drive the mechanism. As it rotates, it gives out a sound, which is not a malfunction. 1 2 The minute hand moves quickly and stops as the watch starts operating. (Start-up indicator) Then, it will move at 20-second intervals. 3 After checking that the minute hand has done this, pull out the crown to set the time. 4 After pushing back the crown in to the normal position, swing the watch further approximately 350 times to reserve one day of power, and then, put the watch on your wrist. http://www.seikowatches.com/support/ib/pdf/1m20_e.pdf Good luck, Techjoel

The crown at 3 o'clock is used to set the time and change modes. The crown at 9 o'clock is used to rotate the flange at the edge of the dial.
The A button at approximately 2 o'clock starts and stops the chronograph function. The B button at approximately 4 o'clock resets the chronograph.

Lap Timer: When the watch is displaying normal time, press the right side crown to switch to chrono mode (the hour hand will indicate CHRONO). This watch measures lap times, press A to start timing the first lap. Press A again to stop the first lap and automatically start timing the second lap (the hour hand will move to indicate you're on the second lap), and so on. You can measure up to 20 laps this way. When you're fininshed timing laps, press the right side crown to see the best lap time. To reset the lap timer, hold down B for 2 seconds. To switch out of chrono and see the normal time, just press the right side crown in.

Chronongraph: To time an interval that is not a lap, just follow the above instructions, but instead of pressing A to stop the first lap, press B and the watch will show the elapsed time to the nearest 1/100th of a second. Hold B to reset.

Crown at 9 o'clock: This crown rotates the inner flange at the edge of the dial and is used to measure total race time (i.e. the total of all the laps). Simply rotate the crown until the the little start trinagle on the flange is aligned with the minute hand. This way, the total elapsed time can be read at any time, similarly to how a rotating bezel works.

To set the time: Ensure the watch is not in CHRONO mode, if so, press the right side crown in. At this time pull the right side crown out until you feel a click.The position the second hand moves to indicates what is currently being set. If the second hand is at 9 o'clock, you are setting am hours, press A repeatedly to set am hours. Then press B and the second hand will move to 6 o'clock, pressing A repeatedly will set the minutes. So on for year (11 o'clock), month (12 o'clock), and day (1 o'clock).

Setting the alarm:

1. Pull the crown to the 2nd "click" (the possition you adjust the time) (Carefull: The seconds hand has to be on "12")
2. Press repeatedly button "B" to set ALARM hands to the time indicated by the main time hands (The ALARM hands move quickly if button B is kept pressed)
3. Push the crown to normal possition
4. Pull the crown to the 1st "click".
5. Press repeatedly button "B" to set the desired alarm time. (The ALARM hands move quickly if button B is kept pressed)
6. Push back the crown in to normal position.

At the designated time the alarm rings for 20 seconds, and it is automatically disengaged as it stops. To stop it manually, press button A or B.