How do you use the rotating outer dial? - Watches

As your watch has 3 buttons I am assuming that it has the main dial and 2 sub dials maybee to show the date. The centre button should pull out (DO IT GENTLY) and either will stop or click ,you should then rotate it to set the time, when done push it back in to start the watch running.
The 2 outer buttons probably work by pushing them in a click at a time to set there respective dials.

read your manual

The three small dials on this watch are all part of a "stopwatch" system. The small dial at the 12 o'clock is for tenths of a second( each half circle completed is one second or 1 whole rotation equals 2 seconds.) the small dial at the 6 o'clock counts a full 60 seconds for each revolution, and the dial at the 9 o'clock counts minutes(one full circle equaling an hour.) when the stop watch is started the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock dials will start at the same time. you will notice that every half turn on the top dial equals one "tick" on the bottom dial. After the first minute of timing the top dial will stop ticking as it is for more precise timing of things that take less than 1 minute. each full rotation of the bottom dial will then equate to one "tick" of the 9 o'clock dial. hence the three dials counting tenths of a second, seconds and minutes. the setting of these dials is fairly easy once you understand the purpose. on the side of the watch there are two buttons(one top and one bottom) with a setting wheel in the center. When in use the top button starts and stops the stopwatch and the bottom button resets the counters. To set the watch simply pull the center wheel away from the watch all the way(2 clicks) set your minute hand and hour hand and then tap the bottom button repeatedly until the small dials all line up straight up. once that is done push the center wheel button halfway into the watch or one click to set the date. then simply push the wheel the rest of the way in and voila!!! hope this answers some questions

mcdevito75 here, That dial is used mainly on Divers watches for Divers, by setting this dial, you can tell how much air time tanks that divers use have in them. It"s main purpose though is to hold the crystal asssembly to the watch case. A specialized manual can tell how to use this outer dial, it can be used as a measure of distance and time.

This watch is no longer made but you could contact them by going to http://www.swisswatches.co.uk/watch/1195/tag-heuer-6000-series/ and contacting them about this.

I suggest that you go to the Timex web site "timex.com" and click on "contact us" and you will see some addresses, phone numbers and email blank.

If you contact them, they should be able to help you.

I think you are referring to the bezel around the crystal (glass). There is a spring under the bezel and it has broken. It can be replaced.

Hope this helps.
Ken
Yellowstone Watch Inc.
www.yellowstonewatch.com

There should be 3 knobs on the right side of your watch. Unscrew the middle knob with the crown on it until it pops out. After it springs out, it will be in winding mode. You want to gently pull it out past this point, it will click into place and you will be able to set the time by turning the knob. After time is set just push the middle knob back in and turn clockwise unitl it is tight.

I hope this has been helpful,
dansfinetime ebaa

It is primarily cosmetic - the bezel was originally designed for diving, military activities or similar where counting down time was critical. Before digital stopwatches etc were built into watches as a feature, what you did as a diver was turn the bezel to the time (say 30 minutes) of air you had left, then the minute hand would travel around the face to the position 0 on the bezel, telling you 30 minutes had passed. You often find compass directions, various job specific calculators etc on bezels also, but unless you need a stopwatch / time reminder and don't have that feature in the watch itself, then it is purely a tradition to include a rotating bezel. The original bezels would have the time markings going the opposite way to the watch face usually, however on many modern watches, they often go the same way, allowing you to see how much time has passed, rather than how much you have left. Hope this clears things up :)