I just bought this watch Nautica A31504 and it does not seem that any of the chrono buttons work. Is it the watch that is defective, or am I doing something wrong. In the manual, it says that I can countdown, set alarm on/off, and us stop watch, but none of the buttons work, beep shen held down, etc...

FOR NAUTICA BANDS GO TO:
GO TO: http://www.ebay.com/sch/bluss_929/m.html?item=221597748969&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Nautica are not giving opportunity to download user manuals, but you should be able to get information by following this link: http://www.nautica.com/helpdesk/index.jsp?display=store&subdisplay=contact Ask them to assist you.

FOR BUY BANDS GO TO EBAY.COM SEARCH
"NAUTICA REPLACEMENT BAND"

The only place you can get a replacement Nautica band is through Nautica. Here is a link to get you where you need to be:

http://www.nauticawatches.com/service

Best of luck to you.

Go to the Nautica site and register your watch and then you can download the instructions. http://www.nauticawatches.com/register

Big hand is for chronometer function, not for counting seconds. The small seconds hand is for continuous seconds counting and should tick all the time.

Any local watch repair shop will fix this.

push the pins in with a very small tools they should contract and teh piece will pop off

On this type of watch the second should not be working unless you are in the chrono mode. The lower dial should be the only indication of the seconds when not in chrono mode. You probably need to have the chrono reset and shown how the functions work. Try a Fossil location they will be able to tell you how to work this watch. It does not sound like this is a major problem.