HOW TO EASILY SET THE DATE AND TIME ON A ROLEX
Channel: WPB Watch Co
Date: 25/09/2019

How To Set The Time And Date On A Rolex Submariner 
Hey guys, Anthony with Certifiedluxurywatches.com here, today I’m going to show you how to set the date and the time on a Rolex Submariner.  This particular model is a ceramic bezel 116610 and has pretty standard positions on the crown.  First thing you will notice is that the crown should be screwed completely closed to prevent water from getting inside the watch as well as moisture so on and so forth. The crown, turning clockwise, should be screwed all the way down until its hand tight.  You don’t need to crank it down, just enough to keep it closed. So you want to, counterclockwise, unscrew the crown and it will automatically pop into its first position.  The first position, if you turn it clockwise, you can ever so slightly feel it winding.  You can hear the gears turning while it actually winds the watch. That’s the first position of the watch.  If you turn it counter clockwise it’s going freely spin, there’s no function if you do it counter clockwise so that’s position number one.  For position number two; you will pull it out ever so slightly. You will feel it click into the position that will allow you to actually change the date on the watch, so as you turn it clockwise the date is going to increase.  When you set a watch there is AM and PM.  If anyone has ever set the watch incorrectly, you know when you look at the watch and the time it may be 11 o’clock PM and the date will not change at midnight. The date should change at midnight recognizing the new day.  I’m going to show you how to properly set the watch up so it recognizes AM and PM.  So you want to pull the crown all the way out to its third position.  It’s literally the last position of the watch and you’ll notice when you pull it to third position, you can turn it clockwise and counter clockwise.  It doesn’t matter but turning it clockwise will allow the hands to go around the dial in a clockwise fashion and if you do it counterclockwise it turns the hands counterclockwise.  So you want to see what setting the watch is in, if it’s in AM or PM.  How you do that is you’re going to go once around the dial, sometimes you have to go twice, and allow the hour hand to pass the 12 o’clock position.  If the date does not change when it passes 12 it’s in PM mode.  If it changes it’s in AM mode.  I equate it and think about it as midnight it will change the next day and 12 o’clock lunch time and it will not change to the next day.  Knowing that this particular watch has just passed lunchtime 12 o’clock position, you can go ahead and set the day.  Today is actually the 17th .  Whenever you set the date again you want to push the crown all the way in to its first position and ever so slightly pull it out to the first.  That will wind the watch.  Second position is going to set the date.  You want to set the date knowing the watch is in the current mode and is set for the day before the actual day you want to set it.  Again today is the 17th , so you’re going to set it for the 16th .  You simply click through the dates find the day before, then you’re going to open it all the way to its third position and you’re going to go clockwise around the dial until it changes to today’s date that’s midnight.  So currently it’s 10:20, so were going to go around to 4 AM, 5 AM, 6 AM, 7 AM, 8 AM, 9 AM, 10 and then 20.  The watch is set to 10:20 AM.  You’re going to push the crown back closed by turning it counter clockwise.  You now have a watch that is set to the proper date and AM PM time.