Digital watches give you the time at a glance, clearly and simply. But setting them isn't as easy as newer models that just call for a swipe or a tap, and instructions vary by style and brand. Most recent models can be set with buttons to the left and right of the watch face, but vintage models might require you to look into the back of the watch bracelet—and at an instruction manual.
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Step 1: Punch the Right Buttons
Check your watch for a 'Mode' function. A typical digital watch can be set with buttons visible off the watch face, either to the left and right or with four of them surrounding the face. The button may instead be labeled 'Set' or 'Adjust' or something similar. 'Mode' often will tell you what functions are available. Press 'Mode' two or three times or according to your instruction manual, until the display blinks.
Step 2: Set the Hour and Minutes
Continue setting the time. The Stauer Magnus digital watch, for example, has four buttons: Stop/Start, Reset, Mode and Backlight. Press 'Mode' three times to start the process until the display blinks; 'Reset' selects the hour, while hitting 'Reset' twice selects the minutes. Hit 'Mode' to select the time when you have it adjusted.
Step 3: Set an Alarm or Timer
Setting the alarm on the Stauer Magnus involves hitting 'Mode' twice, and then selecting a combination of other buttons. It's different for every brand—there's almost a mystique to learning the intricacies of your watch—so check your instruction manual if it isn't self-evident, and hang on to those instructions in case you don't use them often.
Tips
Instead of buttons, many digital watches have tiny round keys to the side of the watch face. Instead of pushing them with your fingers, you'll need to insert a ballpoint pen or a safety pin to push them in. Don't use a pencil because the lead might break. If you have an old-school LED watch, it may be 1970s retro-cool, but it's even harder to reset than newer models. The Hamilton QED, for example, has buttons on the side—but you need to push those buttons just to display the time whenever you want to see it. To set the time, you'll need to go into the back of the bracelet and press a timeset button on the back at the same time you are pressing 'command buttons' on the front.
Adidas has offered online shopping for a long time but you’ve always had to do it via a web browser. That may be just fine on a PC or laptop, but the process can get fiddly if you like to use your smartphone to shop.
The good news is that the sports clothing giant has finally gotten around to building a mobile shopping app for iOS and Android devices.
Adidas 316l Watch
The new app offers everything from its latest shoes to clothing and accessories.
In an effort to offer a little more than its browser-based shopping experience, it will also come up with personalized product recommendations based on the sports you play and the kind of gear you like to wear. And with Adidas’s new app employing artificial intelligence technology, those recommendations should improve over time.
Adidas 316l Watch Manual
For now you can only use it in the U.S. or U.K., and you need to choose between the two when you open the app for the first time.
After that, you can scroll down the main page to explore current trends in the world of sports gear, or hit the shoe icon to start shopping. You’ll find products split between men, women, and kids, with additional categories including shoes, clothing, and accessories.
You can order using Apple Pay “or another favorite way of paying,” Adidas says, and track your goods via regular updates from the company.
Adidas has cleverly worked in other reasons to get you to open the app, such as by incorporating tailored news on sports and athletes that you’re into. Of course, you’ll also find updates on the latest Adidas gear to hit the market, likely with links to the store to encourage you to splash out on more gear.
For a bit of fun, there’s a “share how you wear it” feature where you can send in a photo of yourself posing in your swanky new Adidas gear for inclusion in a showcase of similar images so you can “see how your friends are wearing their Adidas.”
Finally, if you have any issues using the app, Adidas has agents available for an online chat around the clock, seven days a week. Of course, if Adidas isn’t your style, there’s always Nike.