How To Set The Time On Timex Ironman Watch

My trusty Ironman Triathlon began getting dim on me most a week ago and then it was interim strangely–finally information technology went blank on me. Time for another repair.

How to Supervene upon Battery on Timex Ironman Triathlon Watch

Hardware

Timex 5K198 Ironman Classic Spotter

Tools Needed

Precision Screwdriver Prepare

Parts Needed

CR 2022 Battery

Step one: Unscrew the four phillips screws on the dorsum of the watch.

I have a set of precision screwdrivers like the gear up I accept linked in the "Tools Needed" department and the smallest phillips screwdriver works fine. The screws are pocket-sized and so make certain to set them aside where you are not going to loose them.

Timex Ironman Triathlon-Four Back Screws Loosened

Step two: Remove the back.

At that place are springs the push on the back for the piezoelectric speaker then the dorsum volition want to come off. I used a small apartment screw driver and gently nudged upwardly on the border and the back popped up.

Gently Prying off the Back with a Flat Screwdriver — Gently Prying off the Back

Step 3: Remove the battery cover screw and elevator off the battery cover.

There is one screw that holds a metal shield down over the bombardment. Remove that spiral:

Battery Cover Screw Location — How to Replace Timex Ironman Triathlon Batteries-Battery Cover Screw

The bombardment cover tucks in on the top edge so lift from the bottom side (the end where you removed the spiral). The battery embrace will stick to the battery considering of that cerise sticker and when yous lift up the bombardment cover the bombardment will lift out also. You lot exercise non want to remove the scout internals or you volition make the job more difficult (like I did). Peal the battery comprehend off the bombardment and y'all will have something that looks like this (pardon the slightly out-of-focus image):

Old Battery and Battery Cover — How to Supercede Timex Ironman Triathlon Batteries-Erstwhile Battery and Battery Embrace

Step 4: Insert a new bombardment into the lookout.

Lay the bombardment with the button finish downwardly like this with the positive (+) side up:

New Battery Inserted — New Bombardment Inserted

Step v: Reinstall the bombardment cover.

Outset past hooking the top of the battery embrace in its slot and then lay the battery cover down, centering it over the battery and lining up the hole where the screw will be inserted:

Inserting Battery Door into Slot — Inserting Bombardment Door tab into Slot

Then reinstall the battery door spiral:

Pace half dozen: Reinstall the waterproofing gasket

Chances are, the safe gasket that keeps water out of the lookout man volition leap out of its channel when you take the back off. I completely removed the gasket and cleaned whatever droppings off of it:

How to Replace Timex Ironman Triathlon Batteries-Back Gasket — Waterproofing gasket removed

Insert the gasket back into its channel equally seen beneath:

Back Gasket in Channel — Back Gasket Reinstalled in Channel

Footstep 7: Reinstall the back

With the pinnacle of the lookout man at the top, reinstall the back so the lettering imprinted in the dorsum of the watch is right-side upwards:

Reinstalling the Back — Reinstalling the Dorsum

Reinstall the iv screws. I held the dorsum on tightly as I screwed them in:

Reinstalling the 4 Back Screws — Squeezing the Dorsum on Tightly While Reinstalling the four Back Screws

Stride 8: Set the Fourth dimension

The on-screen instructions are pretty good compared to digital watches of yesteryear. Use the START/Split push to increase the number, use the STOP/RESET push to decrease the number, use the Mode button to advance to the next setting and the Ready/Call back push for Washed.

The Date, Day, and fourth dimension are set:

Troubleshooting

If buttons don't work

The starting time time I reassembled the spotter the End/RESET push button didn't work. I had to take it apart and in doing so I realized that the entire watch insides were not quite lined up with the buttons. Make sure the metal tab at the right and the left are not tucked nether and make sure the buttons line upwards with the biconvex office of the leap arms as indicated in the image below:

At that place are two buttons on each side that needs to line up with the curved metal jump piece and one metal tab that should exist on top.

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