How To Set The Day, Date, & Time on a Seiko 5 Watch

Follow this quick guide to correctly set the day & date on a Seiko 5 watch. Switching between AM and PM settings can be difficult, and if you want your watch to be 100% accurate, you'll need to set these figures properly.

*Warning* Avoid changing the date & day settings on your Seiko 5 between 9:00pm and 4:00am, as this can damage the automatic calendar functions. If your watch is set to one of these times, pull the crown out to its second position and move the hands out of this time zone before adjusting the calendar.

Essentially, setting up your Seiko 5 watch involves pulling the crown out and rotating it to change your settings. Change your calendar first (move the crown out one position), by turning the crown and setting the figures to the day and date before the current one. This way, when you pull out the crown and begin to turn the crown and move the hands forward, the calendar will automatically change as you go past 12 o'clock. This will sync your watch to the AM time, and your calendar should automatically change every 24 hours from this point.

To change the time on a Seiko 5 watch, simply pull the crown out two positions, and adjust the time by turning the crown towards or away from you.

From there, you can sync your time up with a working clock, and push the crown down so it continues ticking along. Keep in mind that most Seiko 5s will shift +/- 15 seconds per month, and will occasionally need to be tuned up.

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[dmtizzly]

I thought there was something WRONG with my Seiko 5 right after purchasing it, since it was displaying the wrong language right after I had thought I successfully set it, but I realized I work graveyard shift and this video helped delineate how the language switches at 3am! Thank you!

[lukeburinsky]

One thing is that if you have a bilingual watch meaning it displays the days of the week in two languages set the date to your language before todays date. Ex. If you chose Spanish and today is Mar, set it to Lun then when you set the time, right after it switches to English (at around midnight) Tuesday, it’ll switch again at 3am.

[Jay]

A quick and clean video! I was able to set the correct day and time. Thank you!

[xristinarose]

This video is a life changer! Thanks to you, i set my very first automatic watch right 😄

[zohanable]

Super simple but extremely well explained video, thanks mate

[jintang]

Finally someone gave a proper demo on Youtube!

[BTB_Works]

quick, easy to follow, straight to the point. nice one!

[sra]

All I needed was the first minute of the video. Awesome watch!

[Bo-mybn]

Thanks for the video helped me set up my first swill automatic watch I was clueless!

[hktz]

Figured it out. I'm going to be proud of myself for the next 3-5 business days.

[mjbartending]

I see that with the bilingual models the day in the primary language changes roughly 45mins after midnight and the day in second language (in this case english), changes 3-something hours after midnight! I thought my watch was defect but I guess this is the modus operandi for analog?

[deadbones]

Why can’t you adjust the time during those danger time zones? What if you live or travel to another country with a different time zone, is it still those times or now you’d have to adjust to the times of our country? 😅

[social]

Thank you. I'm using a seiko 5 for 2 years now, didn't know the information. The date was keep messing with me repeatedly.

[acmarston]

Is it normal that on my Seiko 5 the day of the week changes when I rotate towards me, and the day of the month when I rotate away from me?

[kevinsine]

Thankssss, easy and clear instructions 👍

[grim]

setting the day and date during 9pm and 4 am will break it, but if you just pop the crown out during that time or during that time you move the hour and minute hand backwards for whatever reason will that also break it?

[LennardCreative]

simple and quick. thank you very much!

[hernanbanuelos]

Thanks for the video brother. Huge help!

[TheDetonaheadmetal]

Mine is changing the date at 11:45pm is it a problem?

[hieuca]

Date and time, days u need to turn clockwise direction. Always clockwise direction to keep the engine safe. If moving backward could damage them!