Alright, let’s talk about how I finally figured out setting the time on my Timex Ironman Triathlon watch. This thing has been sitting in my drawer for ages because I just couldn’t be bothered to deal with it. It’s not rocket science, but it’s also not exactly intuitive.

First, I grabbed the watch and stared at it for a good minute. It has a few buttons: MODE, SET/RECALL, START/SPLIT, and STOP/RESET. Okay, I felt a bit overwhelmed, as you can imagine.
I pressed the MODE button a few times and cycled through a bunch of stuff like a stopwatch, timer, and alarm. Then, I held down the SET/RECALL button, and finally, the time started blinking. Progress!
Next, I used the START/SPLIT and STOP/RESET buttons to change the numbers. START/SPLIT would move the digits up, and STOP/RESET would bring them down. I messed with these buttons until I got the right hour.
Then, I had to press the MODE button to move to the minutes, and then the seconds, and I repeated the whole process. Up and down, up and down with those START/SPLIT and STOP/RESET buttons.
Here’s a quick rundown of the steps:
- Hold down SET/RECALL until the time blinks.
- Use START/SPLIT to increase and STOP/RESET to decrease the digits.
- Press MODE to move between hours, minutes, seconds.
- Repeat until the time is set.
Honestly, I probably spent way too long fiddling with it, but hey, I got it done. Now my watch is finally showing the right time. It’s not the most exciting thing in the world, but it was a small victory for me. Maybe this will help someone else who’s also struggling with their Ironman watch. If not, at least I got a little story out of it!
