Question on the Count Up watch face

[ShlomoAAPL]

This is one of the most useful watch faces while cooking. Plus, the rotating bezel gives a good feel on the progress of the whole project for me.

However, I find it hard to launch it. With the first tap the bezel is set to the minute hand’s current position, and I would need another tap on the start button to launch it, but oftentimes instead of starting the timer function it just resets the bezel. It is quite frustrating, and this is exactly where a physical button would come handy. If, for example, I could use the crown button to start it.

What’s your experience? Is there any trick on the way to tap that little start button to be more reliable in actually starting the timer?

Thank you for the tips in advance.

 

[michaelb5000]

Like you, I couldn't figure out a reliable to way to click that timer to start. So I gave up. Also, I would prefer the watch face if it just kept time with the rotating dial, when you start the timer and it switches display including the digital timer, that bugs me. If I want to run a timer like that I might as well just just the stop watch (which is what I am doing instead).

 

[ShlomoAAPL]

Like you, I couldn't figure out a reliable to way to click that timer to start. So I gave up. Also, I would prefer the watch face if it just kept time with the rotating dial, when you start the timer and it switches display including the digital timer, that bugs me. If I want to run a timer like that I might as well just just the stop watch (which is what I am doing instead).

I found the Chronograph watch face has a more reliably working start button on the top right corner.

 

[barstep]

Tap the bezel. The 0 marker moves to the minute hand. Tap Start, count up starts. Tap anywhere for Time elapsed and options to Continue or Stop. Works every time for me.

 

[justiny]

I found it finicky at first as well. I learned to tap right in the center (like, exactly in the center) of the dial and it starts each time. Tapping anywhere else will reset the bezel.

 

[ShlomoAAPL]

Thank you for the replies, I must be clumsy on this, and wonder if the 44mm version would be more flexible accepting the tap.

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