Do you know a local independent watchmaker?Take it to him and have him look at it. Make sure you find out what he wants$ or$$$ before he repairs it.You may be better off to get a new one or it may be a very simple inexpensive fix. Sorry I can't diagnose it but you may have shorted something is my best guess.

 

Do you know a local independent watchmaker?

I do know one, and I imagine his advice would be to stop opening it.

I'd like to know what I did wrong, so that when I open it in the future - say to change the battery - I don't end up with the same result.

If I shorted the circuit, would the indiglo still light up, though?

 

IDK it's usually the reverse the hands work but the indiglo stops if the battery is weak.

 

Have you 'hacked' it when you pulled out the stem, and are you certain you've put the stem back correctly? Usually you have to release the stem without pulling the crown out (as you would to adjust the time).

 

I started by pulling out the crown to setting mode, and then released the stem as I pulled it completely out. All I did to put the stem back was to slide it back inside. Once in, I can pull it out to setting mode, and the hands adjust. I'll then push it back in, and the hands no longer adjust.

But you have a point - if the indiglo lights up, then perhaps the problem is lurking with how the stem is engaging the pinions.

 

I bought a Pulsar G10 that they thought the movement was dead. I pulled the stem out to the stop position, then installed the battery. When I pushed the stem all the way in, it started ticking. Just spit balling.

 

hi can anyone help me,
i have a timex indiglo watch, ive put in a new battery and now the light work but the watch time is not going..