I bought a Timex watch from Amazon:
Timex Men's T2N721 Intelligent Quartz Adventure Series Tide Temp Compass Brown Leather Strap Watch
It's a great watch, and I love the quality Timex invests in building their watches.
I got a problem with the Indliglo back light, it stopped working after 3 month, although all other options still worked; the watch, tide, compass and temperature.
Warnings before you continue:
1- opening the watch yourself will void your warranty, Timex fixes their watches for low or no cost, so send it to them if you can.
2- I recommend letting a professional do that for you because you need a special tool to push the cover back.
So I said why not open the watch myself and look around, maybe if I remove the battery and put it back it will work again.
I managed to open it easily, found a reset pin (shown in the picture), pressed it, and the back light started working again :D
Now the hard part is to put back the back cover, turns out its a pain for Timex watches, I think it's because of it being a water resistant watch, there are guides on the internet for how to do this, this one is excellent, although the thumbs pressure trick didn't work, there are other ideas mentioned by users in that post.
Good luck!
Update: Added the low battery reason mentioned by FLJohnson.
Timex Men's T2N721 Intelligent Quartz Adventure Series Tide Temp Compass Brown Leather Strap Watch
It's a great watch, and I love the quality Timex invests in building their watches.
I got a problem with the Indliglo back light, it stopped working after 3 month, although all other options still worked; the watch, tide, compass and temperature.
Warnings before you continue:
1- opening the watch yourself will void your warranty, Timex fixes their watches for low or no cost, so send it to them if you can.
2- I recommend letting a professional do that for you because you need a special tool to push the cover back.
Causes of the problem:
1- The watch needs to be reset (using the reset pin or if you don't have one remove the battery and add it back.
2- Low battery: Thanks to FLJohnson, he mentioned in a comment that if the battery is low the light will stop working, so change the battery.
3- A faulty watch.
I'm not in the US so I tried to contact my local Timex distributor through email, but their email does not work!, I tried also to contact Timex US customer support through email but they didn't respond!1- The watch needs to be reset (using the reset pin or if you don't have one remove the battery and add it back.
2- Low battery: Thanks to FLJohnson, he mentioned in a comment that if the battery is low the light will stop working, so change the battery.
3- A faulty watch.
So I said why not open the watch myself and look around, maybe if I remove the battery and put it back it will work again.
I managed to open it easily, found a reset pin (shown in the picture), pressed it, and the back light started working again :D
Now the hard part is to put back the back cover, turns out its a pain for Timex watches, I think it's because of it being a water resistant watch, there are guides on the internet for how to do this, this one is excellent, although the thumbs pressure trick didn't work, there are other ideas mentioned by users in that post.
Good luck!
Update: Added the low battery reason mentioned by FLJohnson.
Can you make a youtube video or some pictures about the dissasembly and assembly?
ReplyDeleteAnd can you make a picture about the reset pin? Thx bro!
Can you make some pictures or video about the reset pin, or watch dissasembly and assembly?
ReplyDeleteI'll post a picture of the reset pin later,
ReplyDeletebut as I said before don't try to do this on your own, putting the back cover back is not easy at all and it may get damaged, so I recommend you give it to a professional,
have a nice day :)
@Zsolt, I added a picture to the post itself ^ check it out.
ReplyDeleteI have had an ACQUA Indiglo for many years, probably 15 or more. Having gone through only a few batteries in all this time, I can testify that the light goies out because the battery is too low to operate it. Nevertheless, the watch will keep excellent time for a number of YEARS after the light stops working. Eventually the watch will start losing time significantly. Replacing the battery returns the light to working condition, but because the watch keeps great time for so long after the light stops working, I just live with it. It simply wasn't worth it to me to replace the battery until the watch eventually stopped keeping time.
ReplyDelete@FLJohnson, good to let others know that there is another reason,
ReplyDeletemine had a bug I guess and it needed reset.
Thank you. I had the very same problem with my watch.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your help.
ReplyDeleteCannot find such a pin in my Expedition Scout.
ReplyDeleteRetired Camera Repairman
I have the proper tools.
Jewelers and otherwise.
@375GTB, sorry to hear that.
ReplyDeleteAs FLJohnson said before, try to change your battery, as a low battery may be the cause, even if the watch still runs perfectly.
Is a watch that resets itself also a symptom of a low battery?
ReplyDeleteI really have no clue, but I assume so.
DeleteMy strap cam loose And my watch fell on the floor the light never worked after that but there was a small glow on the side It wasn’t a year old
ReplyDeleteThat's sad to hear :(
DeleteI use a nylon jawed Pana-Vise with two pieces of phenolic plastic to protect the crystal.
ReplyDeleteStraps OFF!
You want to hear a dull click as it seats
A SHARP click and you've cracked the glass
Find a parts donor Timex on eBay
Under $10
I prefer Expedition Scouts
UMMV
I have the same problem. My watch is timex cr2016 cell wr 30m and light is not working. I changed the battery but its not working. How to I fix that?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, sorry.
DeleteMaybe you need to get it checked.
I have the same watch. battery changed and start for a while then stopped.
ReplyDeleteI tried press the reset pin by tweezers but nothing happen. Is that need to use so force to press the reset pin down with a "click" feeling? or just softly use a needle to "touch"? Please advise.
I just used a small screwdriver to bridge the gap between the two surfaces. All you're doing is momentarily disconnecting the battery.
DeleteI don't really remember, but i guess it was softly, ifnI find my old watch I'll check it again.
ReplyDeleteTry to press it with a needle or something really thin, maybe the tweezers are not thin enough, and keep it pressed for a couple of seconds just in case.
thanks, I finally found out that the screw to lock the battery was loosen. Now the watch works fine. However, when I press the compass button, 3 alarm sound (SOS liked sound) came up. I am still waiting my watch case closing tools arrive, as there is no way to close the back case with thumbs.
DeleteBought Timex Expedition about a 1-1/2 years ago, I first noticed that my night light was starting to grow dimmer till there was only just a flicker. I put a new battery in it and everything works right but the light don't work at all, any Ideas as to what to do?
ReplyDeleteI have no clue, sorry.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you do find a reset button, give it a try.
Double check that the watch is seated deeply enough that the indiglo button hits the metal hard enough to make the connection.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this tip! I bought a used timex and the indigo wasn't working. I changed out the battery thinking that would fix it and still nothing! I had no idea about the reset button but it worked! Indigo is back up and running! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it worked for you 👌
DeleteSo just bought this watch. All the functions stopped immediately except time and date. I took it to jeweler put in a new battery it worked for a second and quit all functions again?
ReplyDeleteI suggest that you return back to him and let him try the reset pin.
DeleteI have an M252, Indiglo stopped working after a swim, I had some humidity issues as well, visible under the glass and the screen was flickering a bit. Dried the watch and continued using it. Affter the battery died, I finally opened the watch ( to change the battery) - there was no O--ring under the back case! After reset (the pads near the battery latch) Indiglo still not performing, I quess the excess moisture killed it. Well.
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