If your Casio’s digital time is correct but its hands point to a different time, use the watch’s hand alignment or home-position adjustment procedure. The button sequence depends on the module number on the case back, so follow the manual for your exact module rather than trying a generic reset. If the digital time is wrong too, check the Home City or daylight saving time (DST) setting before adjusting the hands.
First identify which time display is wrong
Compare the analog hands with the digital time while the watch is in Timekeeping Mode. The symptom determines what to check:
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- Digital time is right; hands are displaced: the hands may need alignment correction.
- Digital time is wrong by hours: check the Home City or time-zone setting.
- Digital time is wrong by one hour: check whether DST is set correctly for your location and date.
Casio lists strong magnetism and impact as possible reasons the hands can stop agreeing with the digital display. Its troubleshooting guidance treats a hand mismatch differently from an incorrect digital hour or a one-hour DST error. See the [module 5736 guide] and [module 5611 troubleshooting guide].
Find your watch’s module number
Look for the module number on the case back, then open the corresponding operation guide through CASIO Support. The module number matters: models can use different entry indicators, button-hold times, controls, and adjustment stages. Some adjust only the hour and minute hands; others handle a second or function hand separately.
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Do not treat the examples below as interchangeable. Use them to recognize how procedures vary, then follow the guide for your own module.
Correct the hands using the module-specific procedure
Module 5736
In Timekeeping Mode, hold A for at least five seconds and release it when [0:00] starts flashing. Use B and D to align the hour and minute hands, then press A to exit. This sequence is specific to module 5736. For this module, Casio also documents hand alignment through CASIO WATCHES when the watch is paired with a phone. See the 5736 hand-alignment guide.
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Enter Timekeeping Mode, then hold A for at least four seconds. Release it when [HS] stops flashing and [0:00] begins flashing. Use C to align the hour and minute hands, then press A to complete the adjustment. See Casio’s 5759 hand-alignment guide.
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This module adjusts the second hand separately from the hour and minute hands. The guide uses D to enter adjustment, A and C to move the second hand, E to switch to hour-and-minute alignment, and D to exit. Follow the on-screen sequence in the 5744 guide.
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Module 5746
The procedure has separate stages for the function hand and the hour-and-minute hands. Use the order and controls shown in Casio’s 5746 hand-alignment guide.
Other modules
For modules 5413 and 5470, consult the matching Casio instructions: 5413 hand alignment correction and 5470 hand alignment adjustment. Casio’s guides also explain when not to adjust alignment; do not assume every discrepancy calls for the same correction.
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Check the display after adjustment
Exit the adjustment mode as your module’s guide directs, return to Timekeeping Mode, and compare the hands with the digital time again. Casio’s module 5161 guide says to check the analog display against the digital display after home-position adjustment and repeat the procedure if they still do not match. That guide also notes that hands may move after a manual digital-time change, time-calibration reception, or a Home City or DST change. If you need to set both displays manually on a 5161, set the digital time first. See the 5161 operation guide.
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