This is the SKMEI 1995 operation instruction in the order you use it. The leaflet covers two features and three modes on a single page, and the steps and pictures below are its own. The 1995 is a four-key digital watch whose display is four digits in two lines of two; the mode decides what those lines carry — the time with its 12/24-hour marker, the date, or the seconds and the weekday.
The four keys
| Key | Leaflet label | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| A | LIGHT | Lights the EL backlight for 3 seconds, in any mode |
| B | SET | Shows the date from Time Mode, opens the time setting, and steps to the next setting item |
| C | SET | The same job as B — the leaflet gives both keys the same label |
| D | MODE | Changes mode; inside a setting it increases the flashing value, and holding it runs the value up quickly |
A sits upper left, B lower left, D upper right and C lower right.
The three modes
D steps the watch round the modes, and nothing else does: Time Mode, Date Mode, Second&Week Mode, then back to Time Mode.
Peeking at the date from Time Mode
From Time Mode, a press of B or C puts the date on the display without leaving the mode, and 3 seconds without a press returns the time by itself. That is a glance, not Date Mode: Date Mode is reached with D and stays on screen until you press D again.
Setting the year, month, day, hour and minute
The setting opens from Time Mode or Date Mode, the procedure being the same from both, and it always starts at the year.
- Press B or C. The year is displayed.
- Press D to set the year, or hold D to run it up quickly.
- Press B or C again for the month, then again for the day, the hour and the minute, setting each one with D.
- After the minute is set, press B or C to return to Time Mode.
Switching between 12 and 24-hour
The switch sits inside the hour setting rather than on a key of its own. The leaflet's sentence is: in hour setting, keep pressing D to adjust the hour; the watch is in 24-hour format when H appears, and A or P marks 12-hour format. The indicator is what tells you which one you are in — the leaflet's hour screen carries an H above 03, and its Time Mode screen carries a P beside 10:36.
It does not say how many presses it takes to cross from one format to the other, only that D is the key to keep pressing while the hour is set. The hour setting is therefore the only place the switch can be reached.
Clearing the seconds to zero
Second&Week Mode is where the seconds are zeroed, with one rule attached.
- Press B or C and the seconds go to 00.
- If the seconds were 40 or more, the minute goes up by one at the same time.
- If the seconds were under 40, the minute does not change.
D returns to Time Mode.
If something looks wrong
None of the following is a fault. Each row is a state the watch is designed to sit in.
| What you see | What is happening | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The date is on screen and the time has gone | B or C shows the date for 3 seconds from Time Mode | Wait 3 seconds and the time comes back |
| Digits are flashing and D changes a value instead of the mode | You are inside the setting, where D adjusts | Press B or C through to the minute, then once more to leave |
| The 12/24-hour format will not change | The switch only exists inside the hour setting | Open the setting, reach Hour, and adjust with D |
| The seconds went to 00 and the minute jumped up | The seconds were 40 or more when you cleared them | Nothing to fix; that is the rule |
Source: the printed SKMEI 1995 operation instruction supplied with the watch. The key labels, the mode order, the five setting items, the 3-second date peek and the 40-second rule are reproduced as written there, and all three figures are the leaflet's own drawings. The distinction between the date peek and Date Mode, the note on the 12/24-hour indicator and the troubleshooting table are our own.