This is the SKMEI 2002 operation manual. It covers one job — setting the time — and the watch needs nothing more: three hands on one dial, a single crown on the right of the case, no pushers and no sub-dials.
The parts the leaflet names
The drawing names every part the procedure touches: minute hand, hour hand, second hand, crown. The dial carries four pieces of print — SKMEI QUARTZ WATCH, WR30M, MINUTE, and the model number SKM-2002. Nothing else is meant to be operated, and the leaflet has no date-setting step, which matches the drawing: there is no date window on the dial.
Setting the time
- Pull the crown out to the first grip.
- Rotate the crown downward until the hands reach the target time.
- After setting, press the crown directly back to the closed state.
That is the whole instruction. The rest of this page is about the three phrases in it that are easy to misread: first grip, downward and closed state.
What the first grip is
In use the crown sits flush against the case. The first grip is the first stop it makes when pulled out — one click out from rest, the position the drawing shows on the right, where the crown stands clear of the case and an arrow marks the rotation. The leaflet names no second grip, and there is no date to set beyond it.
Which way is downward
The leaflet's word is downward; it does not say clockwise or anticlockwise. The instruction is easier to follow by watching the hands than by reading the wording — turn the crown, watch the hands, keep turning until they reach the time you want. If they move away from it, turn the other way. If you pass it, keep going and the hands will come round again.
The Chinese column of the same leaflet is a little more specific about what moves: it says the minute hand turns as the crown rotates.
The hour the dial cannot tell apart
There is no AM/PM marker, so the reading repeats every twelve hours — nine in the morning and nine in the evening look the same. If the hands are passing your hour on the wrong half of the day, one more full turn of the hour hand moves you twelve hours on.
Closing the crown
Press the crown straight back in until it sits against the case again. The leaflet calls that the closed state, and it is the only position the watch is meant to be worn in: the dial is printed WR30M, and that marking describes the watch with the crown home. A crown left standing out at the first grip is an opening in the case.
If the hands will not move
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The crown turns but the hands stay still | It is still at rest, not at the first grip | Pull it out until it clicks into the first grip |
| The hands run past the time you wanted | The crown was turned too far | Keep turning the same way until they come round again |
| The time is out by twelve hours | No AM/PM marker; the hour was set on the wrong half of the day | Turn the hour hand one full turn forward |
| The crown will not sit flat on the case | It has not been pressed back to the closed state | Press it straight in until it stops |
Source: the printed SKMEI 2002 operation instruction supplied with the watch, and the leaflet's own drawing reproduced above. The three steps, the terms first grip and closed state, and the WR30M marking are as the leaflet has them. The advice on which way to turn the crown, the note on the missing AM/PM marker and the troubleshooting table are our own; where the leaflet is silent — how far the crown must turn for a given time, whether the second hand can be zeroed, whether a second grip exists — this page says so rather than filling the gap.