The SKMEI 2076 is a four-key LED digital watch whose display is a grid of light-up segments — a globe pattern above the digits — with normal time, date, alarm and chronograph modes, an auto calendar covering the years 2000 to 2099, a daily alarm with an hourly chime, and an EL backlight. Everything here comes from the English operation leaflet packed with the watch, in the leaflet's own order: the keys, the modes, then each setting chain.
- Normal display: hour, minute, second, year, month, day, week
- Auto calendar: years 2000–2099
- Date mode
- Chronograph mode with elapsed, split and two-runner timing
- Daily alarm and hourly chime
- EL backlight
Jump to: The four keys · The four modes · Setting the time · The six seconds styles · Alarm and hourly chime · Stopwatch · If something looks wrong
The four keys
The leaflet labels each of the four keys with the job it does: A is LIGHT / SET, B is MODE, C is FLASH, D is START.
| Key | Leaflet label | What the leaflet uses it for |
|---|---|---|
| A | LIGHT / SET | Lights the EL backlight; held for 3 seconds, opens a setting screen |
| B | MODE | Moves to the next mode, and to the next item inside a setting screen |
| C | FLASH | Switches the alarm and the hourly chime on and off, selects the seconds flashing style, records split times, clears the stopwatch |
| D | START | Changes the flashing value in a setting screen (hold it to run faster), starts and stops the stopwatch |
In any mode, press A and the EL backlight lights up for 3 seconds.
The four modes
B moves the watch from one mode to the next, in this order: Time Mode, Date Mode, Alarm Mode, Chronograph Mode — and back to Time Mode.
The leaflet shows Date Mode in this row but prints no settings inside it — the pages that follow cover Time, Alarm and Chronograph only.
How to set the time
Hold A for 3 seconds in Time Mode: the watch enters the setting screen and the 12/24H item starts flashing. Press B to move to the next item, in this order: 12/24H, second, hour, minute, year, month, day. Press D to change the flashing item, and hold D to run the value up quickly.
One detail the leaflet prints in full, because it looks like a fault: when the seconds read 30–59, pressing D resets the seconds to 00 and adds 1 to the minutes; when the seconds read 0–29, the minutes do not change.
Walk away and the setting screen closes itself: if no key is pressed for 2–3 minutes, the watch keeps the value currently shown and returns to Time Mode.
The six seconds styles
In Time Mode, press C to change how the seconds flash on the globe display. The leaflet prints six styles:
The daily alarm and the hourly chime
In Alarm Mode, press C to switch the daily alarm on or off. Press D to open the chime screen, then press C to switch the hourly chime on or off.
To set the alarm time, hold A for 3 seconds in Alarm Mode. Press B to move from hour to minute, and press D to change the flashing value — holding D runs it faster.
When the alarm tone sounds, the alarm symbol flashes. Press any key to stop the sound.
The chronograph: elapsed, split and two-runner timing
D starts and stops the chronograph; C records splits and clears it. Three ways to use it, exactly as the leaflet sequences them:
Elapsed time
- Press D — the count starts.
- Press D — the count stops.
- Press D — the count restarts from where it stopped.
- Press D — the count stops again.
- Press C — the display clears to zero.
Split time
- Press D — the count starts.
- Press C — the split time shows while the count keeps running.
- Press C — the split is released and the running time shows again.
- Press D — the count stops.
- Press C — the display clears to zero.
Two runners
- Press D — the count starts.
- Press C — the count stops and the first runner's finish time shows.
- Press D — the count stops and the second runner's finish time shows.
- Press C — the display clears to zero.
Three behaviours the leaflet states up front: the chronograph keeps counting even after you leave Chronograph Mode; if you leave it during split timing, it returns to elapsed timing; and when it reaches its maximum value, it stops counting by itself.
If something looks wrong
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The watch left a setting screen by itself | No key was pressed for 2–3 minutes, so it kept the value shown and returned to Time Mode | Normal behaviour — hold A for 3 seconds and set the item again |
| The seconds reset to 00 and the minute jumped by 1 | The seconds read 30–59 when D was pressed, which is the leaflet's carry rule | Nothing is broken — set the minute to the value you want |
| The alarm symbol is flashing and the watch is beeping | The daily alarm tone is sounding | Press any key to stop the sound |
| The stopwatch reading moved while you were in another mode | The chronograph keeps counting after you exit Chronograph Mode | Go back to Chronograph Mode and press D to stop it, then C to clear |
| The chronograph stopped counting on its own | It reached its maximum value | Press C to clear and start again |
Every step and every number on this page follows the English operation leaflet packed with the SKMEI 2076, including its diagrams of the setting chains and the six seconds styles. The key table and the troubleshooting list restate the leaflet's own sentences; the leaflet prints no settings for Date Mode, and none are described here.