# Athletic Watch - How Do I Turn Off the Alarm?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-watch-how-do-i-turn-off-the-alarm/522319>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-watch-how-do-i-turn-off-the-alarm/522319 "2009-12-23T14:52:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-watch-how-do-i-turn-off-the-alarm/522319/1 "2009-12-23T14:52:22Z")

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I bought a cheap-ass watch from Wal-mart. It is an Athletic Works thing, and the manual supplied does not match.

My watch has three buttons - one in the lower left, and two on the right (plus a light switch below the face). Somehow or other, the effing alarm is set and I cannot turn it off. The manual and everything I found on the Internet says “Press the fourth switch”. Ain’t no such.

Help! I don’t want to be awoken at 10:21pm!

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-watch-how-do-i-turn-off-the-alarm/522319/2 "2009-12-23T15:04:45Z")

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According to that fount of wisdom, [Yahoo Answers](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070810103002AAwfXe7), the trick is to press two buttons at the same time, on the right hand side. No idea if it’ll work, but worth a try.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/athletic-watch-how-do-i-turn-off-the-alarm/522319/3 "2009-12-23T15:13:34Z")

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Not sure if that worked, or not. The face still says “Alarm” but the icon next to it is gone. I think.

Thanks! I am afraid to reset the alarm to test for fear of turning the chimes on, or the alarm, or something.

Regards,  
Shodan