Time is often off by about 3 minutes after just few days without GPS

Luc 6 days ago

Hi,

Anyone seeing the issue that suddenly the time is 3 minutes back (always back)? I turned off the watch at night for few days, not sure if that could cause it.

I've seen this issue few times now and can't pinpoint what causes it since it doesn't take long since last GPS time sync that it gets several minutes off.

I have latest FW as well.

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Garmin-Laurie 6 days ago in reply to Odie21 +1 verified
Hello, I am sorry to hear you are having this issue. For time updating, I would recommend checking the following:
- Do you have the location services enabled on the phone, and for the Connect always?
- Do…
gaijin 6 days ago in reply to Luc +1 suggested

Luc said:
No phone connection

Without an active phone connection, the displayed time on the watch will vary quite a bit - the nature of the beast.

Unlike a normal quartz watch, there is no onboard crystal…

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0 Luc 6 days ago in reply to gaijin

That's interesting. A few seconds isn't bad. Casio watches typically also lose several seconds every month. I wouldn't notice that. 3 minutes was for me after just 2 weeks but it seems it is quite abrupt. I should track this now daily to see if this is constant or sudden.

I also wonder if this issue is related to slow performance of watchfaces on connect including Garmin own store watchfaces. It seems to me the OS software is struggling with performance and is in need of more optimization as previous models. Reason for now that I'm using the default watchfaces only.

0 Luc 5 days ago in reply to Luc

After 2 5 days when I did the GPS time sync, the time is still 100% accurate at the moment. Not even a second off. I did leave it on now at night as well (in auto sleep mode).

I wonder if the update(s) could have caused the -3 minutes. I'll keep an eye on it. Another possibility is shutting down at night but need more testing to see what that does.