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Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Get started
- Your Apple Watch
- Apple Watch gestures
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
- The Apple Watch app
- Charge Apple Watch
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch
- Change language and orientation on Apple Watch
- Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
- Stay fit with Apple Watch
- Track important health information with Apple Watch
- Stay connected with Apple Watch
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- Apps on Apple Watch
- Open apps
- Organize apps
- Get more apps
- Tell time
- Status icons
- Control Center
- Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
- Siri
- Listen and respond to messages
- See and respond to notifications
- Use shortcuts
- Create an emergency Medical ID
- Manage fall detection
- Set up Handwashing
- Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
- Hand off tasks from Apple Watch
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
- Copyright
Set a timer on Apple Watch
The Timer app 
on Apple Watch can help you keep track of time. Set timers up to 24 hours.
Ask Siri. Say something like: “Set a timer for 20 minutes.”
Quickly set a timer
Open the Timer app
on your Apple Watch.Tap a timer duration to start the timer.
Scroll down to choose a recent or custom time.
When a timer goes off, you can tap Repeat to start a timer of the same duration.
Create a custom timer
Open the Timer app
on your Apple Watch.Scroll down, then tap Custom.
Tap hours, minutes, or seconds; turn the Digital Crown to adjust.
Tap Start.
Your Apple Watch displays the last several custom timers under Recents.
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