Quickstart

Install the watch app (one-time setup)

1. Install from the App Store

   Get Ops Normal Timer (full) or Ops Normal Timer Free. The iPhone listing delivers the watch app. Timing runs on the watch, not the phone. Full version on the App Store.

2. Open the Watch app on your iPhone

   It's the round white app with a black watch face. Search for "Watch" if you can't find it.

3. Tap the My Watch tab

   Bottom-left tab in the row at the bottom of the screen.

4. Scroll to Available Apps

   Keep scrolling past apps already on your watch until you see the "Available Apps" heading.

5. Find Ops Normal Timer or Ops Normal Timer Free and tap INSTALL

   Wait 10–30 seconds for it to finish. If the watch battery is below 10%, charge it first.

Start a session

1. Open the app on your watch

   Allow notifications when asked. Wrist alerts will not fire if they are off. The free watch name is Ops Normal Free.

2. Turn the Digital Crown to your ops-normal minute

   Steps are every five minutes (:00, :05, :10 …). You feel a tap on each step. The screen shows the next report time in UTC or Local, matching Settings.

3. Tap START

   The first report is the next time that minute comes around — never a time already passed.

During the session

1. Watch the countdown

   Large minutes and seconds to the next call. It turns orange inside two minutes.

2. Expect three taps on the wrist before each call

   Default warning is 30 seconds early. The three bursts are three seconds apart.

3. Tap CHANGE if you are given a new minute

   Pick the new minute and tap UPDATE. You do not need to stop the session.

4. Long-press STOP when you are finished

   Hold for about half a second. A short tap is ignored so you don't stop it by accident. The full app also ends on its own after the session length (default 8 hours). The free app stops after the third alert and shows a purchase screen.

Settings (optional)

Tap the gear at the top-left on the setup or running screen. Tap a row, change the value, then tap Set.