Apple published an official customer support bulletin providing troubleshooting guidance for Apple Watch owners encountering a visual time-display anomaly following the autumn Daylight Saving Time transition. As reported by MacRumors, numerous users across social forums reported that while their connected iPhones successfully updated to standard time, the Always-On display mode on their Apple Watches continued showing the previous hour until the wrist was raised to wake the screen.
Apple’s support documentation explained that the temporary rendering glitch stems from cached watch face complication assets failing to refresh immediately during the early-morning time change. The support document recommended two straightforward remediation steps: either cycling to a different watch face and switching back, or performing a basic device restart by pressing and holding the side button and Digital Crown simultaneously. Apple confirmed that an upcoming watchOS maintenance update will deliver a permanent software patch to ensure seamless Always-On display time transitions during future seasonal time changes.
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Sources:
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/11/01/apple-offers-steps-to-fix-dst-apple-watch-bug/