A 1-finger double-tap almost always gives me the haptic time. I have an Apple 
watch ultra and I'm running the latest version of Watch OS.

Earle
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> On Dec 14, 2023, at 2:34 AM, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> One finger double tap has worked for me for about a year,  but I do recall 
> that on my previous Series 7 watch I had to do several resets until it 
> started working properly!  It really should not be left in this precarious 
> state by Apple!
> Harry
> 
>> On 14 Dec 2023, at 07:13, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I just tried a 1-finger double tap about 8 or 10 times in a row, of course 
>> I made sure the watch was locked/asleep after each time, but not once did it 
>> giv eme haptic time.
>> I wonder if there is some other setting which causes  you to tap 3 times and 
>> 4 times instead of 2 and 3 times.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 11:10 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Haptic time
>> 
>> On my Watch Series 9,  two taps always works fine Harry
>> 
>>>> On 14 Dec 2023, at 07:06, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 3 and 4 taps work quite reliably on my new Apple Watch Ultra 2, I don't 
>>> know if officially Apple has changed this or not, but 2 rarely seems to 
>>> work.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>>> Richard Turner
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 8:53 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: Haptic time
>>> 
>>> I just also discovered that 3 one finger taps gets me the hour and minute 
>>> in haptic time and 4 taps get the minutes...
>>> I had very mixed success with 2 taps lately, so I'm guessing this is in one 
>>> of the recent updates.
>>> I'm currently running 10.1.1 I haven't updated to 10.2 I guess...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Richard, USA
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>>> Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), JAWS
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 'Linda C. Knight' via VIPhone <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 8:17 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: Haptic time
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Christopher,
>>> 
>>> Fighting this haptic thing is making me hate the watch.
>>> 
>>> But being deaf I can't afford to not have it.
>>> 
>>> Smile.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>>> Christopher Chaltain
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 05:05
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: Haptic time
>>> 
>>> I've had to use three taps to get the time and four taps to get just the 
>>> minutes for quite a while now. Not sure when it started, and not sure if 
>>> this is true for anyone else.
>>> 
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>>> Parham Doustdar
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 3:20 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: Haptic time
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> Haptic time doesn't need speech, that's the main point. However, I've 
>>> noticed that with one of the WatchOS updates, double-tapping the screen 
>>> doesn't work well. So, what I often do is tap the screen 3 times. Sometimes 
>>> it gives me just the minutes, but often it gives me the hour and minutes.
>>> Hope that helps.
>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Dec 2023, at 09:47, Fanus <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello list
>>>> 
>>>> I got my S9 watch on Monday. For me it is a pity that Haptic time is part 
>>>> of VoiceOver because it would have been nice to get the time during the 
>>>> night without waking my wife. Also, what is magic tap under the hand 
>>>> gesture settings?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> Fanus
>>>> 
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