AppleWatch 6.1 update fails due to watch WiFi turning off

My initial problem was that the update got hung on the verifying step. I think that what happened is that I had already gone through the downloading and preparing steps but without realizing I had done that (don't ask...just accept that's what I did! ;). and when putting the watch on the charger and trying to start the update process it got hung on the verifying step (presumably because it had lost its Wifi connection).

And at that point, I tried restarting both watch and iPhone. I put my watch back on the charger and tried to access the update via my phone, only to receive an "unable to check update" error message. That sent me back to Apple support where I found this post. After reading these instructions I realized I needed to start over, with my watch not on the charger.

Bottom line: the instructions worked perfectly! That said, it's a pain in the a*s and hopefully will be fixed by Apple. I've not had any problems with updates prior to this one and hope not to have any with future updates (not to mention, it renders the automatic update feature useless).

Oh, one other point: I'm not sure the problem is specifically tied to having the Nightstand mode enabled; my watch doesn't have that feature enabled and I still had the same problem with the update.

This didn't work for me, I had to un-pair then re-pair the watch, then it updated without any issues, thanks for the help.

Did you get the watch to update?