My Apple Watch only displays the time and a red temperature gadge and it will not charge and I cannot force a restart

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Posted on Oct 3, 2021 12:27 PM

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Oct 4, 2021 1:45 AM in response to DonnaJean63

The watch is overheating,contact support here;

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My Apple Watch only displays the time and a red temperature gadge and it will not charge and I cannot force a restart

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