Apple Watch won’t connect to phone

Watch acting erratically (wrong time and date); did factory reset on it… now it won’t pair with my phone. Tried reset network settings on phone, still nothing. Get error message “make sure this watch is not paired to another phone “

can anyone please help?

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7

Posted on May 1, 2022 7:21 PM

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May 2, 2022 1:17 AM in response to Szlszl

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