Antique Compass

An antique pocket compass lies on your wrist, seen from straight above under its domed glass: a heavy case of brass, the printed card with its rose inside it, and the magnetic needle resting a little east of north. The card is the dial, and the clock's hands turn above the needle.

A classic analog face

• The hours are engraved round the case's bezel, in Roman or Arabic numerals.
• Polished brass hands and a fine seconds hand.
• The day and date are engraved on the bezel above the card.

An instrument that lives

• Every minute the needle shivers and settles, the way a real one does when the case is moved.
• Every hour a band of light glides across the domed glass.
• Tap the compass and the needle swings right round, overshoots north and rocks back to rest.
• In always-on mode the face turns dark: the case's rings and the needle traced in faint light, the hours, the hands, the date, your steps and your battery, to save power.

Your information on the bezel

Your steps, unread notifications and battery are engraved on the bezel round the bottom.

Make it yours

• Case: brass or silver.
• Compass card: aged parchment or black lacquer with a gilt rose.
• Hour marks: Roman or Arabic numerals.
• Seconds hand: on by default; switch it off to save battery.
• Three complications on the bezel: steps, unread notifications and battery by default. Choose other data for any of them in the watch face editor.

To customize, touch and hold the watch face, then tap Customize.

Works on watches with Wear OS 6 or later. Made in Watch Face Format: nothing to install on your phone, no permissions, no data collected.

Part of Tempus Arcanum, a collection of animated watch faces.