Golden Gauntlet

A golden gauntlet seen from above against a near-black violet sky, its plates polished and finely engraved, and six glowing gems set into it: a big yellow one in the middle of the back of the hand, where the hands turn, purple, blue, red and orange across the knuckles and green on the thumb.

The snap

Tap the watch face and the gems flare white-hot one after another, a white flash - and the left side of the dial crumbles into ash and gold dust that blows away to the right in a drifting cloud.

The gems on the hour

Every hour on the hour the gems light up one by one - purple, blue, red, orange, green, yellow - each with a bright bloom, and then all six flash together.

A watchmaker's dial

A fine gold minute ring runs round the edge, every fifth mark longer and brighter, with bold gold numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9. Each has a dark halo, so it reads on the gold and on the sky alike.

Hands that read on gold

Dark gunmetal hands with a bright gold edge and a dark halo, a slim gold seconds hand, all turning on the yellow gem under a small gold cap.

Three kinds of hands

• Gunmetal with a gold edge.
• Gold.
• Black violet.

Readings on dark cartouches

Steps, unread notifications and battery, in a row across the back of the hand, and the date below them on the wrist, each on a small dark-violet cartouche with a thin gold rim. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon, or its title where it sends no icon.

Easy on the battery

The hands move once a second at most; the snap plays only on a tap and the gems only on the hour. Always-on shows the minute ring, the numerals, the date, outlined hands and six tiny dots of the gems' colours, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Hands: gunmetal, gold or black violet.
• Seconds hand on or off.
• Three complications.

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 watch faces.