Hourglass 3D

An antique hourglass stands on a dark study desk: two clear glass bulbs catching the window's light, golden sand heaped in the lower one and a thin stream still falling through the neck, turned wooden discs and pillars, brass caps. A slim brass ring round it carries the hours, and dark hands with a bright brass edge turn from its centre.

Rendered in 3D

The hourglass is rendered in code as a real object: the glass reflects the room and darkens at its edges, the wood shows its grain, the back pillar shows through the glass, and the sand fills each bulb to its true level.

Tap to turn it over

Tap the watch face and the hourglass turns end over end: it goes over, the sand pours through the neck while it stands upside down, and it comes back round to rest. It turns by itself on every hour too.

Three woods

• Walnut.
• Ebony.
• Oak.

Readings on brass plates

Steps, unread notifications and battery, engraved in black on small brass plates at 9, 3 and 6, and the date at 12. 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

Nothing moves at rest but the hands; the hourglass turns only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only the hour marks and the hands, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Wood: walnut, ebony or oak.
• Hour marks: Arabic numerals, Roman numerals or engraved bars.
• 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.