Water Lily Pond

An impressionist water lily pond is the dial, inspired by Monet's Water Lilies: willow reflections hanging in the water at the top, a calm lilac channel of reflected sky through the middle, and round it lily pads with pink and white blossoms, all in soft, broken brushstrokes.

A drop on the water

Tap the watch face and a drop falls on the pond: ripple rings spread across the open water in light brushstrokes and fade, passing round the lily pads.

The light shifts every hour

On the hour a soft golden shimmer sweeps across the water, bright dabs of sunlight twinkling, while the willow reflections sway.

Made of the painting

The hour marks are twelve painted blossoms, bigger at 12, 3, 6 and 9, with the Roman numerals XII, III, VI and IX in loose deep-violet brushwork. The hands are deep violet with a pale lilac edge and a soft light halo, easy to read on the busy water; the seconds hand is pink, the cap a small blossom.

Three times of day

• Morning: the pond as painted, cool and misty.
• Noon: brighter and greener.
• Sunset: a warm pink-gold wash.

Readings on the water

Steps, unread notifications and battery, and the date, painted in small brushy lettering on pale patches of calm water round the pivot. 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; the ripples and the light play only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only tiny dim dots for the blossoms, the numerals and hands as dim outlines, and the date.

Make it yours

• Hour: morning, noon or sunset.
• 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.