Monolith 3D

A watch dial where the hour marks stand up. Tall polished numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9 and faceted bar indices rise from a sunray-brushed dial inside a thin polished bezel, each with bevelled edges that catch the light, and each throws a long crisp shadow across the dial from a low warm light at the upper left.

Rendered like a real object

Every pixel of the dial was ray-traced: the numerals' shadows, the soft shade at their feet and the studio reflected in their polished metal - seen from just above, so the tall numerals lean a little and show their sides.

A day in three seconds

Every hour, and whenever you tap the watch face, the light circles the dial like the sun over a day: the shadows sweep all the way round, the highlights slide across the metal, dusk turns to a cool moonlit night and the sun rises back to where it started.

Sculpted hands

Faceted polished baton hands with a bright ridge, each with its own shadow on the dial.

Three dials

• Black steel.
• Ivory ceramic.
• Blue titanium.

Three kinds of hour marks

• Arabic numerals.
• Roman numerals.
• Bars.

Readings in wells

Steps, unread notifications and battery sit in round wells sunk into the dial at 9, 3 and 6; the date in a window under the 12. Put another app's complication in a well and it shows that app's icon and reading.

Easy on the battery

Nothing moves but the hands; the day of light plays only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only outlines of the numerals and the hands, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Dial: black steel, ivory ceramic or blue titanium.
• Hour marks: Arabic, Roman or 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.