Evil Eye Glass

A handmade glass evil-eye bead fills the whole watch face, seen from straight above: the deep outer disc, the crisp white ring, the inner ring and the glossy black pupil in the middle, in real molten glass with tiny air bubbles and faint swirls. The blue eye bead is a traditional good-luck charm, hung in homes and worn for centuries around the Eastern Mediterranean - here it keeps you company on your wrist.

Hours in glass

Twelve drops of milky white glass are fused onto the outer ring, one for every hour, the four quarters larger - each with its own gloss and a soft shadow on the glass under it.

Light through the glass

Tap the watch face and light passes through the bead: a bright shimmer of caustic light sweeps across the rings, and each glass drop flashes as it passes. On the hour, a glint flares on the pupil and runs once round the drops.

Easy to read

Polished silver hands with a fine dark edge pivot on the pupil under a small silver cap, and read clearly over the white ring, the blue glass and the black pupil.

Readings on glass

The date, your steps, unread notifications and battery each sit on a small oval of milky white glass fused onto the bead - the same glass as the hour drops - with the numbers and a small icon laid into it in deep cobalt-blue enamel. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon, or its title where it sends no icon. Set a slot to Empty and its glass oval goes too, leaving the plain bead.

Easy on the battery

Nothing moves at rest: the light plays only on a tap and the glint only on the hour. Always-on shows only a dim outline of the rings, the glass drops and the hands on black.

Make it yours

• Bead: cobalt (the classic) or turquoise.
• 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.