Astronomical Clock

A clock inside your watch: the great astronomical dial of a medieval town hall, inspired by the medieval astronomical clock of Prague. The sky-blue disc of the day above, the dark disc of the night below, the orange bands of dawn and dusk, gilded Roman hours round the blue, the old Gothic numerals on the outer ring, and the gilded zodiac ring riding off-centre over it all, in weathered stone.

Hands in the old clock's manner

A gilded hour hand ending in a little fleur, a gilded minute hand ending in a small golden sun with rays, and a slim silver seconds hand carrying a moon - half dark, half silver - round the dial. Each gilded hand has a dark outline, so it reads on the bright sky and on the night alike.

Every hour, Death rings the bell

As the hour turns, the carved skeleton appears at the edge of the dial, swings its bell - golden rings of sound round it - and turns its hourglass, then fades away.

Tap to turn the zodiac

Tap the watch face and the zodiac ring turns on its eccentric pivot and back, its gilded signs glinting.

Three lights on the stone

• Day: the dial as the sun finds it.
• Night: the stone dark, the gold glowing.
• Patina: old metal gone green with the centuries.

Readings on the night disc

Steps, unread notifications and battery in small gilded capitals on the dark lower disc, and the date on an enamel ground under 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 zodiac and the hour's show play only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows the dial's rings as faint gold circles, the hands as dim outlines and the date.

Make it yours

• Stone: day, night or patina.
• 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.