Endless Stairs

A staircase of solid stone, seen from above, that climbs all the way round in a closed loop - and somehow never gets any higher. Every block is a real solid in perspective, with its lit tread, its riser and its walls, and soft shadows on the steps below. Follow it round with your eye and it goes up, and up, and up.

The time stands on the stairs

One big carved stone digit stands on each flight: the hours on the two far flights, the minutes on the two near ones, read at a glance as two over two.

Every minute

On each new minute the old digit sinks into its flight and the new one rises out of the stone.

Tap for the endless roll

A brass ball rests on the top landing. Tap the watch face - and every hour on the hour - and it rolls down every step, all the way round the loop, and arrives right back where it started.

Three stones

• Limestone by night.
• Sandstone under a blue sky.
• White marble with black marble digits.

Readings carved in stone

Steps, unread notifications and battery, carved on stone tablets standing on the landings. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon and value.

Easy on the battery

Nothing moves at rest: the digits change once a minute, and the ball rolls only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only the outlines of the four digits, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Stone: limestone by night, sandstone or white marble.
• Three complications.
• 12- or 24-hour time, as your watch is set.

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.