Pine Cone

A pine cone seen from straight below, its scales open in the golden spiral round the stem: the cone itself is the dial, lying on the forest floor. Photographed in rich macro detail, every scale sharp, it lies on moss or snow with four slices of a pine branch round it.

Hours of amber resin

Twelve drops of golden pine resin sit on the outer scale tips at the hours, the quarters larger. Each glows softly and throws its warm light onto the scale beneath it.

Carved walnut hands

Leaf-shaped hands of dark walnut with a pale honey edge turn from the stem under a small amber cap. A dark halo keeps them clear over the busy scales.

Two seasons

• Autumn: a honey-brown cone on deep green moss and fallen needles.
• Winter: a cone rimed with hoarfrost, lying in the snow.

Tap for frost

Tap the watch face: in autumn, hoarfrost creeps over the scales from the rim and melts away; in winter, the rime sparkles and a few snow crystals drift down.

A shaft of light each hour

As the hour turns, a warm shaft of sunlight passes across the cone, as through the pines.

Readings burnt into wood

Each reading lies on its own slice of a pine branch on the forest floor, its icon and value burnt into the wood; in winter the slices carry a dusting of snow. The date sits on a slightly larger slice at the top; battery, notifications and steps lie at 3, 6 and 9. 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 slice is gone, leaving only the moss or the snow.

Easy on the battery

The hands move once a minute; the frost and the light play only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only dim outlines of the resin drops, the hands and the date on black.

Make it yours

• Season: autumn or winter.
• 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.