Porcelain Plate

A fine porcelain plate seen straight down, painted under the glaze in the old way: a border of twelve panels round its rim, each with its own motif, and a river landscape in the medallion at its heart. Twelve panels make twelve hours; sixty painted dots where the rim curves into the well are the minutes, and a fine gold line runs round the lip.

Twelve panels

Lotus, peony, bamboo, pine, plum blossom, peach, chrysanthemums, a carp, a crane, a butterfly among flowers, clouds and a pomegranate, each framed in a double painted line, with an extra line and a dot marking the panel at twelve.

Three wares

• Cobalt blue: the classic blue and white.
• Iron red: the same painting in warm red.
• Gold: the same painting in gilt.

Made to be read

• Black enamel hands with a gold edge, so they read on white glaze and on the painting alike.
• Steps, unread notifications and battery painted on the glaze of the well round the medallion, with the date beside them, in the same pigment as the plate. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon, or its title where it sends no icon.

Still, and easy on the battery

Nothing moves but the hands.

Make it yours

• Ware: cobalt blue, iron red or gold.
• Seconds hand: on by default; switch it off to save battery.
• 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.