Ship Porthole

A ship's porthole seen from inside the cabin: a heavy ring of old cast brass, held by twelve bolts, and behind its thick glass the open sea. Twelve bolts make twelve hours; the minutes are engraved round the ring's inner lip and filled black, the way a ship's instruments are marked.

Three seas

• A calm day: long blue swells under a clear sky.
• A moonlit night: a silver path of moonlight laid across dark water.
• A storm: breaking grey waves and flying spray under heavy cloud.

Made to be read

• Brass hands with black enamel inlay, so they read against a bright sky and a dark sea alike.
• The glass drawn over the sea: the cabin lamp's reflection, its thickness at the edge, a few dried salt spots.
• Steps, unread notifications and battery engraved into the brass in the gaps between the bolts, following the ring, with the date beside them. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon, or its title where it sends no icon.

One moment, and nothing else

On the hour a wave breaks against the glass and runs down it in streaks and drops. Nothing else moves but the hands, so it is easy on the battery.

Make it yours

• Sea: calm day, moonlit night or storm.
• 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.