Puzzle Ball 3D

A carved concentric puzzle ball fills the dial on dark cloud brocade: four spheres, one inside another, each pierced with round openings and floral relief, the inner ones glowing through the openings of the outer. It is rendered in true 3D - light falls from the upper left, through the openings, onto the spheres inside.

Tap to spin

Tap the watch face and every sphere spins on its own axis and in its own direction - the outer one slowly, the inner ones faster, turning through the openings - then friction slows them and they settle back exactly as they were. It happens every hour, too.

The hours in the carving

Twelve larger openings round the rim of the outer sphere mark the hours. Prefer numerals? Carve them in Roman or Arabic on the ball itself.

Three materials

• Ivory.
• Jade.
• Cinnabar red lacquer.

Readings on carved tablets

Steps, unread notifications and battery are carved in small tablets hanging on red silk cords, the date on a fourth at the top. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon and value. Set a slot to Empty and its tablet goes.

Easy on the battery

Nothing moves at rest but the hands; the spin plays only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only the hour marks and the hands, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Material: ivory, jade or cinnabar.
• Hour marks: openings, Roman or Arabic.
• 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.