Dagger and Map

An old hand-drawn map of an unknown continent fills the dial - coastlines, mountains, forests and rivers in brown ink on creased parchment, an ornate border round the edge. Lying on it, a dagger of dark rippled patterned steel with a plain steel guard and a carved bone hilt tells the hour: the blade points to it, the hilt swings round behind. A slim hand of the same rippled steel tells the minutes.

The spin

Tap the dagger and it spins on the map like a knife spun on a table - fast at first, rocking on its guard, a glint sliding along the rippled steel as it turns - until it slows and stops pointing exactly at the hour. It spins again on the hour.

Castles at the hours

Twelve small castle towers are inked round the edge of the map, drawn in the same brown ink as the coastlines. Prefer numbers? Switch to Roman or Arabic numerals, inked in an old calligraphic hand.

Sealed in red wax

Your steps, unread notifications and battery are pressed into three red wax seals on the map, each with its icon above the reading in pale gilt. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon; set a slot to Empty and its seal is lifted off the map. The date is inked in the map's cartouche at the top.

Three parchments

• Aged: cream parchment, creased and stained.
• Smoke-darkened: sooty toward the edges, as if it hung over a hearth.
• Blood-stained: dried blood soaked in round the edges.

Easy on the battery

The hands move once a minute; the dagger spins only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows the castles or numerals and the hands in a dim outline on black.

Make it yours

• Parchment: aged, smoke-darkened or blood-stained.
• Hour marks: castles, Roman or Arabic numerals.
• 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.