Kimchi Stew

A pot of kimchi stew bubbling hot, seen from straight above: glossy red broth, soft tofu, kimchi, thin slices of pork, fresh spring onion and sesame, in a black glazed earthenware pot whose rim frames the dial. Cream enamel dots and big rounded numerals sit on the rim, and black-lacquer hands with a cream edge stand out on the broth.

It simmers

Small glossy bubbles rise and pop on the broth, a little different every second - the stew is always on the boil.

Tap for a bubble

Tap the watch face and a big bubble swells in the middle of the pot, bursts with a splash and a puff of steam rises.

Every hour, a full boil

As the hour turns, the whole pot comes to a rolling boil: bubbles race across the broth and thick steam rises from it, then it settles again. The hands stay readable all the while.

Three spice levels

• Red, just as it is served.
• Fiery, a deeper red-orange.
• Mild, a lighter orange-amber broth.

Readings on the rim

Steps, unread notifications, battery and the date, in small cream lettering along the pot's rim, clear of the hands. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon beside its value.

Easy on the battery

The simmer changes once a second; the big bubble and the boil play only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only the rim as a faint ring with its dots and the hands as dim outlines, on black.

Make it yours

• Spice: red, fiery or mild.
• 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.