Throne of Swords

A throne forged from the swords of the defeated, seen from above. Twelve battered swords fan round the rim of a dark stone floor as the hours - hilts at the edge, points in, each with its own notched blade, worn grip and iron guard - leaving a clean stone floor round a hammered iron boss that still glows molten at its heart.

A wave of forge heat

On every hour, and whenever you tap the watch face, a wave of forge heat runs round the throne from 12: each blade glows red-hot from hilt to point in turn, throws sparks and cools.

Red-hot hands

The hands are blades fresh from the forge - a dark crusted edge round a glowing orange core - a different metal from the cold grey swords, so the time reads at a glance: a broad short hour hand and a long slim minute hand.

Readings struck into shields

Steps, unread notifications and battery are struck into small battered iron shields laid on the stone at 9, 6 and 3, the date into a fourth at 12. Set a slot to Empty and its shield is gone, leaving bare stone.

Hour marks

• Swords: the blades themselves mark the hours.
• Roman numerals or Arabic numerals, struck into small riveted iron plates over the hilts.

Three floors

• Stone: dark flagstones of a great hall.
• Ash: pale grey stone.
• Ember: a red glow rising through the joints from below.

Easy on the battery

Nothing moves at rest but the hands; the forge heat plays only on a tap and on the hour. Always-on shows only the outlines of the hilts and the hands, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Floor: stone, ash or ember.
• Hour marks: swords, 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.