Health Monitor

The screen of a bedside vital-signs monitor is the dial: deep black, a fine grey grid, coloured traces with big numerals beside them and panels for the other readings.

On the screen

• The time, large, in a squared monitor figure, with the day and the date beside it; 12 or 24 hours, as your watch is set.
• A green ECG strip across the middle, with your heart rate big at its end and a small heart beside it.
• A yellow pulse wave under it, with your steps for the day and how far you are towards your step goal, in %.
• A battery panel with the charge in %.
• A temperature panel with the current temperature, in °C or °F as your watch is set.

One complication

A panel in the bottom band shows a reading of your choice: sunrise and sunset by default. It shows its app's own icon over its value, or its title where it sends no icon. Set it to Empty and it leaves the screen clean.

Tap the screen

The monitor's sweep runs across the traces and redraws them, and the heart beats once. It does the same as each new hour comes in. Nothing moves at rest, to save your battery.

Make it yours

Colours: classic (green ECG, yellow steps, cyan battery, white temperature), mono green, or amber.

Always-on

The screen goes dark; the time, the date and your heart rate stay, dim.

To customize, touch and hold the watch face, then tap Customize.

The heart rate shows "--" until your watch has a reading. The weather comes from your watch's weather service: if it does not show, open the Weather app on your watch once. Not a medical device: the readings are for everyday information only. 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.