I've been working on a couple of weather related watch faces, which focus primarily on providing a detailed forecast. Both watch faces show the date and digital time in small at the top, with the current weather icon taking center stage. Along the bottom is a full forecast for the week, showing the day, min/max temperatures, the forecast temperature and weather icon. Also displayed are the sunrise and sunset times. Weather Silver (download from Play store)
The first watch face has sleek silver weather icons...
I've just discovered a series of watch faces that I made a few months ago, and forgot to do anything with. These are all based on the same premise, which is that no one really needs to know the exact time - do we really need to worry about seconds? Definitely not! In fact, I argue you don't even need to know minutes, and just quarter-of-an-hour blocks is all you need. All the watch faces show the time only, no fuss and bother, nice and simple. Each hour is represented by an image, split into quarters for each 15 mins. There is also a smaller image on the left/right to indicate am/pm. Each of the examples below shows the time is between 10:45am and 10:59am. Quarts Circle (download from Play store)
So relax, download one of these watch faces, and don't be hindered by the constant need to know the exact time! What time are you meeting your friend? Half past! No one meets at 1:37 precisely :) All of these can be downloaded from the Play store (see links above). View all my watch faces on the Play Store.
I've been working on a couple of simple watch faces, inspired by the 1995 film Hackers, with the famous line "Hack the Planet!". Both watch faces show the date, digital time, and both the watch and phone battery levels. Hack The Planet (download from Play store) The first includes the slogan and looks like this...
Hack The Planet 2 (download from Play store) The seconds focuses in on the artwork and looks like this...
Apparently the team at Deus Ex have received a letter from the Eidos lawyer, saying that they are infringing the Deus Ex saga trademark, so they have been pushed to change their name. They are now called FlickTek!
They are still using the website AriaWearable.com but are now also setting up FlickTek.com, although there's nothing but a footer there at the moment.
They keep teasing us with updates, but it looks like they might be very close to releasing the units now. They've said...
We have worked a lot in the last months to ensure you will receive an Aria that could satisfy all our promises and all your expectations. At the end of June we received the first 35 units from the production and although some issues that are delaying the shipments, the devices work better than we expected!
The recognition rate is top level, the new sensors are fantastic, no other device is even close to what we achieve and the communication is fast and reliable. Please check out this video...
At the moment they're having a little trouble with the on/off button so they're changing the component, and they're switching factory because they weren't happy with the quality of workmanship, so there are some tweaks to be made, and this is causing further delays. Better to get it right though! They're also planning to release an iCrap version as well, for those who are so inclined.
Do you remember the days when computers had screensavers? I'm sure they still do, but does anyone really use them now? It's all about security and lock screens these days. Well I wanted to do a little shout out to those days, with my own classic screensaver style watch face. The time bounces and rotates around the screen, in a rainbow of different colours. If the colours aren't your thing, click the center of the screen and the text will change to white. The fun continues in dim mode, but without the colour. Download it now from the Play Store. Here is a preview, exported directly from WatchMaker using the "Animated GIF" option...
I've had a vision in my head for a few months now, of a watch that looks like the Command Prompt in Windows. I didn't want to make it look identical, with the terminal window and everything, but I did want it to look like the commands were being typed in, and the results returned. I played about with a few ideas before I was happy with it, but I really think it's turned out better than I anticipated! It takes 4 seconds to show the full details. Download it now from the Play Store. This is a slightly sped up version, exported directly from WatchMaker using the "Animated GIF" option...
This is the preview in normal/bright mode, with the full details showing...
This is the dim mode, which just shows the time...
I stumbled across the Ochs Und Junior website whilst looking for inspiration for a new watch face. I decided I liked these watches so much that I'd try to replicate my favourites usingWatchMaker, my go-to watch face app. The designer, Dr Ludwig Oechslin's main design principle was that an analogue date display is more readable than a digital display from the same distance, and unlike large digital displays, the date dot is not a distraction when checking the time. Date (download from FaceRepo) Dr Ludwig Oechslin's date watch displays the essentials - time and date. Lovely and minimalist.
Dr Ludwig Oechslin's annual calendar watch displays the date, month, weekday and time. The 7 holes on the lower dial display the weekday (counterclockwise rotation), with Sunday at the top. The 12 holes on the upper dial display the month (counterclockwise rotation).
Dr Ludwig Oechslin's moon phase watch displays the moon phase, date, and time. The center represents earth and 12 o'clock represents the sun. Full moon is when the moon is opposite the sun and earth at 6 o'clock. New moon is when the moon is hidden between the sun and earth at 12 o'clock.
This watch is based on the same style as Dr Ludwig Oechslin's watches, but is a variation of my own design. The 10 holes on the lower dial display the charge remaining in your watch (the top hole pulses whilst charging). The 10 holes on the upper dial display the charge remaining in your phone (the top hole pulses whilst charging).
Dr. Ludwig Oechslin's perpetual calendar watch is designed for everyday use. Analog dots represent the year, month and date to address a key usability challenge with calendar watches: making the date legible, without resorting to an oversized display which distracts from reading the time. The 4 perforations in the month disk indicate the month, and also show whether it is a leap year or a common year. When the outermost dot is orange, it is a leap year (366 days), but when it is dark, it is a common year (365 days). The small circle beneath 12 o'clock is the power reserve indicator - the disk rotates counterclockwise. Just above the 6 o'clock marker is a seconds disk with a milled excentric dot, which shows the watch is running. There is also a day/night marker, which uses the sunrise/sunset time to determine whether it is lit.
On each of these watch faces, tapping the center will change the watch face colour from grey to blue to green to yellow, although the original grey is definitely my personal preference.
