Some watch faces created by Garmin* are great, but in my opinion they lack customization possibilities and features like always-on second hands. This is probably the main reason for the poor reviews they get. And they seem to get "stuck in time" as Connect IQ evolves - which is pretty understandable and even desirable. We would prefer to have Garmin people working in solving the bugs and adding new stuff to the SDK ;-)
* https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/developer/e1683f31-54fe-45d9-9aa8-cba39fe7fd1f/apps
I wonder if it would be a big deal to make (some of) them open source and allow developers to adapt them. It would also be useful for beginners to learn how to program a 'real' watch face (i.e. something slightly more complex than the SDK samples).
So far Garmin has approved 'clones' (see links below). Therefore I do not think it should be a problem. Although I'd agree that having too many clones could be a bit inconvenient for the users when navigating the store.
Is it something you would consider, @Garmin?
Titanium:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/1c149342-b7fe-404e-9fb1-e59f6b0f8aa8
Clone by DouglasR:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/30ae26c1-0e81-477c-a5cf-4efbb380092f
Army
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/04458eb7-2802-4bfb-a5b1-bf88073122d2
Clone by r.485
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/0e5b960a-1bad-4895-bec8-f574262becab
