Hi everyone,
Just released my first Connect IQ watch face after months of work and wanted to share it with this community since you're the ones who actually care about getting watch face design right.
NDR-One is built specifically for AMOLED Garmin devices (Fenix 8, Epix Pro, Forerunner 965, plus 16 more). Designed around instrument-cluster typography with true-black backgrounds and a single accent color at a time.
What's in v1.0:
- True 24-hour rolling heart-rate chart, color-banded by Garmin training zones (Recovery blue, Aerobic green, Threshold yellow, VO2 orange, Max red). Storage-backed so the chart is never blank, even minutes after install.
- Hand-built always-on display, redrawn from scratch with thin-line numerals and per-frame palette swap. Pixel jitter every minute to mitigate burn-in.
- 11 widgets, each independently toggable from on-watch settings. No phone or Connect IQ Mobile required.
- 4 color themes: Atlas Prism (multi-color), Signal Amber, Glacier Cyan, Embered Red. Switch on the watch.
- Battery-aware state colors that shift green/orange/red as charge drops.
- All data pulled from Garmin native services (Activity Monitor, SensorHistory, ComplicationSubscriber, native Weather). Zero third-party API keys.
Store link: apps.garmin.com/.../93d7958b-f82b-4cd5-87b5-092e47e91508
Price: $3.99 one-time.
Planned for v1.1+: HRV Status, Notifications, second time zone, Training Readiness when Garmin exposes the SDK.
This is the first face from NDRLabs. Genuinely interested in feedback from the community — what works, what doesn't, what you'd add. Open to hearing the hard parts.
Thanks for reading.