Watch Face: Bold Neo - Custom Digits and Animated

Bold Neo watch face in three different colors

Hi all, sharing my second watch face!

It's minimalistic but also bold and eccentric, with custom hand-drawn digits for each quadrant. The goal was to bring a fun, offbeat aesthetic to my watch through a hyper-expressive ink trap font, which means I'm deliberately sacrificing instant legibility in favour of a little moment of delight every time I catch a cool digit combination. (Also, as soon as you've seen each number a once you’ll get it.)

I also added a wake and sleep animation with a bit of techno-futurist flair. Each time the screen wakes, the digits shrink to 75% and make room for four complications that travel in toward the center, then reverse back after a few seconds.

Personally, I get a lot of joy out of looking at my watch now, and I hope others will too :) Future plans include more complications, alternative animation styles, and a more elaborate color picker.

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Bold Neo watch face wake and sleep animation

FEATURES

  • 6 color themes: White, Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Yellow
  • 3 digit styles: Filled, Outline, Filled + Outline
  • 4 independent corner complications with 12 data types each
  • Tap any corner to open the native Garmin app for that data
  • Smooth wake-up animation (can be disabled in settings)
  • Automatic day/night brightness based on your Garmin sleep schedule
  • Full AMOLED always-on display with burn-in protection
  • MIP always-on display support
  • Adjustable brightness: day, night, and always-on modes
  • On-device settings (long-press)
  • ConnectIQ app settings — no phone required

COMPLICATIONS

Date · Day of Week · Steps · Heart Rate · Battery · Body Battery · Calories · Floors · Active Minutes · Notifications · Elevation · Temperature · None

PERMISSIONS

  • Complication Subscriber — Powers live complication data and tap-to-open
  • Sensor History — More reliable heart rate readings between live updates
  • User Profile — Reads sleep/wake times for automatic night mode