Watch faces for Garmin

Time you’ll love to look at.

kloq.ing designs original watch faces for Garmin Venu and Vivoactive. Every digit is drawn by hand, every pixel is made for AMOLED, and every face is written in Monkey C for Connect IQ.

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Collection

Three watch faces, three ways to read the time

Every preview shows the real time, just as it would look on your wrist right now.

In Arbeit

WF_script

Minimal and quiet: the time in words instead of digits. For people who would rather read the time than check it.

  • DisplayTime in words
  • DevicesVenu · Vivoactive
In Arbeit

Hugo

Big and clear: seven-segment digits on two lines, hours on top, minutes below. Readable at a glance, even mid-run.

  • Display7-segment · 24 h
  • Layouttwo lines
In Arbeit

Nova

Hugo’s glowing sibling: a custom faceted bitmap font with a gradient from yellow through orange to pink.

  • Fontcustom bitmap font
  • TargetVenu 3
Workshop

From grid sketch to wrist

Every digit starts as an SVG grid: a seven-segment base, rounded outer corners, sharp inner corners. That becomes a bitmap font that stays crisp on the watch display.

Each face is tested in the Connect IQ simulator and then on a real watch, because you only know how a face works once you see it in daylight and on the move.

Monkey CConnect IQ SDK
AMOLEDblack stays black
0–9 + :custom character set
Venu 3reference device
// NovaView.mc
function onUpdate(dc as Dc) as Void {
    var clock = System.getClockTime();
    var hh = clock.hour.format("%02d");
    var mm = clock.min.format("%02d");

    dc.setColor(Graphics.COLOR_BLACK,
                Graphics.COLOR_BLACK);
    dc.clear();

    // hours on top, minutes below
    drawDigits(dc, hh, _font, cx, top);
    drawDigits(dc, mm, _font, cx, bottom);
}
Contact

Ideas, requests, a face that doesn’t exist yet?

Write to me if you’d like to test a watch face or have an idea for a new one.

kh@elaoe.de