I wear my watch on my right wrist but I don't understand the issue you're having. I seem to be able to see the time ok.
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Do you prefer analogue, or digital faces?
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I wear my watch on my right wrist but I don't understand the issue you're having. I seem to be able to see the time ok.
Sure, but as equally difficult as the other corner complication on the other wrist?
Maybe there’s a face that has analog in the corner -and- it can’t be changed -and- the poster had to use it -and- they need to wear a sleeve, all at the same time.
I know on regular analog watches the date indicators is often on the right side of the dial, thinking about it. I guess I’m lucky that it’s never caused me a problem.
I'm going to be so disappointed (again) if there's not some variation of the Modular Ultra face for the regular Apple Watch this fall.
I'll get to the analog vs digital in a second...
I live in the land of frustration. 50 watch faces, and really only two used, with complication behavior my biggest gripe. I got the watch for notifications, which it does a pretty good job at, and showing blood glucose from a CGM (Dexcom G7). -That's where the whole ecosystem falls apart.
Just give me a nice little graph of the last six readings... not possible. Furthermore, any Dexcom or third party complication can only refresh so many times a day. With the CGM delivering a new value every five minutes, that goes over the allowable limit with complications refreshed in a day, meaning at some point, you have a singular value on the watch face that may or may not be accurate, and you likely want to tap it to open the actual app and refresh the reading. The only possible workaround is using apps to publish last reading to an iCloud calendar that prior to WatchOS 10, didn't abide by the refresh rule for all other complications.
I make use of Live Activities to show readings on a graph on lock screen, and dynamic island of my iPhone, but that all goes to hell with WatchOS 11 determining to show a pulsing icon on the top of every watch face.
And don't get me going with Standby mode of the iPhone. Same arbitrary refresh rules on screens there, and none of it makes sense for a device always plugged in when using it.
Back to the watch:
I kinda like the infograph, aside from again not having any graph capabilities for the piece I want to graph... the Dexcom G7 complication CAN'T display on the outer rings however... it is relegated to the four internal rings, so for 10-15 minutes an hour or more, your reading is obscured by the hour/minute hand. Infuriating.
So, when moments where I NEED that value, like going for a run -digital display. I've found another app called Nightscout that can show last three readings on the Modular window, not in a nice graph, but its something.
When around the house responding to messages, triggering Home pieces, music -analog is king.
I live in the land of frustration. 50 watch faces, and really only two used, with complication behavior my biggest gripe. I got the watch for notifications, which it does a pretty good job at, and showing blood glucose from a CGM (Dexcom G7). -That's where the whole ecosystem falls apart.
Just give me a nice little graph of the last six readings... not possible. Furthermore, any Dexcom or third party complication can only refresh so many times a day. With the CGM delivering a new value every five minutes, that goes over the allowable limit with complications refreshed in a day, meaning at some point, you have a singular value on the watch face that may or may not be accurate, and you likely want to tap it to open the actual app and refresh the reading. The only possible workaround is using apps to publish last reading to an iCloud calendar that prior to WatchOS 10, didn't abide by the refresh rule for all other complications.
I make use of Live Activities to show readings on a graph on lock screen, and dynamic island of my iPhone, but that all goes to hell with WatchOS 11 determining to show a pulsing icon on the top of every watch face.
And don't get me going with Standby mode of the iPhone. Same arbitrary refresh rules on screens there, and none of it makes sense for a device always plugged in when using it.
Back to the watch:
I kinda like the infograph, aside from again not having any graph capabilities for the piece I want to graph... the Dexcom G7 complication CAN'T display on the outer rings however... it is relegated to the four internal rings, so for 10-15 minutes an hour or more, your reading is obscured by the hour/minute hand. Infuriating.
So, when moments where I NEED that value, like going for a run -digital display. I've found another app called Nightscout that can show last three readings on the Modular window, not in a nice graph, but its something.
When around the house responding to messages, triggering Home pieces, music -analog is king.
Be prepared to be disappointed then. Apple clearly wants a distinction between the Ultra and regular watches.
I use an automation so I have a 24 hour clock face with complications during the work day (Modular Ultra) and analogue face out of working hours (Solar).
Believe me I have years of practice of being disappointed with the digital watch face selection.
Same before the Modular Ultra. There is not another good one.
Nike Hybrid is the only other one that i can tolerate for the digital options.
Yeah thats not a half bad one. Still just ok. Not sure why Apple neglects the digital faces.
I still don't understand why they haven't opened up a watch face store. Feels like a missed opportunity for them. I get they don't want third party developers making faces but not making them themselves and selling them seems like a no brainer.
1000%! Hell give us the a spinoff of the Hermes, Modular Ultra, and Wayfinder in the watch face store. I know they want to keep Hermes exclusive (half ruined that partner with the leather ban), and keep the Ultra stuff exclusive, but something like those.
Exactly. They could easily have the watch face store respond based on which device is accessing it. Ultra gets access to the ultra exclusive ones, Hermes gets access to the Hermes ones... etc It wouldn't be that hard to build out and would be an absolute cash cow for them.
Some horologist made the point that any analogue dial on a digital watch is a sort of ersatz affair, intrinsically fake, and the only way to really get an honest design was via a digital display.
I agreed and ran with that for the first couple years, but I just can't get over how ugly… really every single Apple Watch display is. I finally gave up and have been using Infograph as the least-worst option for the past five years now.
Which seems to be the direction Apple is going. Grabbing as much cash from customers as possible through add-ons. Seems like a no brainer. With people upgrading less often, seems like this would keep those consumers happy and get Apple the cash they want.
I am still shocked us Ultra series 1 users got the Modular Ultra face. I thought for sure that was gonna be an exclusive to the Ultra series 2.
I use Modular Ultra so battery, rings, temp across the top, 24 hour clock and activity levels in the middle, and then date, Spotify, and Heart app across the bottom.
Could not agree more. It was a tragic how fast I went from elated to distressed when I first saw Modular Ultra but then learned it was Ultra only.
I've still got my fingers crossed that it could happen this year for the 10 year anniversary.
It drives me completely crazy that you can only get the red-filter display on the Ultra. I've been dying for that feature for years.
You could use an automation to turn your watch red at a certain time each day to try and mimic that feature if you don't have an Ultra.