Meridian black watchface

[jon08]

So who else agrees the black Meridian watchface looks better in AOD mode with white clock hands (left pic) than in non-AOD mode with black clock hands (right pic)??

Much easier to read the time with white clock hands on black background… wish Apple would enable users to choose the color of clock hands as well!

 

[Itinj24]

So who else agrees the black Meridian watchface looks better in AOD mode with white clock hands (left pic) than in non-AOD mode with black clock hands (right pic)??

Much easier to read the time with white clock hands on black background… wish Apple would enable users to choose the color of clock hands as well!

Yeah I agree. I don’t use this watch face but the inconsistency between active and AOD alone would bother the crap out of me. I’d prefer all white for both.

 

[Night Spring]

I'm not sure which I like better, but yeah, it'd drive me nuts if it switched back and forth without my say-so. And yes, I think Apple ought to let the user pick.

 

[mavis]

You're right, that's annoying. But it's not the only annoying thing about that watch face.

What about those asinine tick marks between the hour markers? What are those, thirty second markers? First of all, that's stupid. Second (pun intended), when combined with rounded-tip hands (rather than traditional, pointed tips) it makes it doubly difficult to ascertain the precise time with any speed at all. Pure brilliance from Apple's obviously-inept horologist(s).

 

[jon08]

You're right, that's annoying. But it's not the only annoying thing about that watch face.

What about those asinine tick marks between the hour markers? What are those, thirty second markers? First of all, that's stupid. Second (pun intended), when combined with rounded-tip hands (rather than traditional, pointed tips) it makes it doubly difficult to ascertain the precise time with any speed at all. Pure brilliance from Apple's obviously-inept horologist(s).

Agreed, those 30-second markers are totally pointless and illegible. And they are present in some other watchfaces as well... Why not just put 1-min markers like any normal watch?!

 

[zachleft]

Yeah I wish there was a way you could swap them. I definitely prefer the filled in hands. It honestly seems like they were mixed up or something

 

[XxSTEVIECEExX]

There`s so many watch faces people like me with sight issues cannot use because of this very issue. My eyes are not terrible by all means (just need reading glasses or hold my wrist as far away as possible lol) but not to have an option to have the hands filled seems a bit silly to me. Sometimes you want a smarter looking watch face rather than Numerals Duo or X-Large.

 

[TwiceNightly]

You could turn off raise to wake? Then it would stay that way until you tapped the screen/pressed the crown

 

[jon08]

You could turn off raise to wake? Then it would stay that way until you tapped the screen/pressed the crown

True, but it’s less convenient.

 

[bluespark]

I like the outlined look well enough, but I see your point. And I also agree with the tick marks -- one-minute marks are the standard, especially on a non-chronograph face like this one. This one adds visual clutter and *reduces* functionality as a result. Although this is still one of my most-used watch faces, it would be nice to see it tweaked.

I *really* wish Apple would introduce more watch faces that are elegant and straightforward, but which allow for multiple complications. The watch has lots of showy ones, and several that almost overwhelm with the amount of information presented, but not nearly as many that look good, tell the time without tons of visual clutter, and still allow for four complications (give or take).

 

[the future]

I never use Meridian, but I really dislike the „hollow hands“ on other watch faces, e.g. Typograph.