Ultra Watch Faces on non-Ultra Watches with watchOS 26?

[TypeMRT]

Are the Modular Ultra, Waypoint, or Wayfinder watches still exclusive to the Ultra in the watchOS 26 RC? It’s so frustrating to have some faces locked to editions and other available everywhere (Nike). Hermès I understand, but the Ultra set is a stretch considering the Ultra 2 display was actually smaller than the Series 10 display and they’ve been scaled slightly to fit the now slightly larger Ultra 3 display.
Now that the Series 11 battery is up to 24 hours, the Modular Ultra Watch face (my most used face) is the only thing keeping me from “downgrading” from the Ultra. I’d actually prefer the smaller size and smaller finish of the Series 11.

 

[PatrickNSF]

Unfortunately, Modular Ultra appears to remain exclusive to the AWU in watchOS 26.

 

[the future]

Are the Modular Ultra, Waypoint, or Wayfinder watches still exclusive to the Ultra in the watchOS 26 RC? It’s so frustrating to have some faces locked to editions and other available everywhere (Nike). Hermès I understand, but the Ultra set is a stretch

Nike faces only became available on other Watches once there weren‘t dedicated Nike Watches sold anymore. The exclusive Ultra (and Hermès) faces are just a (artificial, marketing-driven) way to (up)sell more expensive Watches. Nothing to do with screen size etc.

 

[TypeMRT]

Nike faces only became available on other Watches once there weren‘t dedicated Nike Watches sold anymore. The exclusive Ultra (and Hermès) faces are just a (artificial, marketing-driven) way to (up)sell more expensive Watches. Nothing to do with screen size etc.

Sounds like the Nike Watch is more of the outlier. Apple still markets it as a separate watch even though the only thing you can buy from the page is one of the Nike bands.
The only way to get every watch face is to spend $1400 for the AWU3 Hermès.

 

[the future]

The only way to get every watch face is to spend $1400 for the AWU3 Hermès.

Not even then. There are a few watch faces that are on the regular Hermès Watch, but not on the Hermès Ultra. ¯\_ツ_/¯

 

[TypeMRT]

Not even then. There are a few watch faces that are on the regular Hermès Watch, but not on the Hermès Ultra. ¯\_ツ_/¯

So the only way to get all of the watch faces is to spend $2700 on different Hermès watches - that’s crazy!