I might be missing something obvious, but I’m confused why the 5 minute gaps on minute dial are divided into 6?!
Seems illogical and confusing unless I’m missing a perfectly good reason.
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Wayfinder Watch Face Query
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I might be missing something obvious, but I’m confused why the 5 minute gaps on minute dial are divided into 6?!
Seems illogical and confusing unless I’m missing a perfectly good reason.
Count the divisions between each numbered marker, i.e. 00 and 05.
You’ll see there are six sections meaning counting between numbers doesn’t work.
See where I’ve marked the photo in my post.
Might be worth posting feedback to them, I will for sure and if there’s enough people that do then maybe Apple will take notice.
Well I’ve submitted feedback to Apple, hopefully they fix it in the next update.
If you set the wayfinder to hour style rather than minute style each section is split into 5 as expected.
If you set the wayfinder to hour style rather than minute style each section is split into 5 as expected.
Looking at the face further I think it’s a mistake and they’ve carried the compass markings over onto the minute ones. If you tap to change to the compass markings it’s split into 6 between each main mark meaning each little dash is 5 degrees which makes sense.
Based on this I’m convinced it’s an oversight.
Based on this I’m convinced it’s an oversight.
I see now you mean the larger ticks. Pretty sure this is because of the compass.
But the compass isn’t active when in minute/hour view. The divisions are correct in hour view so they should also be in minute view also. It’s an error, I’m convinced of it.
"Wayfinder watch face with Night mode.
Specifically for Apple Watch Ultra, the Wayfinder face features a time dial that can be switched to a live compass"
That's what Apple's website says, I assume it works the same way the Chronograph Pro watch face does.
I don’t think so, the compass shows a different bezel. And by the same logic the hour bezel would be wrong too.
I think I agree that it’s simply an error and oversight.
Yes but it’s one or the other. Tap the dial and it switches between the compass dial and the time dial. When in time dial mode it does not rotate and so does not act as a compass and so makes no sense to be split into degrees rather than minutes.
As I’ve said it’s correctly split into 5 when in hour style, if it was meant to be split into 6 it would be for both the hour and minute style but it’s not.