Just switched to modular compact, and immediately had to change the clock to analogue.
Just seems more aesthetically pleasing to the eye, to me.
How about you?
Just seems more aesthetically pleasing to the eye, to me.
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Do you prefer analogue, or digital faces?
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It depends. I have an automation that switches between Modular Ultra during the workday and then Solar Analog during evenings and weekends. I find analog looks nicer, generally, but during the workday I like to have more information easily accessible.
analog for me, tried a few digital ones over the years but never lasted longer than a couple days ... I often glance at the watch for the time and it is easier for me to read analog vs digital
On my 4 I used Modular and loved it. On my 8 I run California and I love it.
I think I like both roughly equally for different reasons honestly
I think I like both roughly equally for different reasons honestly
I am retired and have little need for data other than date and temperature . I prefer analogue with a couple of complications for the look and readability. I use mainly use Solar Analog but have an automation to switch between it and Palette (with Stocard and Workout complications) when I go to and leave the gym, and also Snoopy just for the sheer whimsy of it.
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i also use Solar as my main watch face.
but not the analog face Solar. i use the Solar digital one.
beautiful and interesting.
a perfect combination that gives the precise time but gives the related solar activity in an analog way.
the watch face i use during long (non-workout) walks and jogs is the Activity one with both the circles and the numbers.
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D-I-G-I-T-A-L and it drives me bonkers because there are so many more analog faces. We get drip fed watch faces each year and the majority are going to be analog.
Would love digital, but as a lefty (wear watch on right wrist), the available watch faces don't work. The issue is that the time is on the right side of the dial and you can't change it, so it requires a major sleeve tug every time I want to see the time.
Always analog. I like the look so much better. My main one right now is a minimal California on grey background with date and temperature as complications. Everything else I find in the widgets. My other favorite is Solar Analog in dark with color Sunshine. Looks amazing I think, because it combines a classic look with a modern take. And Snoopy of course! But that one’s to distracting during work hours. I know it’s silly, but it’s so well done and just makes me smile.
i never figured that this problem would occur.
being right handed, wearing my watch on my left wrist, i was still always impressed that in the settings apple gave handedness as well as orientation (which side you want the crown to be on) would cover all kinds of situations you are referring about.
Does the same problem not exist for analogue? Whole face needs to be revealed?
I definitely agree that we need new watch faces.
Furthermore, I believe we need more customisation.
100% agree. It's insane that I can't get a watch face that looks like modular ultra on my regular Apple Watch.
Digital on my Ultra 2, analogue on my SS S7.
Though I always tend to wear the S7 with more dressier things.
Though I always tend to wear the S7 with more dressier things.
I have always prefered the analogue versions for the normal Series-Apple-Watches but for the Ultra with it's more beefed up looks, the digitals have taken over.
Digital. I use the screen that has the time at the top, the weather in the corner, and the activity goals in the center.