Flip Clock 3D Watch Face

A retro split-flap desk clock standing on a warm walnut desk, a softly blurred room behind it. It is a real object in three dimensions: seen from a little above and to the side, you see its glossy plastic housing with its top and its side wall, the two deep windows in its front, and in each a stack of black cards hanging on a hinge axle, the cards behind showing as thin layered edges. The current card shows the time in big white figures, split across the middle like the real thing.

Every minute, it flips

As the minute turns, the top half of the minutes card falls forward on its axle, revealing the next card behind it, and lands with a little tick. On the hour the hours card flips too.

Tap to flick

Tap the watch face and both cards flick through a few numbers and settle back on the time.

Printed labels on the desk

Steps and battery sit on small printed paper labels on the desk, unread notifications on a sticky note above the clock, and the date is printed on a little flip card in front. Put another app's complication there and it shows that app's icon, or its title where it sends no icon.

Three housings

• Orange.

• White.

• Black.

Easy on the battery

Nothing moves between the minutes; the flips play once a minute, and the flick only on a tap. Always-on shows only the time, the date and a fine outline of the clock, dim on black.

Make it yours

• Housing: orange, white or black.

• Three complications.

• 12- or 24-hour time, as your watch is set.

To customize, touch and hold the watch face, then tap Customize.

Works on watches with Wear OS 6 or later. Made in Watch Face Format: no permissions, no data collected. The phone app is optional: it shows the watch face and opens it in Google Play on your watch.

Part of Tempus Arcanum, a collection of watch faces.