Garmin watch face · 1.9.2 Production release

Burnished
Sky Ahead

Time first. The hours ahead, at a glance. A refined, highly readable composition for current weather and the next few hours—without turning the screen into a crowded dashboard.

Burnished Sky Ahead active watch face shown on a Soft Gold Titanium and French Gray Garmin watch
Designed as one composition—from AMOLED black and sunlight-readable MIP to the physical bezel.

A miniature instrument

Clarity first.
Character close behind.

Time remains unmistakable. Weather and activity form a restrained hierarchy around it, with warm brass, mineral gray, and moonlit violet details coordinated across day, night, and always-on states.

Burnished Sky Ahead composition showing time, activity, date, current weather, and forecast

One face, several useful tempos

Weather with context.

The active face, forecast miniature, AOD, and frame options share one visual language instead of behaving like unrelated widgets.

Day & night visual for Burnished Sky Ahead
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Day & night

Coordinated materials shift with the sky while the hierarchy stays familiar.

Forecast ahead visual for Burnished Sky Ahead
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Forecast ahead

Three actual clock hours make the precipitation or temperature timeline readable at a glance.

Always-on display visual for Burnished Sky Ahead
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Always-on display

Five restrained ornaments share a purpose-built low-power composition.

Weather frames visual for Burnished Sky Ahead
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Weather frames

Faceted Seal, Simple Circle, or no frame—each keeps weather legible and composed.

Useful density, composed.

  • Prominent digital time, date, and English weekday.
  • Battery, cached heart rate, calories, and daily steps.
  • Current Garmin weather, temperature, and a concise condition caption.
  • A contextual three-node RAIN, SNOW, MIX, or TEMP forecast.
  • A compact alarm and Do Not Disturb status rail on supported devices.
  • An optional notification icon and count, Off by default and capped at 99+.
  • A purpose-built AMOLED always-on display.
  • Native 64-color MIP faces across selected 240 × 240, 260 × 260, and 280 × 280 watches.

Missing stays missing. Unavailable values display as -- or an honest weather fallback rather than guessed data.

The shortest useful horizon.

The forecast miniature chooses RAIN, SNOW, or MIX at a meaningful 3H, 6H, or 9H horizon. When no meaningful precipitation appears within nine hours, it shows actual forecast temperatures through TEMP 6H. Each node is labeled with its represented local clock hour, so the timeline can be read without decoding a relative offset.

MIP, drawn natively.

The dedicated MIP system covers selected 240 × 240, 260 × 260, and 280 × 280 Forerunner, fēnix, Enduro, vívoactive, and legacy-character families. Each native size uses its own 64-color palette, compact typography, and complete three-value 3H forecast instead of scaling down the AMOLED face. Existing AMOLED layouts, Outdoor Brief, Weather Signals, motion, and low-power behavior remain on their isolated paths.

Personal, not configurable chaos.

Production defaults are Quoted Time, Faceted Seal, Outdoor Brief Off, Weather Signals Off, and Show notification count Off. Every option stays within the same information architecture, so a visual preference never compromises the meaning of the dial. AMOLED-only options never appear on MIP.

Free for everyone.

Every download and Store review helps the project grow. Optional Tips help cover Garmin device testing, development tools, maintenance, and continued improvements. Tips do not purchase, unlock, or guarantee any feature, product, service, or release date; tip amounts are separate from the roadmap, and there is no active Ko-fi Goal.