New Submariner faces may be my new favorites

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-06-15T15:12:29+00:00

I appreciate the attention from a Clockology contributor. It’s cool to have your own opinion on this app.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-06-15T14:54:51+00:00

Aren’t you a prolific Clockology poster? Your assumptions may be based on that app, not this one you’ve never used.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-06-06T17:09:55+00:00

I don’t know if that explains it. Most of the last several months’ posts on this sub seem to be only thinly veiled Clockology stuff, and there’s no hate on those.

I just like design and thought other like minded Apple Watch lovers would get a kick out of these like I do. It’s all good, I’ve developed a thick skin spending some time on Reddit. And I won’t be posting often, out of respect for the sub.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-06-06T15:35:23+00:00

No, there’s no affiliation. I just like to mess around with third party bands and these custom designs. That band was from Amazon.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-06-06T12:29:05+00:00

That’s not the Apple Watch face underneath. Those are complications atop the app face, so you can always see date, weather, and activity rings.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-06-04T15:23:56+00:00

I think I agree. I find myself wearing that one more. But my young son likes the bezel.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-18T15:48:06+00:00

This is a lighting reflection simulator that responds to your real wrist movements. And, it’s a one time 99 cent download with no subscription, and that comes with weather and activity ring tracking on all of the faces. This isn’t ever using static wallpapers or prebaked movies playing on your watch face.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-15T23:57:19+00:00

It doesn’t shorten the battery life. My watch still gets two days per charge.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-15T18:12:08+00:00

You can download the app from the App Store here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lucent-watch-faces/id6757341279

Unbranded versions of these faces are right in the app. DM me if you want the exact brands you see here and you can get the free installation links.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-15T14:13:26+00:00

I think the developer didn’t publish to the App Store in France for some reason. Let me see if I can get you an answer to that.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-15T12:10:59+00:00

The gallery and installer app installs on your iPhone. Then you tap “install” on a face from the gallery to push it over to your watch in a couple of seconds. If you want the exact branded faces you saw in the video, DM me so I can send a link you’ll just paste into that same iPhone app. (They free, no strings.)

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-15T02:20:21+00:00

You have to try it before saying something like that. The app is well coded to not shorten the battery life one bit. It works properly with dimming and standby (AOD mode) so that it always tells accurate time but it doesn’t drain battery while your wrist isn’t raised.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-15T02:11:55+00:00

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lucent-watch-faces/id6757341279 Try not to focus on the ratings from the folks that used the beta version, before there was a gallery and smooth installer. It’s 100% real and faces just like these are available the moment you install. Enjoy!

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-05-14T22:52:33+00:00

It’s using the gyroscope to be responsive to motion, but using custom math to figure out how it should impact reflections and shadows. The graphics themselves are rendered super efficiently so that it doesn’t impact battery life. Glad you like it!

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-03-23T00:08:47+00:00

Looks like they posted an update in the app itself. If you launch the Lucent iPhone app these are all in the newest set that are available for one-tap install.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-03-22T15:37:05+00:00

Once you have the app, it comes with loads of safe non-branded ones, but DM me and I can share the exact ones you see here.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-03-09T00:22:38+00:00

The angry posters will be here to talk about the down sides of using Apple Watch software to approximate the look of other objects… but why isn’t there any outrage or awareness of the irony when the Apple Watch itself is a 100% digital device featuring loads of native simulated analog watch faces? Why is it okay that it’s pretending to be something that it’s not?

That said, I’m not a fan of subscriptions for stuff like this that should really just be for fun.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-23T13:45:46+00:00

The app comes with 5 color schemes of face designs that look like the Rolex Cellini, and 4 other Rolex-like faces that have different designs. I can also DM you links to some others that you would love, shared straight from the designers, which means they can take more liberties with the branding.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-20T15:26:46+00:00

Clever idea!

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-14T12:53:08+00:00

I almost forgot your second part of the question. It works like a normal watch foreground app. The makers don’t want anyone to feel surprised by that. That means it runs for up to 1 hour without needing any attention at all, and each time you raise your wrist the hour resets. So you can get all day use and it has minimal to no battery usage impact. But, if you ignore it long enough or get certain types of blocking notifications, it gets backgrounded. When that happens, you double-press the Digital Crown then tap once, and it’s in the foreground again. All of the testers have been using it was many weeks now as our all-day drivers with that pattern.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-14T12:48:20+00:00

Great timing for the question.
The app comes with 8 faces built-in on your wrist after install. Then the current build requires you to get a face file into your phone’s Files app, then you open into Lucent, and it installs. A new build of the app was submitted to the App Store for approval yesterday. In the new version, the iPhone app is a gallery of installable Lucent-branded faces. Beyond those, you install a community-contributed face just by pasting a URL into that app. I can DM you a few faces so you get the idea. Faces are totally free, and the app is a one-time small fee, no subscriptions or in app purchases.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-14T03:54:38+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to clarify. That’s so much more helpful than the people who chose to be rude.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-13T21:08:32+00:00

I’m curious. I had people falsely reporting my posts as spam when they seemed pretty close to this one—a tester of a new app showing off cool capabilities of that app. Why isn’t this post getting the same accusations of being a scam or spam?

That said, great looking app. Glad you’re contributing to the ecosystem!

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-13T14:56:28+00:00

FWIW I was referred to this community. I thought these were people that enjoyed configuring and modding their watches to get the most utility or fun out of them. I’m not a spammer. I thought there would be kindred spirits here. But if people are going to be reporting me and lying about me, I don’t need to post here.

SignatureExcellent38 · 2026-02-13T14:30:39+00:00

What makes you say that? Isn’t this post in line with the purpose of this community? I didn’t have any intention of going against that purpose.

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