M1 - Ascent Axis
· v2.4.2
About
Ascent Axis is built around one idea: your data, instantly readable — no clutter, no compromises.
Some words about my main philosophy: On this and every future watchface, I'll use a big time font. Why? I'm aware of Garmin watches are also fitness trackers and outdoor tools, but you wear them on your arm and in the end of the day, they are watches. And the main purpose of the watch is showing you the current time, and not showing mainly fancy pictures or hundreds of data.
The dynamic color scheme adapts in real time to the current temperature, so the watch face always feels right for the moment. Prefer something more subtle? Switch to the season-based theme that shifts gradually through the year, or pick your own color.
When you hit a goal — steps, active minutes, body battery — the color changes to celebrate it.
Choose your data fields from: Heart Rate · Stress · Calories · Body Battery · Temperature · Active Minutes · Recovery Time · Floors Climbed · Altitude · Sunrise/Sunset
Tap any field to open the corresponding complication directly.
What's new
v2.4.2: - updated SDK & added support for newest watches (FR70/FR170)
v2.4.1: - made the AOD display 50% dimmer than before
v2.4.0: - removed the invert colors option - it doesn't look good enough
- further code improvements
v2.3.4: - fixed settings changes not applying instantly due to caching of variables
v2.3.3: - further improved weather based theme's colors
- shifted the whole content very slightly to the right to generate more space for the displayed data
- changed the display of the temperature a little bit
v2.3.2: - further improved the theme's color logic
- cleaned up the code
v2.3.0: - further attempts in improving battery life by improving code in general
- again slightly revised the temperature and season based color schemes
- fixed issue when using the temperature based color theme in case no weather data are available
v2.2.8: - improved HR readings: if heart rate reading from the complication is not possible (e.g. if wrist based heart rate is turned off), it will switch to the Activity Info reading, which might also work work for external HR straps (but this depends on the connection)
v2.2.7: - slightly revised the temperature and season based color schemes
- some minor changes (such as a fix for incorrect displayed recovery time)
v2.2.4: - added settings for the colors of the battery icon
v.2.2.3: - applied a temporary fix for the squares shown in the top date line, when using a system language which contains other than latin characters. For now, the day of week will be shown in English.
- added watchface settings in German
v2.2.1: - added new "season-based" color theme
- added some new colors for custom color theme, slightly refined colors for the temperature-based color theme
- added support for some new devices: Venu 4 45mm / D2 Air X15, D2 Mach2, Venu X1
v2.2.0: - fixed IQ!-error on AMOLED devices
- some minor improvements such as slightly changed icons
v2.1.0: - added some more data you can choose of
- added option to display a fourth line of data if no logo is selected
- added AOD mode for AMOLED devices, which only displays the current time
- added option to display no data at all on the top, middle (and optional fourth) line of data
v2.0.0: - added a lot of new supported devices, espacially added support for devices with higher resolutions and AMOLED displays
- added some new pictures (all taken by myself) in the logo picker - but to be honest, they only will look nice on AMOLED devices :)
- massive code overhaul to improve efficiency and therefore battery life
v1.0.5: - potentially fixed crash on the Tactix 7
- again changed some icons
v1.0.4: - Added option for 12 hour time format
- Changed some of the data icons + improvement of icons' positioning
v1.0.1 - v1.0.3: minor adjustments
v1.0.0: Initial release & very first attempt in creating a watchface