Forty Plus (40+)
· v25.06.21
About
There are many great watch faces out there; however, my 40+ year old eyes can't see the numbers. This led me to create my first watch face. Large readable fonts for all fields. All the values update every second during the 10 second gesture time and at the top of every minute with more frequent options for Heart Rate and Seconds. Hope there are others that find it useful.
I would like to thank everyone for their support and kind words. This has been a fun project and had no idea it would grow to what it has. If you like the watch face and would like to make to donation you can via this link. https://paypal.me/t2dgarmin
- Garmin Weather is the source for the weather. Garmin's supported devices are list here. https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/api-docs/Toybox/Weather.html# Your watch must be connected to Garmin Connect running on your Phone. If your device is on the supported list above and the Garmin weather widget is getting updates the watch face will get updates as well. Here is Garmin's FAQ for their weather troubleshooting. https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=Mxs4eRXzRdAYJ0h7yyWaj9
- Time Units(24 hour), Distance(KM,Miles), Temperature(C,F) and Elevation Units can be changed on your watch via Garmin system unit settings.
- Simple Time during the non-gesture display. (Always on display must be enabled on your watch.)
- Sun Times (Sunrise/Sunset, Blue Hour AM/PM, Dusk/Dawn) to the bottom left and right fields. (Requires a GPS lock in an activity.)
- Multiple languages via an alternate font option.
- Default custom font is still in English and some Hungarian, Polish, Swedish and Danish Extra Characters
- The alternate font can be chosen in the watch face settings within Garmin Connect. This is Garmin's largest text multi-language font; however, it is slightly smaller than the default custom font.
- Not all watches support Garmin Weather, Floors Climbed, Elevation, Body Battery and Pressure.
- Elevation and Pressure will only work on watches that have a barometer. Models like the FR245, FR55 will not show any values.
- Icons for Phone Connection, Notifications, and Alarms can be turned on or off.
- Grid line thickness. (Hairline, Thin (Default), Heavy and Very Heavy)
- Text and Background Themes. (White Text with Black Background, Black Text with White Background with color overrides for each field)
- Available Colors (Dark/Deep/Light Green, Green, Dark/Deep/Light Blue, Blue, Deep/Light Red, Red, Orange, Yellow, Yellow Bright, Pink, Purple, Light/Dark Grey)
- Top Left/Right/Center(if no left data is selected) data fields.
Battery, Body Battery, Distance, Dew Point, Active Minutes Day/Week and Goal, Floors Climbed and Goal, Heart Rate, Right/Center Only Every 2 Seconds Heart Rate,
Humidity, Notification Count, Seconds (Not-Always On), Steps to Goal Percentage, Temperature and Feels Like
1.3" or Greater Watches Only (Active Calories, Total Calories), None
- Date is customizable. (SAT MAY 1, SAT 1 MAY, SAT 1, SAT 5-1, SAT 5/1, SAT 1.5 SAT 1.5 Week Number)
- Time format can be HH:MM, HH MM or HHMM.
- Bottom Left/Right/Center data fields.
Battery, Body Battery, Active Calories, Total Calories, Distance .# and .##, Dew Point, Elevation, Floors Climbed, Humidity, Active Minutes Day/Week and Goal, Notification Count, Notification Count - Alarm Count, Second Time (No DST Adjustments), Seconds (Not-Always On), Steps and Goal, Steps to Goal Percentage, Sun Events, Temperature and Feels Like, None
- Low Battery Color and Percentage Options
- Distance extra precision only on 1.2" or Greater Watches .## up to 100 then .#
- Seconds can be turned off, on, and to always on(Only on NON-LED watches)
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What's new
25.06.21 - Updated to CIQ 8.2.1 added new watches
24.09.13 - Updated to CIQ 7.3.0
24.09.12 - Added new watches and updated the name allow for better searches
24.06.19 - Added Wind Speed Meters/Sec or MPH based on units setting on the watch
24.3.23 - Added Active Calories-Recovery Time as an option.
24.3.17
- Attempted to correct newer watches requesting GPS Lock after a period of time for sun times.
- Added new watches.
24.1.9 - CIQ 6.4.2 and adjusted temperature rounding.
24.1.8 - Added Date Format of month and day like. JAN 8
24.1.7 - Code Cleanup and Optimizations
24.1.1 - Added new font for Venu Sq 2 and any other rectangle 320x360 screen.
2.9.9 - (2023-12-29)
- Added Venu 2 SQ Rectangle Size Calculations and Font
- CIQ 6.4.1
2.9.8 - (2023-09-15)
- Added Venu 3 and 3S
- CIQ 6.3.0
2.9.7 - (2023-08-06)
- If sun events needs a GPS Lock the display will now read GPS-L. Please start an activity, get a GPS Lock and return to the watchface.
- Implemented to code to help make GPS Lock data more persistent
- CIQ 6.2.2
Future Consideration List (These items are not currently on the watch face)
- Open Weather
- Next Sun Event
- Optional color theme change from day and night.
- Optional color theme change from high temp to low temp.
- Heart Rate Icon
- Barometer optional units
- Icons/Symbols/Characters to identify different data fields
- Elevation Gain/Loss
2.9.4 - (2023-07-23)
- Added Respiration Rate
- Degree Symbol on WF's with less than 240 pixels in C Mode
2.9.3 - (2023-07-21)
- Trying to implement some workarounds to Garmin's CIQ issues with Body Battery, Pulse OX and Stress.
2.9.2 - (2023-07-15)
- Update to help issues with Body Battery, Pulse OX and Stress after CIQ 6.2.1 update.
2.9.0 - (2023-06-10)
- Added Pulse OX
- Updated to the latest CIQ and added all new devices.
- Removed Decent G1
2.8.9 - (2023-02-10)
- Added Stress Data Field
2.8.8 - (2023-02-07)
Updated to CIQ Version 4.1.7
Removed deprecated functions
Added all new compatible watches
New Data Fields
- Recovery Time
- Vo2Max Running/Cycling/Running - Recovery Time/Cycling - Recovery
2.8.6 - (2022-06-21)
- Always on Heart Rate (Every Other Second)
- This is the most frequent update with always on seconds that Garmin allows.
- Only in the top right/center data field
2.8.4 - (2022-02-12)
- Adjusted the three new colors (Light Green, Light Red, and Purple)
~The original colors looked great in Garmin's Simulator but looked pretty dreadful on an actual watch.
- Icons (Don Not Disturb)
~The three icon spots can now be defined individually with one of the following: None, Phone Connected, Notification, Alarm, and Do Not Disturb.
~After a few weeks when folks have changed the individual icons to what they want the icons on or off option will be removed as the icons will be controlled individually.
2.8.3 - (2022-02-08)
- Active Calorie Fill with Goal
Daily goal needs to be added in the custom active calorie goal field. Default is 250
- Custom Color Fields
Pick a color from a website like. https://colorpicker.me/#2c30c2
Take the HEX code like #2c30c2 in the example and then use a hex converter like https://www.hextodecimal.co/ to convert the HEX into a number like 2896066
Enter the custom color number like 2896066 one of the custom color inputs in the watch face settings in connect IQ.
Choose the custom color field as your color.
Warning...Your watch may not display the number exactly like it is on the color picker. It may take a couple tries to get the color you want.
Please save your color codes incase future updates resets them to the default values.
2.8.0 - (2022-01-22)
-- Added Sun Times (Sunrise/Sunset, Blue Hour AM/PM, Dusk/Dawn) to the bottom left and right fields.
*** If you use the sun times you must get a GPS lock on an activity. ***
-- Start a run activity, wait for the GPS to lock, back out of the activity until you get back to the watch face.
-- Sun Time should show up when y