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Deep Bezel

7-day free trial, then a one-time 3.99 EUR unlock code at dialforge.dev. No subscription.

A bold tool diver for your Garmin: coloured 60-minute bezel, big lume markers, sword hands and a depth arc that fills as you walk.

Features

  • 60-minute diver bezel with the first 15 minutes filled in colour, a framed triangle and lume pearl at 12
  • Big lume markers: dots, bars at 6 and 9, a triangle at 12
  • Sword hands with lume inserts, seconds hand with a lollipop tip while the screen is awake (can be turned off)
  • Depth arc from 7 to 11: steps to goal, battery, Body Battery or stress, scale every 20 %
  • Field at 3 (heart rate by default), optional fields at 9 and under 12
  • Date window at 4:30, weekday in 13 languages (by watch language, or fixed to English or Polish)
  • Colours: Navy-Orange, Teal-Yellow, Black-Lime, Black-Red, Grey
  • Lume colour: white, green, blue or cream
  • AMOLED always-on: marker dots, hand outlines, the bezel triangle and the date, dimmed and shifted every minute

Data fields: heart rate, steps, battery, distance, calories, floors, active minutes, Body Battery, stress, altitude, notifications, solar, battery days, temperature, sunrise, sunset, next sun event, respiration, SpO2, recovery, pressure, resting heart rate, VO2 max, sleep score*, training status*, 5K prediction*, calendar*, weekly run distance*, moon phase, week number, day of year, or empty.

* needs Connect IQ 4.2 or newer

Since 1.2.0: new data to choose from: weather with icon, wind, humidity, UV, chance of rain, active calories, alarms, phone connection, do not disturb, move bar, 10K, half and full marathon predictions, cycling VO2 max, weekly ride distance and a second time zone (a fixed UTC offset, no daylight saving); on touchscreen watches, touch and hold a field to open its screen.

Garmin does not give watch faces access to HRV status or Training Readiness, so no Connect IQ watch face can show them.

Settings: on the watch (hold MENU, then Watch face, then Customize) or in the Connect IQ app.

A little request from the maker

Dialforge is my student project. I build these watch faces after classes, so they are still at an early stage, and I could not test every watch model myself. If something looks wrong on your watch, please do not leave a negative rating: write to me first at https://dialforge.dev/faces/deepbezel/ and I will fix it, usually within 24 hours. A kind review means more to me than you can imagine. And if you like my work, you can buy me a coffee (the link is at the bottom of dialforge.dev): I am saving up to pay for my studies. Thank you for your patience and for giving a young developer a chance.

Manual

Deep Bezel: user manual

What it does

Deep Bezel is a tool diver: a coloured 60-minute bezel, big lume markers, sword hands and a depth arc from 7 to 11 o'clock that fills as you walk.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.3.0+ and the Connect IQ or Garmin Connect phone app. Supported watches:

  • Round AMOLED: epix 2 and epix Pro 2, fēnix 8, E, Forerunner 165, 265, 570, 965, 970, Instinct 3 AMOLED, Crossover AMOLED (Instinct 3 AMOLED 45 mm, Instinct 3 AMOLED 50 mm), Venu 2, 3, 4, vivoactive 5, 6.
  • Round MIP: enduro 3, fēnix 7 series, 8 Solar, Forerunner 55, 245, 255, vivoactive 4.
  • Square and rectangular AMOLED: Venu Sq 2, Venu X1.

Installation

In the Connect IQ app on your phone (or Garmin Connect, then the Connect IQ Store) find "Deep Bezel" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Then hold the watch face (or the menu button), choose Watch Face and select Deep Bezel.

First launch

The depth arc shows steps toward your goal, the field at 3 shows heart rate, the date sits at 4:30. The fields at 9 and under 12 are empty. The 7-day trial starts the first time the face runs.

Controls

Watches with buttons (START, UP, DOWN, BACK)

  • No actions of its own. Settings: menu button (UP), Watch Face, Customize.

Touch watches (tap, hold, swipe)

  • Touch and hold a data field to open Garmin's screen for it. No matching screen, nothing happens.
  • The depth arc, the field at 3, the field at 9 and the field under 12 are touch spots.

Settings

Watch: menu button, Watch Face, Customize. Phone: Connect IQ app, Deep Bezel, Settings (code fields only there).

  • Field at 3, Depth arc (7 to 11), Field at 9, Field under 12: each shows one of 47 data types, from heart rate to weather, or stays empty. Defaults in that order: Heart rate, Steps, Empty, Empty.
  • Colours: Navy-Orange, Teal-Yellow, Black-Lime, Black-Red, Grey. Default: Navy-Orange.
  • Lume colour: White, Green, Blue, Cream. Default: White.
  • Date at 4:30: on or off. Default: on.
  • Seconds hand: on or off. Default: on.
  • Second time zone: fixed UTC offset, UTC-12 to UTC+14 with half-hour zones, no automatic daylight saving.
  • Date language: Automatic, English, Polski. Default: Automatic. It keeps working after the trial.
  • Depth arc (7 to 11): steps to goal, battery, Body Battery or stress, with a lume bar at the current level.
  • Colours sets the bezel and dial, Lume colour sets the markers and the hand inserts.

License

  • Trial: 7 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 3.99 EUR once at dialforge.dev, no subscription. The 8-character code is tied to your watch's UID.
  • Where to enter it: phone, Connect IQ app, Deep Bezel, Settings. Read the UID in "UID (dialforge.dev)", buy the code, then type it into "Unlock code".
  • After the trial without a code: settings return to defaults (the language setting stays) and UNLOCK DIALFORGE.DEV appears at the bottom. Time and data keep working.

Privacy and permissions

Permissions:

  • Sensor history: recent body battery, stress and similar values.
  • User profile: data like max heart rate and units.
  • Complications: Garmin's own data for the fields.

No internet use at all.

Troubleshooting

The code does not work. Check that the UID you bought for matches "UID (dialforge.dev)" and type all 8 characters (case is ignored, no 0, O, 1 or I). A code for another face does not fit. Sync, then reopen.

A field shows --. The watch has no value for it right now: it may need a sensor reading, a connected phone (weather), a Garmin feature turned on, or a newer watch. The face never invents numbers.

Battery drain? Seconds are drawn only while the watch is awake, in low-power mode the face redraws once a minute.

What does always-on look like? On AMOLED, always-on shows marker dots, outlined hands, the bezel triangle as an outline and the date, dimmed and shifted every minute. MIP watches have no separate always-on mode.

12-hour or 24-hour? This is an analog face: the hands follow the watch time, so there is no 12/24 setting.

Contact

kontakt@dialforge.dev or dialforge.dev. Please write before leaving a low rating.

Permissions and privacy

This product asks the watch for the permissions below. Connect IQ shows them when you install it.

  • Sensor history: Reads recent values stored by the watch (for example Body Battery, stress, heart rate, steps trend).
  • Your profile: Reads your Garmin profile on the watch (for example age, weight, heart rate zones) to calculate values for you.
  • Watch data (complications): Shows data from other watch features, such as battery or steps, on the face.

This product does not use the internet and sends no data to our servers.

Unlock

€3.99

One-time payment. No subscription. The code works on the watch whose UID you enter.

  1. Install the face from the Connect IQ store. It is free for 7 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Watch faces > Deep Bezel > Settings (first field).
  3. Enter UID and e-mail, pay with PayPal (cards work without a PayPal account). The code appears here at once.
  4. Type the code into the same settings page, field "Unlock code". The watch checks it offline.

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