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Fume Dial

7-day free trial, then a one-time 4.99 EUR unlock code at dialforge.dev. No subscription.

A clean analog dial in any of 360 colours, glowing from the centre and fading to black at the rim.

  • Colour: 14 ready colours picked by swatch on the watch, a list of what other users pick, and a custom hue from 0 to 359 with a colour ring and live preview. Only an anonymous colour number is sent for that list.
  • Three intensities: Vivid, Deep and Pastel.
  • Shimmer: the dial glints like sun on metal flakes and glows a little brighter when the screen wakes, e.g. when you raise your wrist (Off, Subtle or Strong). Only while the screen is on.
  • Smoky gradient with a brushed metal texture (can be switched off). Nothing else on the dial: no numerals, no text, no data fields.
  • Polished baton indices with a luminous fill and a double bar at 12.
  • Minute track: off, fine, or alternating long and short ticks.
  • Dauphine hands with a luminous strip and a steel outline, plus an optional thin seconds hand with a counterweight.
  • Always-on mode for AMOLED: black screen, only the outlines of the indices and of the hour and minute hands, shifted every minute.
  • For AMOLED watches only.

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/fumedial/ 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

Fume Dial: user manual

What it does

Fume Dial is a clean analog face with no numerals, text or data fields. Any of 360 colours glows from the centre and fades to black at the rim, with baton indices, dauphine hands and an optional seconds hand.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.4.0+ 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.
  • 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 "Fume Dial" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Then hold the watch face (or the menu button), choose Watch Face and select Fume Dial.

First launch

An Emerald dial, Vivid, with a fine minute track, subtle shimmer, brushed texture and a seconds hand. 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)

  • No touch actions.

Settings

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

  • Accent color: 14 colors from Ruby to Pink, plus Custom hue. Default: Emerald. The watch menu adds "Popular", the colors others pick most.
  • Custom hue (0-359): any hue, used when Custom hue is chosen as the accent color. Default: 145.
  • Intensity: Vivid, Deep, Pastel. Default: Vivid.
  • Shimmer (wrist raise): Off, Subtle, Strong. Default: Subtle.
  • Minute track: Off, Fine, Long-short. Default: Fine.
  • Brushed texture: on or off. Default: on.
  • Seconds hand: on or off. Default: on.
  • Shimmer plays a glint across the dial after you raise your wrist, only while the screen is fully on.

License

  • Trial: 7 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 4.99 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, Fume Dial, 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: declared by the shared Dialforge code, unused here.
  • User profile: same, unused here.
  • Complications: same, this face has no data fields.
  • Background service: a periodic task.
  • Internet: only for the color service below.

Color service (only faces with a color choice): every 6 hours the watch asks dialforge.dev for the popular color sets (the request carries only the face name). If you changed the set meanwhile, it also sends the set number and face version. No UID, e-mail or location.

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.

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 is a black screen with only the outlines of the indices and of the hour and minute hands, shifted every minute, no shimmer, no seconds.

12-hour or 24-hour? This is an analog dial with no digits, 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.
  • Background process: Lets the app run short tasks in the background, for example reminders.
  • Internet through the phone: Lets the watch make a web request through your phone. Used only for the colour service described below.

Popular colour sets service

Every 6 hours the face downloads the list of popular colour sets from dialforge.dev. If you changed the colour set, it also sends that set's number. The request contains only the number, the face name and the face version. It contains no watch ID, no unlock code and no e-mail. We count choices, not people. Details: privacy policy.

Unlock

€4.99

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 > Fume Dial > 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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