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Hex Tactical

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Set up the face before you download

A tactical digital watch face with hexagon frames. A large time inside a long hexagon, the minutes in your accent colour and small seconds on the side. Around it: weather at the top, two fields above the time, three under it, sunrise and sunset, and a ZULU box with UTC time at the bottom.

The face has two separate colour sets. On AMOLED screens the colours are bright on deep black. On MIP screens (fenix 7, fenix 6, Forerunner 245/255 and others) it uses matte, muted tones from the 64-colour palette and thicker lines, so it stays readable in sunlight.

By default it shows temperature with a weather icon, altitude, calories, steps, heart rate, battery, sunrise, sunset and ZULU time. Each of the 8 fields can be changed. You can pick from 33 kinds of data, including energy level, stress, pulse ox, pressure, distance, floors, VO2 max, sleep score, wind, humidity, UV index and chance of rain. A field can also stay empty.

You can also set:

  • the accent colour: green, orange, blue, red or sand,
  • minutes in the accent colour or white,
  • hexagon frames, minute marks and field labels on or off,
  • the bottom box: ZULU (UTC) or a second time zone, a data field, or off,
  • the label at the bottom: your watch model, your own text (up to 16 characters, typed in the Connect IQ app) or nothing,
  • seconds (hidden automatically when the watch saves the screen),
  • the thresholds where the battery turns orange and red,
  • how long weather data counts as current. The phone sends the weather and the face cannot force it to fetch new data, so older data shows as "--",
  • the always-on screen on AMOLED: whole face dimmed (default), time with date, time only or off,
  • the date language (13 languages), time format and leading zero.

Everything can also be changed on the watch in Customize, with a live preview on most watches.

Works on 101 Garmin watches: fenix 5 Plus to fenix 9, epix, Enduro, MARQ and MARQ 2, D2, Descent (also Mk2), Approach S50 and S70, Legacy, Forerunner 165 to 970, Venu (also Venu Sq), vivoactive 4 to 6 and Instinct 3 AMOLED. On the square Venu Sq, Venu Sq 2 and Venu X1 the round face sits in the middle of the screen. On fenix 6S, fenix 5 Plus, Forerunner 245/745/945, Descent Mk2 S, Venu Sq and MARQ (first generation) the second time zone is not available, the box shows UTC.

The face asks for location access only to calculate sunrise and sunset on the watch and to tell day from night for the weather icon. It sends nothing to the internet.

Trial: the face works fully for 7 days. In the last 3 days the number of days left appears at the bottom. After that the face shows your Watch ID and dialforge.dev. Buy a code for that number and enter it in the Connect IQ app, in the face settings (Unlock code).

Code not working? Write to kontakt@dialforge.dev and I will fix it or refund you.

If the face is useful to you, you can buy me a coffee: buycoffee.to/iwannaflysohigh

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.
  • Location (GPS): Uses the watch location for distance, speed or sun and moon times. The location is not sent anywhere.

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

Unlock

€4.49

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

  1. Download the face for free (button at the top of the page) and put it on your watch. You pay nothing for 14 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Watch faces > Hex Tactical > 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.

Paste the whole text from the watch, for example ID 123 456 7890. We will take care of the rest.

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