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DIALFORGE
Paper Cut

7-day free trial, then a one-time 4.49 EUR unlock code at dialforge.dev. No subscription.

Layers of cut paper rise under a huge white time, and their colours follow your day from dawn to night.

  • Paper collage look: four wave layers in alternating light and dark paper with one bold accent, each casting a flat shadow. On AMOLED also far hills with a crest peeking over the time, a two-step shadow and a thin light cut edge on every layer.
  • Huge white time with a flat shadow.
  • A paper sun travels across the sky during the day. At night it turns into the moon with its real phase.
  • Auto colours: dawn, day, dusk and night follow your local sunrise and sunset (on AMOLED they blend smoothly into each other). Or pick a fixed palette: Coral, Forest, Ocean, Candy or a muted Mono in shades of grey.
  • Three paper shapes: Waves, Hills or Dunes.
  • Date in 13 languages (by watch language, or fixed to English or Polish).
  • Always-on mode for AMOLED: dimmed full digits, short date and one thin line of paper, nothing filled, shifted every minute.

Data fields: left and right field (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 time, pressure, resting heart rate, VO2 max, sleep score, 5K race prediction, weekly running distance, moon phase, week number, day of year), bottom field (the same list). Defaults: heart rate, steps, next sun event.

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); time format (12/24 h) and leading zero settings; 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.

On Forerunner 55 the settings menu on the watch can run short of memory; then change settings in the Garmin Connect or Connect IQ app on your phone.

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/papercut/ 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

Paper Cut: user manual

What it does

Paper Cut is a paper-collage face: layers of cut paper with flat shadows rise under a huge white time, and a paper sun crosses the sky by day and turns into the moon with its real phase at night.

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 "Paper Cut" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Then hold the watch face (or the menu button), choose Watch Face and select Paper Cut.

First launch

Colours on Auto (time of day) and Waves shape. Fields: Heart rate on the left, Steps on the right, next sun event at the bottom. No seconds. 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 left, right and bottom fields are touch spots.

Settings

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

  • Left field, Right field, Bottom field: each shows one of 45 data types, from heart rate to weather, or stays empty. Defaults in that order: Heart rate, Steps, Next sunrise/sunset.
  • Colours: Auto (time of day), Coral, Forest, Ocean, Candy, Mono. Default: Auto (time of day).
  • Paper shape: Waves, Hills, Dunes. Default: Waves.
  • Time format: Automatic (watch setting), 12-hour, 24-hour. Default: Automatic.
  • 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.
  • Colours: Auto changes the palette from dawn through day and dusk to night, following your local sunrise and sunset. The other choices are fixed palettes.
  • Paper shape only changes the outline of the layers.

License

  • Trial: 7 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 4.49 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, Paper Cut, 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? In low-power mode the face redraws once a minute.

What does always-on look like? On AMOLED, always-on shows dimmed time, a short date and one thin line of paper, shifted every minute. MIP watches have no separate always-on mode.

12-hour or 24-hour? Automatic follows the watch's 12/24-hour setting. You can force 12 or 24 hours in the settings.

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

€4.49

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 > Paper Cut > 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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