Description

A broken ink ring keeps time through three curling tendrils: the longest marks the hour, the middle-length one the minute, and the shortest the second. The ring stays upright while it gently breathes and its brush tips sway.

A small digital readout gives local time in your watch's 12- or 24-hour format. Color Pebbles have a softly dithered background; monochrome Pebbles show black ink on white. The face updates once a second and works offline, with no phone connection or settings needed.

Inspired by Arrival's circular writing. Heptapod is an independent clock design, not an official film product or a translator for its fictional language.

A free watchface by Luke Steuber for Ambient Time.