In Part 2, I shared my beginnings with fitness tracking, starting with a belt-clipped pedometer and progressing through various Fitbit devices. It was during this time that I first encountered the possibility of designing custom watch faces. Despite my initial lack of success, technology continued to evolve, taking me on another significant turn.
In Part 1, I covered my early experiences with wrist watches, from analog, to digital. Now, in Part 2, we’ll continue my journey to my first fitness tracker: a simple pedometer that planted the seed for my later obsession with Fitbit. We’ll also take a look at my early, and admittedly clumsy, attempts to create my own watch faces.
I never set out to become a watch face designer, but events in my life set me on that path. What started as a simple fascination with timepieces decades ago has evolved into something I didn’t know was possible – creating my own unique watch face designs that can be shared with the world. Join me as I explore the winding path that led me from a lifelong love of watches to the world of digital design, branding and distribution.
Thanks for tagging along! If you like to download watch faces or you want to create your own, this blog might be for you. I recently discovered a passion for creating watch faces, and it caught me off guard. I realized how much I enjoyed designing something totally unique that I can wear on my wrist. If I couldn’t figure something out, I read the documentation, searched the web, or asked AI. Many times I found what I was looking for…
Continue reading Let’s talk about watch facesGet a closer look at our Wear OS watch face designs! This site provides a space for us to share the stories behind our creations, giving you a greater understanding of the design choices made for each watch face made available on the Google Play Store.
