VWF0018 ESSENTIALS Watch Face
Vertus Apps Personalization
Digital dashboard: weather, calendar, world time, fitness data, 8 complications
- Downloads
- 39+
- on Google Play
- Price
- $1.79
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 11
- 2026
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About VWF0018 ESSENTIALS Watch Face
Most watch faces make you choose between looking good and knowing things. This one doesn't.
VWF0018 ESSENTIALS is a digital watch face for Wear OS built around information density: weather, world time, activity data and eight complication slots on a single screen, in a bold tactical layout with strong contrast and distinctive typography. If you want a dashboard on your wrist rather than two hands and a date, this one is for you.
π― Made for
β’ Outdoor and field use β high-contrast layout, red night mode
β’ Hiking and climbing β elevation, atmospheric pressure, sunrise and sunset
β’ Training and running β steps, heart rate and calories without opening an app
β’ Travel β world time across 21 cities and UTC, with DST-aware offsets
β’ Work β your next calendar event and two one-tap app shortcuts
β’ Anyone who prefers information density over minimalism
π€οΈ Weather you can act on
Current temperature, the day's high and low, UV index and chance of precipitation β before you step outside. Three weather layouts let you decide what gets the space: a balanced view, larger high and low temperatures, or the current temperature alone.
π World Time that gets the offset right
Choose from 22 global time zones (21 cities + UTC zone) and keep home, work or your next destination in view, with the local weekday and an offset that accounts for daylight saving time.
The main clock follows your watch's 12- or 24-hour preference, with a layout designed for each format. Date, weekday, week number and day of the year keep you oriented through a busy week.
πΆ The basics are built in
Many watch faces make you spend complication slots on data the watch already provides. This one draws it natively:
β’ Global time zones
β’ Daily temperature high and low
β’ UV index
β’ Chance of precipitation
β’ Step count
β’ Heart rate
β’ Moon phase
β’ Week number and day of the year
β’ Battery level
Complication slots stay free for what only you would think to put there.
ποΈ Eight complication slots
Real control over what your screen shows:
β’ 3 specialized slots β weather, calendar, sunrise and sunset
β’ 3 universal slots β calories, atmospheric pressure, elevation, or whatever a compatible provider offers: sleep duration, water intake, what's playing, and more
β’ 2 app shortcuts for one-tap launching
Complications are the small fields that pull data from your watch and installed apps. What's available, and how often it refreshes, depends on your device and the providers you choose; some sources need their own app installed.
π¨ 20 color themes
From vivid accents to understated grayscale β including the signature orange of the Galaxy Watch Ultra and a gray matched to its titanium case.
ποΈ Show only what you want
Hide the step count. Hide World Time. Turn off the icons in complication slots 3 to 6, or leave a slot empty altogether. Strip the face back to the data you actually read, and it still looks like it was designed that way.
π Low Light Mode for after dark
The active watch face turns red for night use. On Wear OS 6 and newer, leave it off, switch it on, or let it change automatically from dusk till dawn β falling back to 21:00β06:00 when no weather data is available. On Wear OS 5.1, select the red Low Light theme manually.
β« Always-on Display
A simplified layout keeps the essentials visible while your watch is idle, with an appearance of its own.
π No code, no network, no data collection
This is a resource-only Watch Face Format package, rendered by Wear OS itself. It contains no application code, requests no permissions and has no network access β it cannot collect anything. Connected apps and data providers follow their own privacy policies.
π 55 languages
Labels and accessibility text are translated into 55 languages.
β Requirements
A round smartwatch running Wear OS 5.1 or newer. The detailed layout is at its best on larger, high-brightness displays. Weather appears when your watch has weather data.
One purchase. No ads, no subscriptions.
VWF0018 ESSENTIALS is a digital watch face for Wear OS built around information density: weather, world time, activity data and eight complication slots on a single screen, in a bold tactical layout with strong contrast and distinctive typography. If you want a dashboard on your wrist rather than two hands and a date, this one is for you.
π― Made for
β’ Outdoor and field use β high-contrast layout, red night mode
β’ Hiking and climbing β elevation, atmospheric pressure, sunrise and sunset
β’ Training and running β steps, heart rate and calories without opening an app
β’ Travel β world time across 21 cities and UTC, with DST-aware offsets
β’ Work β your next calendar event and two one-tap app shortcuts
β’ Anyone who prefers information density over minimalism
π€οΈ Weather you can act on
Current temperature, the day's high and low, UV index and chance of precipitation β before you step outside. Three weather layouts let you decide what gets the space: a balanced view, larger high and low temperatures, or the current temperature alone.
π World Time that gets the offset right
Choose from 22 global time zones (21 cities + UTC zone) and keep home, work or your next destination in view, with the local weekday and an offset that accounts for daylight saving time.
The main clock follows your watch's 12- or 24-hour preference, with a layout designed for each format. Date, weekday, week number and day of the year keep you oriented through a busy week.
πΆ The basics are built in
Many watch faces make you spend complication slots on data the watch already provides. This one draws it natively:
β’ Global time zones
β’ Daily temperature high and low
β’ UV index
β’ Chance of precipitation
β’ Step count
β’ Heart rate
β’ Moon phase
β’ Week number and day of the year
β’ Battery level
Complication slots stay free for what only you would think to put there.
ποΈ Eight complication slots
Real control over what your screen shows:
β’ 3 specialized slots β weather, calendar, sunrise and sunset
β’ 3 universal slots β calories, atmospheric pressure, elevation, or whatever a compatible provider offers: sleep duration, water intake, what's playing, and more
β’ 2 app shortcuts for one-tap launching
Complications are the small fields that pull data from your watch and installed apps. What's available, and how often it refreshes, depends on your device and the providers you choose; some sources need their own app installed.
π¨ 20 color themes
From vivid accents to understated grayscale β including the signature orange of the Galaxy Watch Ultra and a gray matched to its titanium case.
ποΈ Show only what you want
Hide the step count. Hide World Time. Turn off the icons in complication slots 3 to 6, or leave a slot empty altogether. Strip the face back to the data you actually read, and it still looks like it was designed that way.
π Low Light Mode for after dark
The active watch face turns red for night use. On Wear OS 6 and newer, leave it off, switch it on, or let it change automatically from dusk till dawn β falling back to 21:00β06:00 when no weather data is available. On Wear OS 5.1, select the red Low Light theme manually.
β« Always-on Display
A simplified layout keeps the essentials visible while your watch is idle, with an appearance of its own.
π No code, no network, no data collection
This is a resource-only Watch Face Format package, rendered by Wear OS itself. It contains no application code, requests no permissions and has no network access β it cannot collect anything. Connected apps and data providers follow their own privacy policies.
π 55 languages
Labels and accessibility text are translated into 55 languages.
β Requirements
A round smartwatch running Wear OS 5.1 or newer. The detailed layout is at its best on larger, high-brightness displays. Weather appears when your watch has weather data.
One purchase. No ads, no subscriptions.
What’s new
Updated September 11, 2026
- Added optional Low Light Mode in the newer-device (supporting WFF v4) branch: Off, On, and From Dusk Till Dawn. It affects the active watch face only; AOD remains unchanged. - Improved World Time localization and time-zone calculations. - Reduced redundant World Time rendering branches to improve editor and runtime stability.
User reviews
great watch face. so much customizable. hoping to see a retro one.
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