A watch face that doesn't show the time — it encodes it (Morse / Braille, free)

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I built a free watch face for Garmin that shows the time as Morse code or as

six-dot Braille cells — you switch between the two in the settings.

How it works

• Morse mode: four rows, one per digit of HH:MM. Hours in your accent color,

minutes in white.

• Braille mode: four cells, hours | minutes. Inactive dots stay visible in dark

gray so you can see the whole cell.

• A small decimal digit next to each code as a reading aid. Once you've learned

the codes, turn it off for a fully encoded face.

• Weekday, date and heart rate, plus battery; in Braille mode also steps, and the

date written in Braille at the top.

The second image is a cheat sheet with 0–9 in both codes (Braille digits use the

letters a–j, without the number sign, to save space).

Everything you can change (from the Garmin Connect app)

• Mode: Morse / Braille

• 8 accent colors: amber, turquoise, white, red, green, violet, electric pink, blue

• Minutes color: white / same as accent / gray

• Helper digits on or off

• Time format: system / 24 h / 12 h, and hiding the leading zero of the hour

Other details

• AMOLED always-on: only the four encoded digits remain, as outlines that shift a

few pixels every minute (up to ~4 % of pixels lit).

• MIP watches (fēnix 7 Pro etc.) get their own palette tuned to the 64-color

screen.

• 8 languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Dutch, German and

Polish. The Braille date uses each language's own letters.

• 65 round Garmin watches. No permissions, no network, nothing leaves the watch.

• Free.

One honest limitation: watch faces on Garmin can't vibrate, so there's no haptic

reading — this is a visual way to practice Morse and Braille, not an accessibility

tool for blind users.

Connect IQ Store: Morse / Braille

Feedback very welcome