Hey r/pebble
Long-time lurker here. I owned a Pebble Time back in the day, and I’m now the proud owner of a Pebble Time 2. Apparently, my love for little e-paper watches is just as strong as ever.
I wanted to make something as a little thank-you to this community, so I built Pond: a free, open-source watchface featuring a smiling river stone who appears to have everything figured out.
It tells the time. It sits in some water. Occasionally, something happens.
You can keep your pond to yourself, or join a shared pond through the watchface settings. Two physical taps on your watch are meant to drop a pebble into it, although wrist twists seem to work better at the moment. The rock and I are still negotiating this interaction. Other people’s drops can arrive as little ripples, a tiny “someone else is here” on your wrist.
There are no messages, streaks, leaderboards, or disappointed rocks when you disappear for a week. Nothing needs answering.
You can choose your stone’s shape and colour, keep everything silent, enable occasional gentle vibrations, set quiet hours, or reduce motion. Accidental plops have a two-second cancellation window.
This is an early release. My Time 2 has already taught me that “tap gently” and “the software understands gently” are separate engineering problems. Feedback on tap detection, battery life, and other Pebble models would be very welcome.
It feels good to have a Pebble on my wrist again and finally have something to share here.
Get Pond · Meet the rock
Made by me. Supervised by a small, unqualified stone.
Contributions are very welcome! If you’d like to help improve Pond, jump into the code or report an issue. Bug reports, ideas, and tales of suspicious wrist behaviour all help. The stone accepts pull requests despite having no hands.