Grid · 3 colourways in one purchase
Pure Digital
Big Clean Minimal Watch Face
Pure Digital is a digital face made to be calm to look at while still showing everything you check during the day. A large, even time with the seconds in one accent colour, the weekday, date and week number in one quiet line, and a clean grid of six data fields with a bottom row for the weather.
- 7
- Fields
- 20
- Metrics
- 3
- Colourways
- 68
- Watches
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about €5 · one-time purchase · no subscription · v1.6.2 · ★ 5 (1)
Numbers, gauges or charts in a Swiss grid.
Pure Digital is a digital face made to be calm to look at while still showing everything you check during the day. A large, even time with the seconds in one accent colour, the weekday, date and week number in one quiet line, and a clean grid of six data fields with a bottom row for the weather. A thin ring counts the seconds around the edge. Every field can show any of 20 metrics, or nothing. Three colourways come in the same purchase: Grid (electric blue), Mono (warm grey with a single red accent) and Pulse (teal to violet). New: Colour Studio - 16 colour themes, or your own colour for every part - and Field style: the fields as numbers, gauges or charts.
- 01Colour Studio: 16 themes, 24 own colours
- 02Fields as numbers, gauges or charts
- 037 data fields, 20 metrics each
- 04Your own text in place of the date
- 053 colourways in one face
- 06Weekday, date, ISO week and weather
- 07Always-on display like the face
- 08Big digital time with seconds, 12/24 h
Live preview
Switch colourways, themes, accents and settings, or pick your watch to see the face on its own screen.
Grid · shown on a 454 × 454 AMOLED screen
Colourway 3
Theme 16
Settings 7
Always-on 2
Every state above is a screenshot of the face running in Garmin's simulator with that setting.
What you can change
Change every metric
Each of the seven fields can show any of 20 metrics - battery, Body Battery, recovery time, heart rate, steps, weekly running distance, weather, calories, floors climbed, active minutes, distance today, stress, notifications, altitude, sunrise/sunset, respiration, pulse ox, battery days left, air pressure, next calendar event.
Remove any metric
Set a field to "Empty". Empty the bottom row and the top row grows; empty all for only the big time.
Outer ring
The seconds, your battery level, or off; the seconds after the time on or off.
All 3 colourways included in one purchase
Grid, Mono, Pulse - switch any time (setting "Colourway").
Colour Studio
16 themes or your own colour (24) for the time, accent, values, labels, icons and ring; values coloured by level. Swatches on the watch.
Field style
Numbers, gauges or charts (steps this week; heart rate, Body Battery, stress over 4 hours).
12/24 h as your watch; leading zero as the watch, always or never; an AM/PM marker.
The date your way (setting "Date line")
With the week or the month, off, or your own text of up to 16 letters - names, a motto (setting "Own text" in the Connect IQ app).
Always-on display like the face or minimal, dim to bright.
Gym Notes workout (off by default)
Today's workout from the Gym Notes app under the time.
Change everything on the watch or in the Connect IQ app.
20 metrics for every field.
Each of the 7 fields shows any of them, or nothing at all. Swap them any time on the watch or in the app.
Health6
- Body Battery
- Recovery time
- Heart rate
- Stress
- Respiration
- Pulse Ox
Activity6
- Steps
- Running this week
- Calories
- Floors climbed
- Active minutes
- Distance today
Weather & sky4
- Weather
- Altitude
- Sunrise / sunset
- Air pressure
Watch4
- Battery
- Notifications
- Battery days left
- Next event
Settings
Straight from the face's own settings. Change them on the watch (hold UP/MENU on the face, then Watch face › Customize) or in the Connect IQ app (My Device › Watch Faces › Pure Digital › Settings).
Time & date
- Leading zero
- As the watch · Always · Never
- AM/PM marker
- On · Off
- Date line
- Day, date and week · Off · Own text · Day and date · Day, date and month
- Own text
- Your own text, typed in the Connect IQ app
- Seconds
- Off · On
Look
- Gym Notes workout
- On · Off
- Field style
- Numbers · Gauges · Charts
- Outer ring
- Seconds · Battery · Off
Colour
- Colour theme
- 17 choices: The colourway's own, Ice, Ocean, Royal, Lime …
- Time colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Accent colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Values colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Labels colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Icons colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Ring colour
- 25 choices: From the theme, White, Silver, Grey, Red …
- Dynamic colours
- Off · On
Always-on
- Sleep mode
- Minimal: time + heart rate · Full dial
- Always-on display
- Like the face · Minimal
- Always-on brightness
- Dim · Normal · Bright
68 Garmin watches.
Forerunner 16
- Forerunner 970AMOLED · 454×454
- Forerunner 965AMOLED · 454×454
- Forerunner 570 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
- Forerunner 265AMOLED · 416×416
- Forerunner 570 42mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 170AMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 170 MusicAMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 165AMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 165 MusicAMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 70AMOLED · 390×390
- Forerunner 265sAMOLED · 360×360
- Forerunner 955 / SolarMIP · 260×260
- Forerunner 255MIP · 260×260
- Forerunner 255 MusicMIP · 260×260
- Forerunner 255sMIP · 218×218
- Forerunner 255s MusicMIP · 218×218
fēnix 21
- fēnix 8 47mm / 51mm / tactix 8 47mm / 51mm / quatix 8 47mm / 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 8 Pro 47mm / 51mm / MicroLED / quatix 8 Pro 47mm / 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 9 47mm / 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 9 Pro 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
- fēnix 9 Pro 51mmAMOLED · 466×466
- fēnix 8 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- fēnix 9 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- fēnix 9 Pro 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- fēnix 7 / quatix 7MIP · 260×260
- fēnix 7 ProMIP · 260×260
- fēnix 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)MIP · 260×260
- fēnix 7X / tactix 7 / quatix 7X Solar / Enduro 2MIP · 280×280
- fēnix 7X ProMIP · 280×280
- fēnix 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)MIP · 280×280
- fēnix 7SMIP · 240×240
- fēnix 7S ProMIP · 240×240
- fēnix 8 Solar 47mmMIP · 260×260
- fēnix 8 Solar 51mm / tactix 8 Solar 51mmMIP · 280×280
- fēnix 9 Pro Solar 47mmMIP · 260×260
- fēnix 9 Pro Solar 51mmMIP · 280×280
- fēnix EAMOLED · 416×416
vívoactive 2
- vívoactive 6AMOLED · 390×390
- vívoactive 5AMOLED · 390×390
Venu 7
- Venu 3SAMOLED · 390×390
- Venu 4 41mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Venu 2AMOLED · 416×416
- Venu 2 PlusAMOLED · 416×416
- Venu 3AMOLED · 454×454
- Venu 4 45mm / D2 Air X15AMOLED · 454×454
- Venu 2SAMOLED · 360×360
epix 4
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 42mmAMOLED · 390×390
- epix (Gen 2) / quatix 7 SapphireAMOLED · 416×416
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 47mm / quatix 7 ProAMOLED · 416×416
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 51mm / D2 Mach 1 Pro / tactix 7 – AMOLED EditionAMOLED · 454×454
MARQ 2
- MARQ (Gen 2) Athlete / Adventurer / Captain / Golfer / Carbon Edition / Commander - Carbon EditionAMOLED · 390×390
- MARQ (Gen 2) AviatorAMOLED · 390×390
Approach 5
- Approach S70 42mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Approach S50AMOLED · 390×390
- Approach S72 43mmAMOLED · 416×416
- Approach S70 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
- Approach S72 47mmAMOLED · 454×454
Descent 3
- Descent Mk3 43mm / Mk3i 43mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Descent G2AMOLED · 390×390
- Descent Mk3i 51mmAMOLED · 454×454
Instinct 2
- Instinct 3 AMOLED 45mmAMOLED · 390×390
- Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mmAMOLED · 416×416
D2 4
- D2 Mach 1AMOLED · 416×416
- D2 Air X10AMOLED · 416×416
- D2 Mach 2AMOLED · 454×454
- D2 Mach 2 ProAMOLED · 454×454
Version 1.6.2
First released 4 Oct 2026. Updates are free and install by themselves.
- 1.6.22 Nov 2026
- Colour Studio: two themes that looked too alike are now clearly different - Lavender is now Yellow, and Stealth is now Stealth Red (grey time with a red accent).
- 1.6.11 Nov 2026
- Steps now count towards your own daily step goal from Garmin Connect (it was fixed at 10,000), so 7,500 steps of a 7,500 goal is 100%. Thanks for spotting it!
- 1.6.031 Oct 2026
- New setting "Outer ring": the ring shows the seconds, your battery level, or nothing.
- New setting "Seconds": the seconds after the time on or off - without them the time sits in the middle.
- Leave the bottom three fields empty and the top three grow into the space, with bigger numbers.
- Thanks for the ideas!
- 1.5.031 Oct 2026
- New: Colour Studio. Pick one of 16 colour themes, or your own colour for the time, accent, values, labels, icons and ring - with colour swatches on the watch. Dynamic colours: battery, Body Battery, stress and steps colour themselves by level.
- New setting "Field style": the data fields as big numbers, as gauges, or as charts (steps per day this week; heart rate, Body Battery, stress, altitude and air pressure over the last 4 hours).
- 1.4.131 Oct 2026
- "Next event" also shows the weekday of the event (MON 14:30) when your watch gives it.
- 1.4.031 Oct 2026
- New metric "Next event": the start time of your next calendar event, in any data field (from the calendar your watch syncs through Garmin Connect; watches with the calendar glance). Thanks for the idea!
Why do I see "--" for body Battery, recovery time and weekly running distance?
Body Battery, recovery time and weekly running distance are shown only when the watch provides them; otherwise "--".
Weather is the current value synced from the phone?
Weather is the current value synced from the phone; the heart-rate range covers the last few hours.
The steps progress follows your own daily step goal from Garmin Connect?
The steps progress follows your own daily step goal from Garmin Connect.
On solar/MIP watches (64 colours) the seconds ring and progress bars use the nearest palette colours?
On solar/MIP watches (64 colours) the seconds ring and progress bars use the nearest palette colours.
How do I change a field or a colour?
On the watch: hold the middle-left (UP/MENU) button on the watch face, choose Watch face, then Customize. In the phone: open the Connect IQ app, go to My Device, Watch Faces, Pure Digital, then Settings. Every change shows at once.
Is it a subscription?
No. You buy it once in the Connect IQ store and keep every future update.
Does it drain the battery?
The face is built to be as frugal as a Garmin face: it redraws once a minute and the always-on screen is dimmed and minimal on AMOLED watches.
