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by kyletns 1091 days ago
All I want is an analog watch that shades the face of the watch when I have calendar events coming up. That's it. No screen, no pings, no nothing. Just the ability to check my watch and see how long till my next appointment. Unfortunately, [this kickstarter watch](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1540240985/calendar-wat...) is now dead.
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That's a super nice watch design; too bad it died. I know it's not what you want, but that interface is slick enough that I wonder if there's a good implementation of the same UX for an existing smart watch.
Automatic mute isn't part of it, but I enjoy the "my day" watch face on my Galaxy Watch. It shows a simple analogue clock, the date, and an abstract time line around the edge of the watch representing calendar appointments. You can also tap the little blue lines to get a quick overview of the details without opening the calendar app on the watch.

I'm not sure if this is available for other platforms. If not, there's money to be made, especially if you can add some kind of auto mute feature.

I used to have a Garmin running the Simply Late[0] watch face to achieve a similar goal. I wish there was something better on a more everyday-looking watch.

[0]: https://sl8.ch/

Check out the app Spectograph. It has a great watch face for WearOS that offers that same feature.