WabiFace Sumi is a Japanese kanji calligraphy watch face for Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch — a minimalist sumi-e brush design painted in flowing ink on washi paper. A zen ritual for your wrist: one kanji a day, built stroke by stroke for Wear OS.
🖌️ A KANJI FOR EACH DAY
Every day of the week brings a different brush-painted kanji, each chosen as an auspicious living creature and rendered in sumi-e ink on washi paper:
- Sunday — 鷹 TAKA (Hawk)
- Monday — 鶴 TSURU (Crane)
- Tuesday — 鷲 WASHI (Eagle)
- Wednesday — 鱗 UROKO (Scales)
- Thursday — 麒麟 RIN (Kirin)
- Friday — 鷺 SAGI (Heron)
- Saturday — 鏡 KAN (Mirror)
A small italic caption shows the character's reading, its meaning, and how far the day's painting has progressed — for example "TSURU · Crane · 14/21."
⏳ PAINTED THROUGH THE DAY
The brushstrokes build hour by hour, so the kanji grows more complete as the day unfolds — up to 24 stages in a single day. At the top of each hour the newest stroke arrives in warm vermillion, then settles into ink over the following ten minutes, echoing the old practice of marking fresh calligraphy in red. By the day's end the character is whole, and tomorrow's begins on a fresh sheet of washi.
🎨 COLOR THEMES
Choose between three ink tones — Ink, Vermillion, and Gold — right in the watch face editor, and the whole face shifts to match your mood.
🌙 AMBIENT MODE
Optimized for always-on display: the active brushstrokes step back and the day's kanji rests in a calm, low-power form alongside a clear, legible time — a minimalist always-on display that stays gentle on the eyes and the battery.
⌚ COMPLICATIONS
Four customizable slots — tap any slot to swap in the data you want. Defaults: step count, heart rate, battery, and day & date. Works beautifully on Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch.
✨ ELEGANT DETAILS
- Three ink tones (Ink / Vermillion / Gold), switchable in the editor
- Locale-aware date with weekday across the top
- A clean digital hh:mm readout synced to your device's time format
- Sumi-e brush calligraphy on a washi-paper background
- A minimalist, zen aesthetic rooted in Japanese ink painting
🌸 ABOUT WABIFACE
WabiFace is a collection of watch faces celebrating Japanese aesthetics and the quiet beauty of passing time. Each design is created with AI-assisted illustration and refined for Wear OS.
🌸 MORE FROM WABIFACE
Explore the collection — Kyoto (free), Sakura (cherry blossoms), and Tsuru (crane), plus more Japanese designs.
→ Search "WabiFace" on Google Play | https://wabiface.jp
Requires Wear OS 5 or later. Compatible with Pixel Watch, Galaxy Watch, and other Wear OS 5+ smartwatches. Please check your watch OS version before installing.
All artwork is AI-assisted illustration, curated by the developer.
Calligraphy strokes derived from Make Me a Hanzi.
For support: support@wabiface.jp
Website: https://wabiface.jp