How to read it

The Sun is always at the top (12 o'clock position). Everything else rotates relative to the Sun. The ecliptic ring shows the plane of the solar system—the path all the planets follow through the sky.

The elongated shape serves as both hour hand and compass. The red segment points north, the white segment points south. They meet at your latitude, overlaid on your timezone's meridian.

Find it on the ecliptic ring. Its position relative to the Sun tells you when it's visible:

• •Near the Sun — Lost in the glare, hard to see
• •Opposite the Sun — Visible all night, at its brightest

• •Left half of the ring (evening sky) — Visible after sunset
• •Right half (morning sky) — Visible before sunrise
• •Opposite the Sun — Rises at sunset, sets at sunrise—best viewing

If you can see the Moon in the sky, find it on the watchface. The Moon's position on the ecliptic tells you its direction. Combine with the compass hand to orient yourself.

Enable grid lines in settings. Find the location on the Earth map. Its position relative to the meridian (hour hand) shows local solar time.

• •Moon racing around the ecliptic (~27 days per circuit)
• •Mercury and Venus swinging back and forth near the Sun

• •Mars, Jupiter, Saturn drifting along the ecliptic
• •Conjunctions — planets clustering together
• •Oppositions — outer planets opposite the Sun (brightest)

• •Sun's position along the ecliptic marks the zodiac
• •Winter solstice: Sun at the "bottom" of its yearly path
• •The starfield's rotation reflects the changing night sky

Saturn has visible rings—the tilt changes over its ~29-year orbit. In 2025, the rings appear edge-on.

• •North Pole at center
• •Rotates counter-clockwise (matching real Earth)
• •Your timezone's meridian aligned with the hour hand