After 5 seconds of any app being displayed with wrist up, it fades to a time of day display

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After 5 seconds of any app being displayed with wrist up, it fades to a time of day display

I have a new Series 7. After 5 seconds of any app being displayed with the wrist up, the display fades and just shows the time of day in the top right of the screen (with a very dim, very blurred image of the app's display behind it). On wrist down I get the same display. This is despite having "Return to Clock" set to "after 1 hour" (both in Watch settings and in custom settings for different apps on the iPhone Watch app, and having "When in session" set as "Return to App" (in iPhone Watch app), and "Show Complication Data" is checked to show complication data when wrist is down. Wake Duration is set to 70 seconds, and Display is set to "Always On". And yes, I have tried powering off and restarting the watch. And is there a name for that display which is just the time of day in the top right? Why does it not at least show my watch face?

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Jan 12, 2022 2:37 PM

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1ssmith

Community Specialist

Jan 13, 2022 1:30 PM in response to Anthony Glaser

Hi Anthony Glaser,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. We understand that your Apple Watch is fading to the clock after 5 seconds and we'd like to help.

It sounds like you have everything set correctly as mentioned in Turn on and wake Apple Watch.

Let's try the steps here to Unpair and erase your Apple Watch.

Then set up your watch again to test the issue.

If you still see the issue, please reach out to Apple Support directly here: Get Support

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

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After 5 seconds of any app being displayed with wrist up, it fades to a time of day display

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