I did not see it with WatchOS 9 or before, but since WatchOS10.2 which reintroduced the Swipe to change faces, the time always displays first as 10:09:31 before setting the correct time one second later. Why is it so ? Is it only me ? Is there a setting to change ? It is really inconvenient.
Apple Watch Series 5
I think you’ve misunderstood the issue, which I think a lot of people are who read this thread and I understand why. This is NOT about it showing 10:09 when swiping to change the watch face.
The issue is that when swiping to change watch face is set to on, that for a lot of watch faces, EVERY TIME you raise your wrist, you can see the time flick from the correct time (the 1hz display) to 10:09 for a split second, then back to the correct time.
Its a bug, an unintended consequence. The only fix is to turn off the new option for swipe to change watch face - rendering the feature useless.
this bug means the watch tells the wrong time every time you look. It is beyond annoying. I’ve turned off swipe watch faces but it is so surprising that this has not yet been fixed.
yourewelcomee wrote:
Astonishing that this ever made it past QA. What happened to Apple?
You are assuming it is a bug, and not a feature.
10:09:30 is a magic number in the clock/watch business. On a watch face with hands, the face is evenly divided into 3rds between the hour, minute and second hand.
Every advertisement you see for a clock or watch will be showing the time a ls 10:09:30
Yes, it is likely a design choice not to update in the background to save on battery. But we must admit that the result is disturbing and not a friendly UI.
The choice of 10:30:31 is intentional (and in line with watch industry practices) but the result is very poor.
Unless we consider that it will show correct time twice a day: we just have to swipe at 10:30:31… It becomes a user issue… 😉
Anyway, let's all have a good day.
kutitomi wrote:
very annoying
Apple does not read this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback.
But you can send Apple feedback via:
If enough users send feedback, it is more likely a decision maker will see it, and maybe take action.
For demonstrating this annoying bug a small video....
for example: watchOS 10.4 - Series 6 - Swiping Watch Faces
time always shows 10:09 and then changes to correct time after a half second... bug since watchOS 10.x
Although i don't know for sure, i do believe this is intensional. My dad use to work at a company that imports clocks. When displaying an analogue clock, as an industry standard, they always adjust the hands to 10:10:30. This was believed to be the best way to display an analogue watch or clock. When i was a kid, everytime i visit dad at work and hangout in the display room, ALL the clocks were set to 10:10:30. If you check out all the analogue watch faces on your apple watch, you will notice ALL of them are displayed that way. So i dont think this is an error of glitch.
As for why it’s 10:09:31 and not 10:10:30, i think it is because for a digital time display, apple wants to show more variety of numbers rather than using too many zeros.
claudeFromToulouse wrote:
That's not the point. The question is not about 10:10:30 or 10:09:31. It is about having the watch display a totally wrong hour each time you swipe.
Think about it. If you want the new watch face to display the correct time immediately, how would that have to be implemented? I can think of 2 ways:
I think it is a bug as well and have logged it with Apple. Hopefully if enough of us do, they will fix it.
alexrparr wrote:
Yep, but it’s only recently it’s been popping up as a major bug that apple has failed to fix in multiple watchOS upgrades now!
You seem to think that Apple sees it as a bug, when it might be intentional as 10:09:30 is a magic time value in the clock/watch world (or it could be a bug).
As Apple does not read this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback.
But you can send Apple feedback via:
If enough users send feedback, it is more likely a decision maker will see it, and maybe take action.
alexrparr wrote:
It is becoming clear that most people in this thread do not understand or have not taken the time to understand the issue here. It is a bug! Always surprises me how quick people are to jump to Apples defence on here. It is unambiguously a bug. To state otherwise can only be trolling or just not understanding. Very odd!
I do not troll. I do not say what I say to be mean, nor contradictory.
In this discussion, I just have a different perspective. One that comes from 50 years of software development and associating with other software developers and their mindset.
And I acknowledge it could be a bug. But it could also be intentional.
If the time had been the frozen time from the last time that watch face was displayed, I would lean much more strongly towards a bug. But it was not a previous time value, it was the magic 10:09:30 marketing time value. That seems deliberate to me. Not an accident, not a programming error. But someone adding code to make that happen (assumption on my part).
alexrparr wrote:
Ridiculously, we are many months in and apple still haven’t fixed this bug. Astonishing.
Maybe Apple does not think it is a bug 🚫🐞
Have you submitted feedback?
Have you created a free developer account and submitted a bug report?
moscheja wrote:
Yes, that is very annoying ...
It seems so, that nearly nobody uses direct swiping of Watch faces...
If I would be a responsible programmer in the Apple team, the bug would be already fixed...
Not if it is intentional. We have been through 8 updates since 10.0 was released, and nothing has changed. That tells me the change is intentional.
But you should tell Apple how you feel via
As with the others on this thread insisting this isn't a bug - can I please implore you to take the time to understand the issue here?
The issue is not the 10:09 template watch face. It is the fact that it shows 10:09 every single time you raise your write to check the time. Not when swiping (that would not be a problem and would be fine), but the issue only happens when you have swipe watch faces turned on.
This is 100% a bug. How do I know this? Because watches are meant to tell the time, and it is failing on this most basic element! To be repeatedly told it is not is quite frustrating given it is blatantly obviously a bug.
alexrparr wrote:
It only happens on certain watch faces.
Which faces? The only one I could find that shows seconds is Activity.
I couldn't reproduce what you are describing. I can see how it would happen. Each face has a static version that is stuck at 10:09. Then the actual version is drawn when displayed. But if there is something that is slowing down that drawing, then it could be delayed and you could see the static version.
Yep, but it’s only recently it’s been popping up as a major bug that apple has failed to fix in multiple watchOS upgrades now!
For demonstrating this annoying bug a small video....
watchOS 10.4 Series6 Swiping WatchFaces...
Swiping Watch faces always display 10:09 before exact time
