Get your watch face featured

How to land premium placement on the WatchMaker home feed and in the mobile app.

What being featured means

Featured watch faces get front-page placement on getwatchmaker.com, in the "Live Watch Faces" panel on desktop, on the mobile app home tab, and in weekly editorial rotations. Historically featured faces see 10–50× the installs of an unfeatured upload.

What the editorial team looks for

•Distinctive design. A face that doesn't obviously clone a commercial watch or another creator's work.
•Clean promo imagery. Prefer real watch mockups and curated background art over raw simulator screenshots.
•Readability at a glance. Time is legible in the thumbnail at small sizes.
•Animation/interactivity that adds something. Tap hotspots, animated complications, themed states — not spinning gears for the sake of it.
•Proper device support. AMOLED-friendly palette, Always-On variant where applicable, low-battery mode configured.
•Non-trivial use of Studio features. Complications, expressions, scripted layers, or multiple themes all lift your chances.

Common reasons for rejection

•Stock watch mockups without any real watchface content on them.
•Copyrighted logos or brand marks (Rolex, Omega, Ferrari, etc.) as the main design element.
•Inappropriate imagery, recognizable faces without permission, or political content.
•Misleading titles or descriptions (“Free Apple Watch Face” style spam).
•Very low upload count from a brand-new account — build a small portfolio first.

Before you submit

•Publish the watch face publicly.
•Upload at least one high-quality promo image (not just an auto-generated thumbnail).
•Make sure your creator profile has an avatar and short bio.
•Test the face on a real device if you can — layout bugs are the #1 reject reason.

How to submit

Send us an email with the watch ID, a one-line pitch, and a link to the public watch face page. The editorial team reviews submissions weekly.

What the editorial team looks for

•Distinctive design. A face that doesn't obviously clone a commercial watch or another creator's work.
•Clean promo imagery. Prefer real watch mockups and curated background art over raw simulator screenshots.
•Readability at a glance. Time is legible in the thumbnail at small sizes.
•Animation/interactivity that adds something. Tap hotspots, animated complications, themed states — not spinning gears for the sake of it.
•Proper device support. AMOLED-friendly palette, Always-On variant where applicable, low-battery mode configured.
•Non-trivial use of Studio features. Complications, expressions, scripted layers, or multiple themes all lift your chances.

Common reasons for rejection

•Stock watch mockups without any real watchface content on them.
•Copyrighted logos or brand marks (Rolex, Omega, Ferrari, etc.) as the main design element.
•Inappropriate imagery, recognizable faces without permission, or political content.
•Misleading titles or descriptions (“Free Apple Watch Face” style spam).
•Very low upload count from a brand-new account — build a small portfolio first.