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Live time; the photo is an example. Your own picture is sent from the photo editor after you install the face.

Your photo · classic analog · AMOLED

Photo Classic Free

A free analog Garmin watch face with your own photo behind large classic numerals and outlined hands. Scan the QR on the watch, frame the picture on your phone, and it arrives on the watch — no computer, no sideloading.

Free · your own photo · QR pairing

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SettingsFree · your own photo · QR pairing
CompatibilitySupported round AMOLED Garmin models; no rectangular, MIP or mechanical-hand models. Check the supported model list below.

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Photo Classic Free watch face on a Garmin fēnix 8 — Your photo · family and Your photo · mountains
Photo Classic Free on the Garmin fēnix 8: Your photo · family · Your photo · mountains. Live render, one-time purchase or free, installed from Connect IQ.
Details

Your family. Your memories. Classic time.

Your photo, not a stock background

Pick any picture on your phone, frame and darken it on a pixel-exact preview of your watch, and apply it. Large warm-white Arabic numerals, a minute track and outlined hands sit on top, so the time stays readable over faces, landscapes or pets.

Paired with a QR from the watch

Before the first photo the face shows a QR code and a six-character code. Scan it and the editor opens already knowing your watch model and screen size. The picture reaches the watch through Garmin Connect on your phone, usually within five minutes, and then works offline.

The photo is not kept

The original never leaves your phone; only the finished background is uploaded, and it is deleted from our server as soon as the watch confirms it has it — or within 6 hours if it never arrives. No account, no subscription.

Quiet always-on

Always-on is black with two dim hands and twelve short hour marks — no photo, no seconds — with alternating dark rows so no pixel stays lit. On the watch: second hand on or off, show the pairing code again, or remove the photo.

How to add your photo

Install the face, scan the QR on the watch, choose and crop a photo, and wait for the watch to confirm.

Photo Classic Free setup: install from Connect IQ, scan the QR on the watch, add your photo, wait for confirmation
What's new

Photo Classic Free: what's new

Version 1.0.1

Published on the Connect IQ Store.

Version 1.0.0

Published on the Connect IQ Store.

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A free analog Garmin watch face with your own photo behind large classic numerals and outlined hands. Scan the QR on the watch, frame the picture on your phone, and it arrives on the watch — no computer, no sideloading. Free. Coming soon to Connect IQ.

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Compatibility

Garmin AMOLED

Supported round AMOLED Garmin models; no rectangular, MIP or mechanical-hand models. Check the supported model list below.

Approach® S50Approach® S70 42mmApproach® S70 47mmD2™ Air X10D2™ Mach 1D2™ Mach 2D2™ Mach 2 ProDescent™ G2Descent™ Mk3 43mm / Mk3i 43mmDescent™ Mk3i 51mmepix™ (Gen 2) / quatix® 7 Sapphireepix™ Pro (Gen 2) 42mmepix™ Pro (Gen 2) 47mm / quatix® 7 Proepix™ Pro (Gen 2) 51mm / D2™ Mach 1 Pro / tactix® 7 – AMOLED Editionfēnix® 8 43mmfēnix® 8 47mm / 51mm / tactix® 8 47mm / 51mm / quatix® 8 47mm / 51mmfēnix® 8 Pro 47mm / 51mm / MicroLED / quatix® 8 Pro 47mm / 51mmfēnix® 9 43mmfēnix® 9 47mm / 51mmfēnix® 9 Pro 43mmfēnix® 9 Pro 47mmfēnix® 9 Pro 51mmfēnix® EForerunner® 165Forerunner® 165 MusicForerunner® 170Forerunner® 170 MusicForerunner® 265Forerunner® 265sForerunner® 570 42mmForerunner® 570 47mmForerunner® 70Forerunner® 965Forerunner® 970Instinct® 3 AMOLED 45mmInstinct® 3 AMOLED 50mmMARQ® (Gen 2) Athlete / Adventurer / Captain / Golfer / Carbon Edition / Commander - Carbon EditionMARQ® (Gen 2) AviatorVenu® 2Venu® 2 PlusVenu® 2SVenu® 3Venu® 3SVenu® 4 41mmVenu® 4 45mm / D2™ Air X15vívoactive® 5vívoactive® 6