Retro VFD
PHOSPHOR
Lit from within.
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Check your watch’s compatibility ↓Meet PHOSPHOR.
PHOSPHOR turns your watch into the vacuum-fluorescent display of an 80s hi-fi deck. The time glows in large straight seven-segment digits, every lit segment with a paler core like a hot filament, and the unlit segments stay faintly visible behind it, just like a real VFD. A fine dark dot mesh sits behind the display, the weekday and date are written in dot-matrix letters, and a small tag shows 24H, AM or PM.
Around the edge runs a ring of 60 glowing level bars that fills with the seconds, or with your progress toward the daily step goal. Below the time, three fields with dot-matrix labels show steps, heart rate and battery by default, and a 16-bar level meter shows your Body Battery. Red indicators show a crossed-out Bluetooth symbol left of the time when your phone is disconnected, and a bell above the seconds when you have notifications or an alarm set.
Pick the glow colour (Cyan, Green, Amber, Ice or Synth pink), choose each of the three fields from nine metrics, feed the level meter from Body Battery, battery, stress or step goal, and switch the ghost segments, seconds and leading zero to taste. In always-on mode the face shows a dimmed time and date, or, if you prefer, the whole face dimmed.
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Features
- Large straight seven-segment time with glowing cores and visible ghost segments, 12/24 h, optional leading zero
- Seconds in small segments beside the minutes, blinking colon
- Ring of 60 glowing bars: seconds or step-goal progress (or off)
- Weekday and date in dot-matrix letters with a 24H / AM / PM tag
- Three configurable fields: steps, heart rate, battery, calories, distance, Body Battery, stress, weather temperature, floors
- 16-bar level meter: Body Battery, battery, stress or step goal
- Red indicators: crossed-out Bluetooth symbol when the phone is disconnected, bell for notifications / alarms
- Five glow colours: Cyan, Green, Amber, Ice, Synth pink
- Fine VFD dot mesh behind the display (AMOLED watches)
- Always-on mode (AMOLED), two styles: minimal (dimmed time and date) or the full face dimmed, without seconds, ghosts or mesh
Settings
All settings are edited in the Garmin Connect IQ phone app; the face updates immediately.
| Setting | Options | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Glow colour | Cyan / Green / Amber / Ice / Synth pink | Cyan |
| Time format | Same as watch / 12 hour / 24 hour | Same as watch |
| Leading zero on hours | on / off | off |
| Show seconds | on / off | on |
| Outer ring | Seconds / Step goal / Off | Seconds |
| Ghost segments | on / off | on |
| Field 1 (left) | Steps / Heart rate / Battery % / Calories / Distance / Body Battery / Stress / Weather temperature / Floors climbed / Off | Steps |
| Field 2 (centre) | same list | Heart rate |
| Field 3 (right) | same list | Battery % |
| Level meter | Body Battery / Battery % / Stress / Step goal | Body Battery |
| Always-on style (AMOLED) | Minimal: time and date / Full face, dimmed | Minimal: time and date |
What's new
1.0.0 — Initial release.
Permissions
SensorHistory (heart-rate, Body Battery and stress history), UserProfile, Communications and Background (licence key activation).
Compatible watches
These models support PHOSPHOR. Check your exact model and size before buying.
- Approach S70 42mm
- Approach S70 47mm
- D2 Mach 1
- D2 Mach 2
- D2 Mach 2 Pro
- Descent Mk3 43mm / Mk3i 43mm
- Descent Mk3i 51mm
- Enduro 3
- epix (Gen 2) / quatix 7 Sapphire
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 42mm
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 47mm / quatix 7 Pro
- epix Pro (Gen 2) 51mm / D2 Mach 1 Pro / tactix 7 – AMOLED Edition
- fēnix 7 / quatix 7
- fēnix 7 Pro
- fēnix 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)
- fēnix 7S
- fēnix 7S Pro
- fēnix 7X / tactix 7 / quatix 7X Solar / Enduro 2
- fēnix 7X Pro
- fēnix 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi)
- fēnix 8 43mm
- fēnix 8 47mm / 51mm / tactix 8 47mm / 51mm / quatix 8 47mm / 51mm
- fēnix 8 Pro 47mm / 51mm / MicroLED / quatix 8 Pro 47mm / 51mm
- fēnix 8 Solar 47mm
- fēnix 8 Solar 51mm / tactix 8 Solar 51mm
- fēnix 9 43mm
- fēnix 9 47mm / 51mm
- fēnix 9 Pro 43mm
- fēnix 9 Pro 47mm
- fēnix 9 Pro 51mm
- fēnix 9 Pro Solar 47mm
- fēnix 9 Pro Solar 51mm
- fēnix E
- Forerunner 165
- Forerunner 165 Music
- Forerunner 170
- Forerunner 170 Music
- Forerunner 265
- Forerunner 265s
- Forerunner 570 42mm
- Forerunner 570 47mm
- Forerunner 70
- Forerunner 955 / Solar
- Forerunner 965
- Forerunner 970
- MARQ (Gen 2) Athlete / Adventurer / Captain / Golfer / Carbon Edition / Commander - Carbon Edition
- MARQ (Gen 2) Aviator
- Venu 4 41mm
- Venu 4 45mm / D2 Air X15
- vívoactive 6
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