macOS Screensaver

Time,
reimagined.

Transform your Mac display into a Swiss-inspired timepiece. Luminescent night mode, curated dial themes, and live weather — distilled into the most beautiful screensaver you've ever seen.

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Crafted Details

Every pixel,
considered.

16

Dial Themes

From turquoise to noir — each palette inspired by iconic watch dial colours, with shadows and highlights for authentic depth.

14

Lume Colors

Luminescent night mode with 14 glow colours and adjustable intensity. Designed to feel like Super-LumiNova in the dark.

22

World Cities

Live timezone and weather for 22 cities. Auto sunrise/sunset detection switches between day and night modes seamlessly.

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Movements

Quartz precision, mechanical sweep, or digital tick — choose the second-hand motion that matches your temperament.

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Your Wallpaper

Bring your own background. Pick any image or pull the current desktop wallpaper; an adjustable dim keeps the dial in focus.

Luminescence

The dial
comes alive.

Inspired by the glow of Super-LumiNova on high-end watch dials. When night falls — automatically or on command — every element transforms with adjustable luminescence.

Colour Palette

16 curated dials.

Each theme is a considered palette with matched hand shadows, tick marks, and numerals. Dark dials glow. Light dials cast shadows.

All 16 Chronoface dial themes, each rendered with its own ticks, hands and date window

World Time

Global,
at a glance.

Live temperature and correct timezone for 22 cities. The auto mode calculates sunrise and sunset with NOAA solar algorithms to toggle night mode perfectly.

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Kyiv
Live from Open-Meteo API

Calibre

Three hearts.

The second hand tells the story. Choose the beat that matches you.

Quartz

Crisp, decisive one-second jumps. Each tick marks an exact moment in time.

Mechanical

8 beats per second — the measured heartbeat of a fine Swiss mechanical calibre.

Digital

Silky-smooth continuous sweep. The precision of quartz crystal, rendered at 60fps.

Questions

Good to know.

Is Chronoface free?

Yes. Chronoface is a free, open-source (MIT) minimalist clock screensaver for macOS. No subscriptions, no ads, no accounts. The full source code is on GitHub.

Which Macs does it support?

Any Mac running macOS 13 Ventura or newer. The installer is universal and runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

How is it different from Fliqlo, Padbury Clock or Bauhaus Clock?

Fliqlo and Padbury Clock are digital-style clocks. Chronoface is a true analog watch face with 16 curated dial themes, three movement styles and a luminescent night mode. And unlike paid clock screensavers such as Bauhaus Clock, it is completely free and open source.

Does it need an internet connection?

No. The clock, night mode and sunrise/sunset calculations (NOAA solar algorithms) work fully offline. Only the optional live weather complication fetches data.

Can I try it before installing?

Yes. The live web demo runs the exact same dial geometry in your browser tab.

Make every
idle moment
beautiful.

Free for macOS. No subscriptions, no tracking, no ads.

Download for macOS View Source
Universal installer · macOS 13 Ventura and newer

Open the .pkg and follow the installer. It auto-detects your macOS: modern App + screensaver extension on Sonoma and Tahoe, legacy .saver on Ventura. Configure themes from the Chronoface app in Applications; uninstall lives in the app menu.