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Hi,
I use the default modular Ultra 2 watch face on my watch. Everything works fine, but since yesterday, the elevation (on the left and right border of the screen) has started to act weirdly and show the elevation from the top instead of the default from the bottom approach. So, as I go higher up, the red level indicator comes down.
The watch was restarted
I'm having the same issue with the flipped bezel display. I think I know what is causing it. Like the screenshot you shared, my elevation is incorrectly showing as negative (-26 ft). Yours shows -23 ft. It seems that when the watch thinks you are below sea level, the display inverts, mimicking the depth reading.
You mentioned it corrects when you go outside. Assuming that indoors you are above sea level, there is likely some kind of interference causing your watch to think you are below sea level. When you go outside, it clears the interference and correctly shows you as above sea level, flipping the display back.
Try recalibrating your watch - Calibrate your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
I'm having the same issue with the flipped bezel display. I think I know what is causing it. Like the screenshot you shared, my elevation is incorrectly showing as negative (-26 ft). Yours shows -23 ft. It seems that when the watch thinks you are below sea level, the display inverts, mimicking the depth reading.
You mentioned it corrects when you go outside. Assuming that indoors you are above sea level, there is likely some kind of interference causing your watch to think you are below sea level. When you go outside, it clears the interference and correctly shows you as above sea level, flipping the display back.
Try recalibrating your watch - Calibrate your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support
I have never seen that kind of behaviour on my Ultra 2.
This looks like it is rather showing the "Depth" instead of the Elevation bezel, which would explain the position of the scale, which should be blue instead of red in that case.
What happens if you switch to the "Depth" bezel instead?
To rule out a software issue, did you already erase and pair the watch again to your iPhone, not using the latest backup?
The altitude is determined by barometric pressure. The calibration does not force a change or new measurement of the pressure. Apple is pretty silent on how exactly it’s determined. Apple said back in 2021 it uses GPS and WiFi to determine elevation and calibrates to the known pressure. This statement came after an unusual and extremely low pressure system moved across Germany and readings were off by hundreds of meters.
I use a third party app, Altimeter Pro available in Apple App Store. It permits calibration.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-altimeter-barometric-gps/id926603602
Did you also force restart your watch by pressing and holding the Digital Crown and the Side button together for about 10 sec, until the Apple logo comes back again?
Has the orientation of your watch face been changed, i.e. Digital Crown on the left side or the right side?
Did you already try to delete the watch face and install it again, using the WatchApp on your iPhone?
Force restart - done many times,issie persist
Orientation not changed (see screenshot above,everything is correct except the elevation)
Watchface changed and back - issue persists
Watchface uninstalled and reinstalled - issue persists
Temporary workaround : go out where the gps connection is clear and be out for at least 30 mins moving around and magically turns back to normal after ~30 minutes.
But i want to know what can cause the issue as it’s definitely a bug in the watch face
Yes, I totally forgot that you can also just the color of the scale.
This may happen if you change the options on the WatchApp on your iPhone, which will then apply the changes to the existing watch face on your watch.
Editing the color for the watch face directly on the watch takes more steps.
Seems like the depth but with the colour of the elevation (depth is blue by default).
I was able to fix it,bit want to know the reason why it happened :)
The factory reset (eg unpair/re-pair) is a bit of an overkill but will try next time if my workaround not working anymore
Modular ultra 2 elevation swapped
