Enough phone.
Calls, texts, pay, maps, music. No feed. Fob holds your Apple Watch like a pocket watch, so the phone that can reach you is one you can't fall into.
Fits every Apple Watch since Series 4 · charges in the case · ships assembled
Reachable. Not reachable-into.
The watch already does the parts of a phone you actually need. Taking it off the wrist and putting it in a pocket is the part nobody tried.
Face down on the desk. It charges through the back, it still rings, and there is nothing to pick up and check.
Pay at the counter, take the directions, play the album. All from a pocket, none of it followed by twenty minutes you didn't plan.
Calls and texts still find you. The people who need you get through. The feeds that want you don't.
What still works. What doesn't.
You are deciding whether you can live with this, so here is the whole picture. The useful half of a phone comes with you. The half that eats evenings stays home.
| Everyday thing | Watch | iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Still works | ||
CallsMake and take them on speaker or AirPods. Voicemail too. | ||
TextsiMessage and SMS. Dictate, scribble, or pick a reply. | ||
PayApple Pay, transit cards, boarding passes, keys in Wallet. | ||
MapsTurn by turn: walking, driving, transit. | ||
MusicApple Music, Spotify, podcasts, audiobooks, to AirPods. | ||
SiriTimers, reminders, messages, questions, HomeKit. | ||
Find MyYour people, your things, and the phone you left at home. | ||
Camera remoteShutter and preview for the iPhone when it is near. | ||
| Doesn't, and that's the point | ||
FeedsInstagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, YouTube: not on the watch, or notifications only. | ||
PhotosNo camera on the watch. You will look at the thing instead. | ||
Long typingA sentence is fine. An email is for later. | ||
The browserLinks open in a reader view. You will not stay long. | ||
Mindless checkingThe screen is in a pocket. Checking it is a decision. | ||
Cellular watch: all of this with the iPhone at home. GPS watch: with the iPhone nearby.
Made to be held, not worn.
Four inches tall whatever the watch, so it sits in a hand like a small phone and clips to a bag like a tool. Two plates that lock into each other, six screws, a loop of cord.
Each size is cut from Apple's own dimensional drawing for that watch body, so the cradle follows the real curve of the case and the front lip lands on the metal shoulder, never the glass.
- Height
- 101.6 mm (4 in), every size
- Width · thickness
- 45–53 mm · 13.5–15.8 mm
- Weight
- 54–63 g without the watch
- Material
- Silk PLA, 3D printed, olive green
- Open
- Crown, side button, speaker, charging back
- Joint
- Hidden tongue-and-groove, six M2 stainless screws
- Lanyard
- 4 mm paracord loop, included. Or the charger clip, below.
- Back
- dgtol.co, pressed in
Carry the charger. Wear the cable.
A clip that screws onto the back of the case and holds Apple's charging puck and its USB-C plug. The metre of cable between them is the lanyard. The one thing a watch-as-phone needs every night comes with you, and nothing dangles that isn't already doing a job.
- Carry
The puck sits under a hood on the back, over the watch's charging opening. The plug lies across the tail between two sprung fingers. Both cords leave the base, one each side, and the loop between them goes round your neck or a bag strap.
- Charge
Lift the puck out of the hood and press it onto the watch through the opening. The magnet seats it. Slide the plug out of its fingers and into any USB-C port. The case never opens and the watch never comes out.
- Fit
One printed thumb screw, in from the front through the paracord hole, turned with a coin. Take the clip off and the paracord loop goes back on. No tools, nothing permanent.
Turn the model above to Ultra + clip to see it mounted: the puck under its hood, the plug in its channel, both cords out the base.
- Fits
- Fob Ultra first. Other sizes to follow.
- Holds
- Apple Watch magnetic charger, USB-C, 1 m cable
- Adds
- 8.8 mm to the back, about 26 g
- Fixing
- One thumb screw through the paracord hole
- Lanyard
- The charging cable, exits 32 mm apart
- Material
- PETG, 3D printed, matched to the case
One for every Apple Watch since Series 4.
Pick your watch. Models that share Apple's body drawing share a case. Not sure which you have: Watch app on the iPhone, General, About.
| Fob size | Fits | Case, W × H × D |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra | Apple Watch Ultra, Ultra 2, Ultra 3, Ultra 4 | 46.6 × 101.6 × 15.2 mm |
| Series 12 · 46 | Series 12, 46 mm aluminium and titanium | 45.3 × 101.6 × 13.5 mm |
| Series 12 · 42 | Series 12, 42 mm aluminium and titanium | 42.0 × 101.6 × 13.5 mm |
| Series 12 · ceramic | Series 12 ceramic, 46 mm and 42 mm (separate sizes) | 51.7 / 45.7 × 101.6 × 13.6 mm |
| Series 10–11 · 46 | Series 10 and Series 11, 46 mm | 44.8 × 101.6 × 13.5 mm |
| Series 10–11 · 42 | Series 10 and Series 11, 42 mm | 41.4 × 101.6 × 13.5 mm |
| Series 7–9 · 45 | Series 7, 8, 9, 45 mm | 43.2 × 101.6 × 15.3 mm |
| Series 7–9 · 41 | Series 7, 8, 9, 41 mm | 39.8 × 101.6 × 15.3 mm |
| SE · 44 | SE, SE 2, SE 3 and Series 4, 5, 6, 44 mm | 42.8 × 101.6 × 15.3 mm |
| SE · 40 | SE, SE 2, SE 3 and Series 4, 5, 6, 40 mm | 39.4 × 101.6 × 15.3 mm |
The questions people ask.
Can an Apple Watch really stand in for my phone?
For the basics, yes. A cellular watch makes and takes calls, does iMessage and SMS, Apple Pay, Maps, Music and Siri with the iPhone left at home. A GPS-only watch does the same while the iPhone is within Bluetooth range or on the same Wi-Fi. What it can't do is hold a feed.
Do I have to take the band off?
Yes. Fob holds the bare watch body. Press the band release buttons, slide the band out, drop the watch in, screw the face on. It goes back on the wrist in five minutes when you want it there.
Does it charge inside the case?
Yes. The opening in the back clears the sensor dome and Apple's charging puck. Set it face down on the puck and walk away.
What happens to battery life off the wrist?
Turn off Wrist Detection in the Watch app (Passcode, then Wrist Detection). The watch stops looking for a pulse and lasts noticeably longer. You unlock it with the passcode, like a phone.
Does the phone at home still get my messages?
Yes. iMessage, calls and notifications arrive on every device on your account. When you pick the iPhone up again, nothing is missing.
Will the case touch the screen?
No. The front lip rides on the metal shoulder of the watch, outside the glass edge, following Apple's accessory guideline that a case must not contact the cover glass.
Can I carry the charger with it?
Yes, with the charger clip. It screws onto the back of the case and holds Apple's puck and the USB-C plug; the cable between them is the lanyard. To charge, press the puck onto the watch through the opening in the back and plug in. The case stays closed. Ultra size first, others to follow.
Is it waterproof?
No. The case is open at the sides and the back; the watch keeps its own water resistance, the case just carries it.
A phone that can reach you. Not one you fall into.
Sold on Amazon and on Shop. Same case, same price. The charger clip is sold separately.
