Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WATCH file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WATCH to another file type
To convert WATCH Watch faces to another format, you need WatchMaker App or other Compressed software.
Convert a file to WATCH
To convert other file formats to the "Smartwatch Face Archive" file type, you need software like WatchMaker App or a similar tool.
About WATCH files
A .watch file is primarily a customized smartwatch face created for the WatchMaker App. These files bundle visual assets, such as PNG images and custom fonts, alongside programming scripts into a single compressed package. In rare cases (about 1% of the time), a .watch file is a saved HTML webpage from YouTube.
You typically open and apply these files using the WatchMaker software on Android or iOS. However, the format is highly restrictive. It is proprietary to a single application ecosystem, meaning you cannot natively view the watch designs on a standard desktop computer. If you want to use the high-quality dial graphics in another project, you are locked out by default and face annoying software limitations.
To overcome this, you need to extract the contents. The best conversion targets are ZIP for accessing the raw directory structure, or PNG for the background images. Because this is a closed, proprietary package, standard online converters fail to process it. Our platform detects the underlying ZIP architecture and can extract the internal contents, saving you from needing a premium mobile app subscription.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WATCH file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert WATCH file to , you can use WatchMaker App or similar software from the "Smartwatch Face Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to WATCH, try WatchMaker App or another comparable tool in the "Smartwatch Face Storage" category.
The WATCH Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our WATCH converter.