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These three Apple Watch features use different settings: choose Weather’s default city in the Apple Watch app on iPhone, set the Stocks watchlist and complication metric separately, and add a World Clock city before selecting it for a face complication. Then edit a watch face to add the complication types and positions it supports.

Set the default weather city

  1. On the paired iPhone, open the Apple Watch app.

  2. Tap Weather, then Default City.

  3. Choose the city you want weather complications to use. If it is not listed, add it in the Weather app on Apple Watch or to the synced location list on iPhone.

Apple says, “The conditions for the default location are shown in any weather complications you’ve added to the watch face.” This is the shared default-location setting for Weather complications.

Choose what a Stocks complication shows

There are two separate choices: which stocks are followed and which measure a Stocks complication displays.

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The Stocks app on Apple Watch displays the stocks followed on iPhone. Apple also says you can add, remove, or reorder stocks on the watch. The stock item or view selected determines which stock information is shown.

Set the complication metric

On iPhone, open the Apple Watch app and go to My Watch > Stocks, then choose a metric. Apple also documents a direct-watch route: open Settings > Stocks > Data Metric. The available metrics Apple lists are:

  • Price Change

  • Percentage Change

  • Market Cap

Changing the metric does not change which stocks are in the watchlist; manage those separately.

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Add and select a World Clock city

  1. Open the World Clock app on Apple Watch and add the city, or add it on iPhone. Apple says cities added on iPhone also appear on the watch.

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  2. Edit a watch face, choose a World Clock complication, and select the city you want displayed.

Adding a city to World Clock makes it available in the list; selecting it for a complication is a separate step. Unlike Weather, World Clock does not use one shared default-city control described in Apple’s instructions.

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Add the complications to a watch face

  1. With the face visible, touch and hold the display, then tap Edit.

  2. Swipe to the complication screen and tap the position you want to change.

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  3. Turn the Digital Crown to browse the options available for that position, then select the desired complication.

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    • A GREAT FITNESS TRACKER—SE 3 can track your workouts in a healthy number of ways—from running and strength training to simply achieving your 10K steps a day. With real-time metrics and Workout Buddy powered by Apple Intelligence from your nearby iPhone,* you’ll hit your goals like never before.
    • KEEP HELP CLOSE AT HAND—SE 3 is a smartwatch that can detect a hard fall or severe car crash and automatically help connect you to emergency services and notify your emergency contacts.* Check In can automatically notify a loved one when you’ve arrived at your destination.
    • WOMEN’S HEALTH INSIGHTS—SE 3 has advanced sensors that track your wrist temperature while you sleep. With this smartwatch, you can log your periods and symptoms, get period predictions, and get notified of cycle deviations.*
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  4. Press the Digital Crown to save.

Complication choices depend on the face and the position you edit. Apple’s guide lists Weather options such as Air Quality, Conditions, Humidity, Rain, Temperature, UV Index, and Wind; Stocks options include Added Stocks and Last Viewed Stocks; World Clock options include Sunrise/Sunset and Added Locations. The choices shown on your watch are the practical guide to what that face can display. Apple’s documentation does not establish that every face, watch model, or software version can show all three requested items at once.

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Where each setting lives

Feature

Where to configure it

What you select

How it appears

Weather

Apple Watch app on iPhone > Weather

Default City

Weather complication, if offered by the face and position

Stocks

Stocks watchlist on iPhone or watch; metric in Apple Watch app on iPhone or watch Settings

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  • KNOW YOUR SLEEP SCORE—With advanced sleep tracking, Series 11 gives you a daily sleep score. It’s an easy way to help measure and understand the quality of your sleep, so you can make it more restorative.
  • GET HYPERTENSION NOTIFICATIONS—Did you know that Series 11 can spot signs of chronic high blood pressure? By analyzing how your blood vessels respond to beats of the heart, it can notify you of possible hypertension.*
  • SAFETY FEATURES—A smartwatch that puts your safety first. Series 11 can detect a hard fall or severe car crash, automatically help connect you with emergency services, and notify your emergency contacts.* Check In can automatically notify a loved one when you’ve arrived at your destination.
  • A POWERFUL FITNESS TRACKER—With advanced metrics and motivating features like Pacer, Heart Rate Zones, training load, and Workout Buddy powered by Apple Intelligence from your nearby iPhone*—Series 11 is made to help everyone stay active, from runners and hikers to strength-training enthusiasts.

Stock item/view and a metric: Price Change, Percentage Change, or Market Cap

Stocks complication, if offered by the face and position

World Clock

World Clock app on iPhone or watch, then face editing

City for the World Clock complication

World Clock complication, if offered by the face and position

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Apple’s current support instructions are version-sensitive: the consulted guides are from the watchOS 26-era period, with the Stocks guide labeled watchOS 27. Menu names and available choices can change as watchOS updates. Some settings are available in the iPhone Apple Watch app, while Apple notes that settings can also be changed directly on the watch where that option is available.

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