---
title: crownOrientation
framework: watchkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: watchkit/wkinterfacedevice/crownorientation
---

# crownOrientation

The side on which the crown is positioned.

## Declaration

```swift
var crownOrientation: WKInterfaceDeviceCrownOrientation { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Users specify the Digital Crown orientation during the initial setup of Apple Watch, and this property reflects the information provided by the user.

## See Also

### Reading the Device Settings

- [name](watchkit/wkinterfacedevice/name.md)
- [model](watchkit/wkinterfacedevice/model.md)
- [localizedModel](watchkit/wkinterfacedevice/localizedmodel.md)
- [wristLocation](watchkit/wkinterfacedevice/wristlocation.md)
- [WKInterfaceDeviceWristLocation](watchkit/wkinterfacedevicewristlocation.md)
- [WKInterfaceDeviceCrownOrientation](watchkit/wkinterfacedevicecrownorientation.md)
- [preferredContentSizeCategory](watchkit/wkinterfacedevice/preferredcontentsizecategory.md)