I have a Gear S also, and the problem always exist with 3rd party downloaded watch faces, not the STOCK faces that come with the watch.
I also have the same issue
3rd party faces - flick wrist, and you get the black background with white numbers
Stock Faces integrated in device - Flick wrist, you get full faces on all of them that came with watch!:'
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