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DLC = Diamond-Like Coating which is the coating bonded to the stainless steel in the space black watch casing and link band.

If you were to get, say, the classic buckle band and put it on the space black case, it will look stupid because the metal part that slides into the case is not space black, and neither is the buckle, though the buckle is a bit less of an issue.

Actually, it's Diamond-Like Carbon :)
 
I'm definitely torn between the two. The Space Black Stainless Steel might be too dark for me, but I won't be able to tel until I see it in person.
 
I'm definitely torn between the two. The Space Black Stainless Steel might be too dark for me, but I won't be able to tel until I see it in person.

My fear is the opposite - it might be too light. So far everything Apple has called "space" has been very light colored.
 
Actually, it's Diamond-Like Carbon :)

If you do a little research you'll see it goes either way, depends on what company is writing it, but yeah, apple expands DLC to diamond-like carbon.

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My fear is the opposite - it might be too light. So far everything Apple has called "space" has been very light colored.

DLC tends to be a dark gray like graphite. From the pics of the real watch I'm expecting this to be the case. Sometimes it's matte. Apple's is clearly polished/shiny, but, still not totally black.
 
I definitely am torn. I always wanted the normal SS one until I saw the black one. They both look awesome in pictures, but the black one really catches my eye. And my current wear the most is black..

I'm not as concerned about bands being made for the SS Black version but does anyone else think the Stainless Steel around the plain SS version looks a lot better against the brown leather and brown modern band.. which would be the other band I may want. Sort of makes the watch pop a little better
 
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