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Hi mate! The watch looks absolutely fantastic on your wrist :)

I was wondering if you could provide some further pictures and your general impression of how the watch pairs with the velcro Apple Sports Loop?

I am an avid runner, and have used sports loops on my watches since they came out. I know Apple has made a trail loop that looks quite similar, but I'm not too keen to wait 8 weeks for delivery, and I really don't think I will use the pull tab.

If you think the sports loop is a good fit (doesn't look weird or out of place) I might pick up a new one with my Ultra tomorrow morning!
 
It looks surprisingly good. The material isn’t exactly the same but they go well together. Might have to wear this combo more :)
Agree! I look at these pics and think “are you from the future?” Where watches can do teleports and such. Or at least hologram video voicemails. … Haha … “Please help Obi-wan, you’re our only hope.”
 
Hi mate! The watch looks absolutely fantastic on your wrist :)

I was wondering if you could provide some further pictures and your general impression of how the watch pairs with the velcro Apple Sports Loop?

I am an avid runner, and have used sports loops on my watches since they came out. I know Apple has made a trail loop that looks quite similar, but I'm not too keen to wait 8 weeks for delivery, and I really don't think I will use the pull tab.

If you think the sports loop is a good fit (doesn't look weird or out of place) I might pick up a new one with my Ultra tomorrow morning!
I wear the sport loop all the time too and it pairs completely fine with the ultra case.
Pics shown with the Nike face and I like it!
 

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Could you do a pic like this in front of the mirror? Stole this pic from the „show your Apple Watch“ thread, but that’s the only angle to see if a watch is too big. Thanks :)

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I just got mine and tried it on with the SS link band. Coming from the series 6 aluminium it feels quite heavy.
 
I might pick up the watch down the line, but the bands interest me. How does the alpine orange loop look on the stainless steel? Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
It looks great! Just like another sport loop but with more details in the design and the G hook

This pic is the orange alpine loop on the stainless watch.
 

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thank you for taking the time to make this thread. I got the ocean band and its supposed to come in tomorrow. Love the alpine loops though! I have a couple nike sport loops im going to try on it and saw you have a sport loop on it with the watch on its side. Any chance you could post a couple more pics of it with the sport loop? thank you
 
Oh also... How do you feel about the 2000 nits? Is it extremely noticeable over the S8/7
 
thank you for taking the time to make this thread. I got the ocean band and its supposed to come in tomorrow. Love the alpine loops though! I have a couple nike sport loops im going to try on it and saw you have a sport loop on it with the watch on its side. Any chance you could post a couple more pics of it with the sport loop? thank you
I posted these a few posts above. Or do you want another sport loop?
 

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I don’t think it looks too big. Perfect size on me.

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That looks beautiful! Is that the midnight ocean band? Can you take a few more pics?

I'm thinking of returning the orange alpine loop and getting this instead. The alpine loop is a bit annoying to take on and off and it's a bit too expensive for what it is.
 

The bezel is the metal rim around the cover glass. Your first comment was that the bezel will get smaller. My question later was why people think bezels will get smaller.
The bezel, in terms of any electronic display (TVs, monitors, phones, watches, etc), has always been the empty black space between the screen pixels and the frame. What you’re actually calling the bezel should be called the frame or case edges.

I’m also in the camp that thinks they’ll reduce the bezel eventually, basically every device with bezels goes in that direction. And considering how big they are on the Ultra, Apple definitely has the capability to do it without increasing the frame size. My guess is they didn’t for this release to leave it as an “upgrade” for next release, or maybe they just ran out of time to reduce them considering how much that would effect (battery, UI, etc).
 
The Ultra seems very nice!

Although, side by side in your photos with the 45 mm, the screen size appears nearly the same.

It's almost as if 49 mm sounds cooler than it is. The bezels on the 45 mm are pretty great in the first place I suppose.

Again the Ultra looks great! But I also worry that huge metal chunk on the right protecting the button won't age well in terms of beauty.

They leave a lot on the table for the next Ultra to have smaller bezels and sleeker appearance.
 
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