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Every Apple Watch band Apple released. Ever.
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mikedis
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I can’t decide if Dark Teal is closer to Pine Green or Midnight Blue.
athousandbands
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Yep fog is an all-time great. Afaik the only band that’s ever been reissued and then disappeared again.
jeremyfernie
macrumors 6502
Somehow I think Cactus deserves to be in the mix here, equally as much as Pine Green.
CarlJ
Contributor
Pine Green is a hottie, Dark Teal and Midnight Blue are losers, so, yeah, Dark Teal is closer to Midnight Green.
😉
mikedis
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Eventually. Can’t afford to buy new right now.
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take it back right now.
FenC
macrumors 6502a
31 days of super-strict lockdown in NZ ends tonight, we weren’t even allowed to send non-essential items in the mail or by courier (though a Bleu Lin/Craie/Bleu du Nord double tour that Hermes Aus suddenly listed and I grabbed immediately for my wife in case it went out of stock again got delivered last week rather than held at the border), so I’m celebrating by ordering an SBSS S5 🙂
Some bands look so much better on the black body, and I’ve never had a black Watch. I figure I’ll sell whichever SS S5 I like better when the S6 comes out and replace that - maybe with a Hermes - S6 in the same finish. So, not only has this thread encouraged me to buy way more bands than I had before I found it, it’s got me buying an extra Watch just for the case colour to make those bands look their best.
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Anyway, I have all 4 so if I remember when it’s not too overcast to provide decent light I’ll take the same photo with Cactus added.
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Some bands look so much better on the black body, and I’ve never had a black Watch. I figure I’ll sell whichever SS S5 I like better when the S6 comes out and replace that - maybe with a Hermes - S6 in the same finish. So, not only has this thread encouraged me to buy way more bands than I had before I found it, it’s got me buying an extra Watch just for the case colour to make those bands look their best.
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I’m half in agreement. It always somehow disappoints me when Midnight Blue is the band that best suits what I’m wearing, whereas I’m always happy if I can wear Dark Teal. Pine Green is somewhere in the middle for me - it goes really well with a couple of shirts I have so I’m happy to match it perfectly as it’s an unusual colour, but it doesn’t “spark joy” as Marie Condo would say.
Anyway, I have all 4 so if I remember when it’s not too overcast to provide decent light I’ll take the same photo with Cactus added.
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Not because I was trying to prove you wrong, but because it intrigued me (and actually I thought you were right), but looking at the holy document of our faith (chart of all bands) it looks like the Brown Modern Buckle also did. Oddly, as it is fugly while Fog is a “quiet performer”. Also the Stone LL seems to have done it too. That’s another fizzer IMO.
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CarlJ
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Most bands look great on the black watches, the notable exception being any leather band with silver lugs. If that sort of detail drives you nuts.
jeremyfernie
macrumors 6502
That is where Blue Horizon or Ocean Blue come in, for me. Midnight Blue never even came close to winning me over, at any price.
FenC
macrumors 6502a
Oh Hell yeah, that would definitely drive me nuts. I’m OK with a black pin on my SS, and I think I’ll be OK with the SS pin on my SBSS, but silver lugs on a black watch; eeeewwww.
Black on silver isn’t so bad. I picked up a new open box Black Nylon Buckle recently for about half retail, just as it was cheap, and I’m surprised how much I like it. On SBSS it will look so much better of course, but the black lugs look OK.
I’ve also never liked the Milanese in silver - my wife has it and I just don’t “feel” it for myself - but black Milanese looks much better, though I’m nervous of its ability to scratch the Watch. I guess I’ll have a black SS Link in my future now also, not that I wear the silver one much - only if I really can’t find anything with colour to match what I’m wearing.
Anyway, shout out to @twanj as his photos of bands on SG are probably what tipped me over the edge. /heavy sarcasm on/ Cheers ”mate” /heavy sarcasm off/ - as others have said you really should be on commission. Or maybe subsidise us poor(er) sods who are unable to resist buying things after you post photos of them 😀
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Midnight Blue may have been the first band I bought after the original set that launched with the S0 (I bought all but Pink of those).
For a time after (until I accidentally found this thread, basically) I operated a policy of retaining some of my income by not purchasing a new band that was even somewhat similar to one I already had, and like that portion of my income these days I don’t have either Ocean or Horizon in my moderately extensive blue series. I try to use Obsidian / Black rather than Midnight if I can, but thanks, because now I want Horizon and Ocean...
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Actually I had a look. Jeez, Horizon and Ocean are squeezing into an already tiny gap between Cobalt and Alaskan that I already have.
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jeremyfernie
macrumors 6502
Haha obsidian is another great! And yeah, I suppose that gap could be seen as tiny.. but man oh man, the “richness” of horizon blue is what gets me.
Here’s to hoping they can do other deep & rich color options, eg. racing green as has been mentioned previously.
FenC
macrumors 6502a
OK, so maybe I look for Horizon as a first step. I like the rich idea. And I agree on Obsidian.
I was wondering a while back what Midnight colour we’ll get next. We’ve had blue and turquiose bands, and of course green on the 11 Pro, and there have been Midnight loops too IIRC.
mikedis
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Anyone have an IRL comparison of Horizon and Ocean? Just ordered Horizon myself, and debating getting ocean too.
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awesome, please do!
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jeremyfernie
macrumors 6502
Ask and you shall receive.
Royal, Ocean, Blur Horizon, Obsidian
PS my obsidian is one of my oldest bands and also heavily adorned haha.. so it’s dulled a little. That being said, it’s very dark. Midnight Blue territory almost.
mikedis
Suspended
Ask and you shall receive.
Royal, Ocean, Blur Horizon, Obsidian
PS my obsidian is one of my oldest bands and also heavily adorned haha.. so it’s dulled a little. That being said, it’s very dark. Midnight Blue territory almost.
awesome, thanks! Can you toss midnight in there too, if you have it? already forgot your collection haha.
jeremyfernie
macrumors 6502
mikedis
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man, thanks for the reference though! I think I’ll go ahead and get both.
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Cobalt was sold alongside Ultra Violet IIRC, and every time I see or hear of it I always think of how I’ll never have Ultra Violet haha
sahni130
macrumors 6502a
Struggling to keep myself from buying a Hermes band. I have a SS series 5 44mm with the silver Milanese Koop, a surf blue sport band (on order), and a Sunshine sport loop (on order). But.... I want a “nice” leather band I didn’t like the apple leather loop. I LOVE the noir Hermes with the black hardware. I’m also tempted by the noir/blanc gold and the encre beton. Does anyone have any pics of these with the stainless steel watch or can convince me not to order one?
I’d love to wear it to work everyday and perhaps use the sport band and loop on the weekends.
Resisted buying an Apple Watch all these years and now I seem to be hooked.
I’d love to wear it to work everyday and perhaps use the sport band and loop on the weekends.
Resisted buying an Apple Watch all these years and now I seem to be hooked.
FenC
macrumors 6502a
Midnight Blue, Obsidian/Black, Blue Cobalt, Alaskan Blue. I’d consider Obsidian much richer than Midnight. There’s quite a gap between those and Cobalt, so if Horizon or Ocean was in there I’d be all over them.
Form an earlier post, Cactus, Pine Green, Dark Teal, Midnight Blue
And just for @mikedop, Blue Cobalt and Ultra Violet 🙂
iPhone 11 Pro Max in NZ overcast daylight.
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And Hermes Indigo/Craie/Orange
I just spotted my Rallye has a light scratch on it. Time for some buffing...
Form an earlier post, Cactus, Pine Green, Dark Teal, Midnight Blue
And just for @mikedop, Blue Cobalt and Ultra Violet 🙂
iPhone 11 Pro Max in NZ overcast daylight.
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I realise I might not be helping, but S5 SS with Hermes Noir Rallye
And Hermes Indigo/Craie/Orange
I just spotted my Rallye has a light scratch on it. Time for some buffing...
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I vote bleu encre/beton, as bleu encre is one of my all time favorite Hermes colors! It’s a gorgeous navy blue with purple undertones. Sorry, I can’t help with the modeling pics as my watch is space grey. I have single tour bands in fauve barenia and feu, plus a double tour in bleu paon. Here is bleu paon on my wrist in not so great lighting.
And here is a picture of one of my bleu encre bags, the lining is swift so accurate to the way the band would display the color.
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mikedis
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And I thought I had a problem.
haha, in all seriousness, really awesome bands you’ve got there. So jealous of some of those, most notably Ultra Violet. Got any pictures of your entire collection?
mikedis
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I vote bleu encre/beton, as bleu encre is one of my all time favorite Hermes colors! It’s a gorgeous navy blue with purple undertones. Sorry, I can’t help with the modeling pics as my watch is space grey. I have single tour bands in fauve barenia and feu, plus a double tour in bleu paon. Here is bleu paon on my wrist in not so great lighting.
And here is a picture of one of my bleu encre bags, the lining is swift so accurate to the way the band would display the color.
Sure these are the same color? The band almost looks like a light teal or aqua color in that lighting. I’d love to see that in a sport band.
They are definitely different colors. The top is bleu paon, it’s more turquoise. Bottom is bleu encre. Bleu paon = peacock blue, bleu encre = ink blue