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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 436 16.5%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 965 36.5%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.8%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 106 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.3%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.5%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,647
Wooooo Christmas came early today! All my bands from “the eBay seller” arrived, plus the Pink Blast/True Berry from Apple. o_O🥳
 

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Speaking of loops...

I found a midnight fog 42mm loop in good condition in one of my drawers. I went a little crazy a year ago and have no idea when or why i have it since I have never owned 42mm+ but if anyone is looking for one, I am willing to sell before trying eBay.
 
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Wooooo Christmas came early today! All my bands from “the eBay seller” arrived, plus the Pink Blast/True Berry from Apple. o_O🥳

nice! Xmas for me is delayed this year apparently, I will be lucky if mine arrive by the 25th of dec the way it’s tracking 😁
 
Pics of more subtle bands with the ceramic Series 5:
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Mellow yellow sport band

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Soft white sport band

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Beryl sport band

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Nike teal tint/tropical twist sport band

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Sky blue sport band

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Summit white sport loop

The only bands I think definitely go better with the titanium are the stainless link bracelet and saddle brown leather band, so going to sell those:
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Ceramic with stainless link bracelet

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Titanium with stainless link bracelet

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Ceramic with saddle brown leather loop

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Titanium with saddle brown leather loop

I have more pics with milanese, walnut, cocoa and vitamin C but don't want to blow up this thread. If anyone wants pics of the titanium or ceramic with any bands, loops or leather loops let me know and if I have the band I'll take the pics!
No my dude, this is what this thread is meant for! Pour it in my veins, I need to see what I’m missing out on with my 40mm Space White, as I call it. Would love to see those LL shots in bright poolside light.
 
No it was a band.

This one looks really nice, how much would it be worth nowadays?

Are the loops comfy?

OK, I am mainly a band person myself, though I have a few loops.

As far as comfy and possible price of that Nike loop - I have to defer to the loop collectors/wearers as they would know more than I do on that subject.
 
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No my dude, this is what this thread is meant for! Pour it in my veins, I need to see what I’m missing out on with my 40mm Space White, as I call it. Would love to see those LL shots in bright poolside light.
Sure, I can take them for you tomorrow. Let me know if there’s any other bands you’d like pics of, either on the ceramic or the titanium before I sell it.
 
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This user has one hes selling on Reddit as well. I’ve sold to him and bought from him before. Good dude. Honestly a good price too.

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Long post incoming! So, I got a used ceramic Series 5 off of a local sales app for half retail price. I was planning on reselling it since it goes for significantly more on eBay and thought given the price it might be activation locked or have major defects, but after setting it up, cleaning it and A LOT of inspection under bright lighting the only thing I could find was two minuscule black marks below the button, that look like lint but I can't get to come off, even with the patented toothbrush and hand soap trick of @mikedop . I have really fallen in love with watch, but was still on the fence about keeping it because it doesn't have AppleCare+, it's over the 60/90 day purchase period (extended to 90 now during the pandemic) since it was bought on launch day last September, I am accident prone and the ceramic is more brittle (but also more scratch resistant) than the titanium.

I spoke to an AppleCare specialist and he said if it had never been activated and sat in the box they would have sold AppleCare+ to me, but since it was activated, no dice. His suggestion, which I think is a good one, is to buy a third party warranty. If anyone here has experience with third party warranties please let me know!

I am going to sell my natural titanium Series 5 GPS+Cellular, my stainless steel link and my brown saddle leather loop, since those don't go well with the ceramic. If anyone wants to make me an offer on those before I post on eBay this Sunday feel free to PM me!

@toxtrepla requested pics of contrasting bands with the ceramic watch so I took a bunch. Also took some with lighter bands that I thought go well with it (next post). So without further ado here are a ton of contrasting band pics:
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Meyer lemon leather loop

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Sunset leather loop (last pic I took yesterday afternoon with the watch on my right wrist, since apparently I've been walking around with a broken arm and a torn ligament in my calf for a week and a half and am now in a wrist brace, sling and boot)

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Cornflower leather loop

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Reflective black Nike sport loop

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Red raspberry sport band

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Hibiscus sport band

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Orange sport band

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Hermès orange sport band

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Green sport band

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Blue gen 2 sport band

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Thanks for taking the time to take these man!!! Really sick contrast. Needed this high energy post today.
 
Long post incoming! So, I got a used ceramic Series 5 off of a local sales app for half retail price. I was planning on reselling it since it goes for significantly more on eBay and thought given the price it might be activation locked or have major defects, but after setting it up, cleaning it and A LOT of inspection under bright lighting the only thing I could find was two minuscule black marks below the button, that look like lint but I can't get to come off, even with the patented toothbrush and hand soap trick of @mikedop . I have really fallen in love with watch, but was still on the fence about keeping it because it doesn't have AppleCare+, it's over the 60/90 day purchase period (extended to 90 now during the pandemic) since it was bought on launch day last September, I am accident prone and the ceramic is more brittle (but also more scratch resistant) than the titanium.

I spoke to an AppleCare specialist and he said if it had never been activated and sat in the box they would have sold AppleCare+ to me, but since it was activated, no dice. His suggestion, which I think is a good one, is to buy a third party warranty. If anyone here has experience with third party warranties please let me know!

I am going to sell my natural titanium Series 5 GPS+Cellular, my stainless steel link and my brown saddle leather loop, since those don't go well with the ceramic. If anyone wants to make me an offer on those before I post on eBay this Sunday feel free to PM me!

@toxtrepla requested pics of contrasting bands with the ceramic watch so I took a bunch. Also took some with lighter bands that I thought go well with it (next post). So without further ado here are a ton of contrasting band pics:
View attachment 927671
Meyer lemon leather loop

View attachment 927672
Sunset leather loop (last pic I took yesterday afternoon with the watch on my right wrist, since apparently I've been walking around with a broken arm and a torn ligament in my calf for a week and a half and am now in a wrist brace, sling and boot)

View attachment 927674
Cornflower leather loop

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Reflective black Nike sport loop

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Red raspberry sport band

View attachment 927679
Hibiscus sport band

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Orange sport band

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Hermès orange sport band

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Green sport band

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Blue gen 2 sport band

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That ceramic is so good. And looks perfect with the brightly coloured bands. I like it with the leather loops as well, particularly the Meyer lemon but also the saddle brown actually.
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My first package from our eBay friend just showed up. 44mm Delft Blue band and 44mm Cerulean sport loop.

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Both of these bands are perfect for summer. I have both and I love them.
 
Pics of more subtle bands with the ceramic Series 5:
View attachment 927689
Mellow yellow sport band

View attachment 927693
Soft white sport band

View attachment 927690
Beryl sport band

View attachment 927691
Nike teal tint/tropical twist sport band

View attachment 927692
Sky blue sport band

View attachment 927694
Summit white sport loop

The only bands I think definitely go better with the titanium are the stainless link bracelet and saddle brown leather band, so going to sell those:
View attachment 927695
Ceramic with stainless link bracelet

View attachment 927696
Titanium with stainless link bracelet

View attachment 927697
Ceramic with saddle brown leather loop

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Titanium with saddle brown leather loop

I have more pics with milanese, walnut, cocoa and vitamin C but don't want to blow up this thread. If anyone wants pics of the titanium or ceramic with any bands, loops or leather loops let me know and if I have the band I'll take the pics!
Awesome pics! Enjoy the ceramic!
 
Good to see all those deliveries coming in! Love that Ceramic too...

When I joined, someone asked me to post photos of the collection, so here we go - as it stands today (another 6-8 in the postal system). My 44mm first then my wife's 40mm. As a bonus, a shot of the collection as it was on 18th May - 38 days ago - just before I ordered the new Pride bands and this lockdown odyssey began... "My wife will have all the Pride bands" I thought, "I want them all too..." ***Hits the Internet*** "Ooh, they have the 2017 one... and that nice green... and that one's a good price... I wonder if she'd like that pink... etc..."

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Some stats... Average price paid, £26.14 ($31.98). If I take out all the ones I bought full retail price (£49) from Apple, Amazon etc., average comes down to £21.34 ($26.10). 68% of the bands are boxed. You can probably extrapolate my total spend from that lot, but please don't, it scares the life out of me!
 
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