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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 36.4%
  • 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: 68 2.6%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 5 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
    2,649
After looking at Tox's photos, I think I might have my blue mislabeled.

Is this Gen 1 or 2?
 

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Same here!

@toxtrepla where does the nike blue orbit band fit into this spectrum...?
Lighting isn’t as good as Dusk... But you’ll get the point.

Blue Orbit is VERY close to gen 2 blue on its underside. The primary is a cross between royal and a hint of teal.

Celestial is close to Cactus (not pictured) and really isn’t a true blue. Obsidian is basically midnight Blue but a bit brighter. Royal pulse is like nothing else and deserves to be its own color entirely.

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I've been trying to find one for ~2 months now, no luck yet. Good luck to you!
Stalk Chargerstore listings. He finally started to fix some of his incorrect labels as @Pitch pointed out to me. Otherwise, it was difficult for me to find it in the wild until I i found one boxed.
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So how many are you away from having all the sport bands too?
I finally got myself a Boxed complete Marine Green sooooooo.... I’m down to 6. All of which are on the way. I was too close to be patient. Whoops.
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After looking at Tox's photos, I think I might have my blue mislabeled.

Is this Gen 1 or 2?
Definitely Gen 2 based on the lug color alone.
 
Lighting isn’t as good as Dusk... But you’ll get the point.

Blue Orbit is VERY close to gen 2 blue on its underside. The primary is a cross between royal and a hint of teal.

Celestial is close to Cactus (not pictured) and really isn’t a true blue. Obsidian is basically midnight Blue but a bit brighter. Royal pulse is like nothing else and deserves to be its own color entirely.

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Stalk Chargerstore listings. He finally started to fix some of his incorrect labels as @Pitch pointed out to me. Otherwise, it was difficult for me to find it in the wild until I i found one boxed.
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I finally got myself a Boxed complete Marine Green sooooooo.... I’m down to 6. All of which are on the way. I was too close to be patient. Whoops.
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Definitely Gen 2 based on the lug color alone.

Congrats on the Marine Green!!!!
 
Lighting isn’t as good as Dusk... But you’ll get the point.

Blue Orbit is VERY close to gen 2 blue on its underside. The primary is a cross between royal and a hint of teal.

Celestial is close to Cactus (not pictured) and really isn’t a true blue. Obsidian is basically midnight Blue but a bit brighter. Royal pulse is like nothing else and deserves to be its own color entirely.

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Stalk Chargerstore listings. He finally started to fix some of his incorrect labels as @Pitch pointed out to me. Otherwise, it was difficult for me to find it in the wild until I i found one boxed.
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I finally got myself a Boxed complete Marine Green sooooooo.... I’m down to 6. All of which are on the way. I was too close to be patient. Whoops.
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Definitely Gen 2 based on the lug color alone.
Awesome that all your bands look almost pristine! I can’t keep the shine off a lot of mine.

So correct me if I’m wrong, but you now have ALL Nike bands, leather loops, and sport bands, while also being only a few away from having all the loops? What are you going to start hunting down next?

It’s quite impressive. I find it hard to even find some of the bands I’m looking for, so I can’t imagine how much hunting you do!
 
Had some time to take some shots of the Blues since I had a few requests after orange. Once I get in my last batch of bands I’ll take some of the ”50 shades of grey” spectrum of muted bliss.

Only one missing from the picture is Midnight Blue Gen 2 which is identical to Gen 1. Didn’t want to skew my symmetry... By far the most accurate picture overall is the last shot.

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Somehow I’d convinced myself that surf blue was close enough to blue gen 2 therefore I didn’t need to get the BG2 but now I can see that I was wrong.
 
met my quota for the month lol. Now I got to find some green bands.

 
Awesome that all your bands look almost pristine! I can’t keep the shine off a lot of mine.

So correct me if I’m wrong, but you now have ALL Nike bands, leather loops, and sport bands, while also being only a few away from having all the loops? What are you going to start hunting down next?

It’s quite impressive. I find it hard to even find some of the bands I’m looking for, so I can’t imagine how much hunting you do!
I am missing one sport loop (on the way), 6 bands (on the way). All Leather Loops (once storm grey arrives). All Nike Bands and Nike Loops are done And hanging. Plus some extras...

I don’t know where to go from here besides the obvious Bands Anonymous Support groups. But after I leave the meeting I’ll probably look into Nylons or start getting Classic Buckles to transplant to black/noir hardware.

The problem with the nylons is I just think a lot of them look like a Bad Sweater. So I’m not sure I would get them all. Just the ones I really dig.
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Somehow I’d convinced myself that surf blue was close enough to blue gen 2 therefore I didn’t need to get the BG2 but now I can see that I was wrong.
It’s REALLY neon in person. Stands alone in the lineup for sure. They are relatively cheap when they pop up. Just a little more rare than Gen 1 for some reason. I always assumed it would be the other way around.
 
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I am missing one sport loop (on the way), 6 bands (on the way). All Leather Loops (once storm grey arrives). All Nike Bands and Nike Loops are done And hanging. Plus some extras...

I don’t know where to go from here besides the obvious Bands Anonymous Support groups. But after I leave the meeting I’ll probably look into Nylons or start getting Classic Buckles to transplant to black/noir hardware.

The problem with the nylons is I just think a lot of them look like a Bad Sweater. So I’m not sure I would get them all. Just the ones I really dig.
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It’s REALLY neon in person. Stands alone in the lineup for sure. They are relatively cheap when they pop up. Just a little more rare than Gen 1 for some reason. I always assumed it would be the other way around.

not having to chase down bands should give you time to design sport loop and leather loop tags.... just sayin’..... ;)
 
I am missing one sport loop (on the way), 6 bands (on the way). All Leather Loops (once storm grey arrives). All Nike Bands and Nike Loops are done And hanging. Plus some extras...

I don’t know where to go from here besides the obvious Bands Anonymous Support groups. But after I leave the meeting I’ll probably look into Nylons or start getting Classic Buckles to transplant to black/noir hardware.

The problem with the nylons is I just think a lot of them look like a Bad Sweater. So I’m not sure I would get them all. Just the ones I really dig.
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It’s REALLY neon in person. Stands alone in the lineup for sure. They are relatively cheap when they pop up. Just a little more rare than Gen 1 for some reason. I always assumed it would be the other way around.
So what do you do if you’re ever robbed? Does Apple offer AppleCare on bands?
 
It’s REALLY neon in person. Stands alone in the lineup for sure. They are relatively cheap when they pop up. Just a little more rare than Gen 1 for some reason. I always assumed it would be the other way around.
Chargerstore still has them mixed up doesn’t he?
 

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Had some time to take some shots of the Blues since I had a few requests after orange. Once I get in my last batch of bands I’ll take some of the ”50 shades of grey” spectrum of muted bliss.

Only one missing from the picture is Midnight Blue Gen 2 which is identical to Gen 1. Didn’t want to skew my symmetry... By far the most accurate picture overall is the last shot.

Indirect Sunlight Indoors

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I don’t have linen, ocean blue, blue cobalt, mist blue and denim blue and I need to repeat @athousandbands mantra that I don’t need to be a blue completionist. I don’t need to be a blue completionist. I don’t need to be a blue completionist. But the longer I look at this pic the harder it becomes to resist... serenity now, serenity now, serenity now...
 
I don’t have linen, ocean blue, blue cobalt, mist blue and denim blue and I need to repeat @athousandbands mantra that I don’t need to be a blue completionist. I don’t need to be a blue completionist. I don’t need to be a blue completionist. But the longer I look at this pic the harder it becomes to resist... serenity now, serenity now, serenity now...
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Had some time to take some shots of the Blues since I had a few requests after orange. Once I get in my last batch of bands I’ll take some of the ”50 shades of grey” spectrum of muted bliss.

Only one missing from the picture is Midnight Blue Gen 2 which is identical to Gen 1. Didn’t want to skew my symmetry... By far the most accurate picture overall is the last shot.

Indirect Sunlight Indoors

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Indirect Sunlight Outdoors

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Outdoors (Most accurate color balance)

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I CANNOT wait for that Pacific Green! My daughter might not be getting that one after all! LOL
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Which one of y'all grabbed that Lavender Gray yesterday from Mercari?? Gah, I wanted that. LOL
 
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