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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
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Nike Royal Pulse/Lava Glow. I know it doesn’t get much love around here, but I love the subtlety of it and bringing out the threads with other clothing.
 
Okay so this is interesting. Noticed that the box says Fauve Barenia, but it's definitely Noir. It has all the markings on the lugs and the buckle, as well as on the back of the watch. Do we think this is just a mismatched box to band situation? Given that it has every single genuine marker I'm assuming it's not a clone.
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Why does your Noir band come with silver lugs and buckle? If it's a genuine Hermès Noir band it should come with space black lugs and buckle to match the space black Apple Watch.
 
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Ah you might be right. His Noir band shows 42mm so it's probably the 2015 version.
Yeah the ad had listed it as a series 3 42mm so I assume that’s when it was bought. The buckle shape exactly matched the one posted on the previous page, so at this point I’m just going to assume it’s genuine. Either way, only $100 invested in it.
 
This seller had this band up for sale for $22. They also had a black version with gold lugs as well.
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i think I remember this seller/item. It was listed without a sale for quite a few days. I just couldn’t see my self buy something w gold lugs that wouldn’t fit with my then stainless steel watch with but definitely can see it as a collectors item!
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Like a clueless noob, I thought I could be satisfied with just the costal gray band that I got with my new s5 Watch. I seem to have forgotten how I became addicted to different bands with my old Watch. Yep, right back into it! I found a few more I simply MUST have.

for those of you that have the cactus, is it a teal-ish color you feel? I am looking to perhaps something a bit “teal-ish” of a sport band, like the old dark teal band, and this look like the cactus is Currently at sale at Best Buy.
 
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i think I remember this seller/item. It was listed without a sale for quite a few days. I just couldn’t see my self buy something w gold lugs that wouldn’t fit with my then stainless steel watch with but definitely can see it as a collectors item!
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for those of you that have the cactus, is it a teal-ish color you feel? I am looking to perhaps something a bit “teal-ish” of a sport band, like the old dark teal band, and this look like the cactus is Currently at sale at Best Buy.

I’m in love with midnight turquoise and aurora green.
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i think I remember this seller/item. It was listed without a sale for quite a few days. I just couldn’t see my self buy something w gold lugs that wouldn’t fit with my then stainless steel watch with but definitely can see it as a collectors item!
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for those of you that have the cactus, is it a teal-ish color you feel? I am looking to perhaps something a bit “teal-ish” of a sport band, like the old dark teal band, and this look like the cactus is Currently at sale at Best Buy.
Cactus is a great color and it’s kind of teal-like as you say. Sometimes looks green, sometimes looks blue. At $39.20 it’s a great band to add to the collection for sure.
 
Woven nylon of the day, Gray Stripe:
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Lovely combo. Currently waiting on one of those to arrive from Chargerstore - should have been here last week, but he left it out of the order. Luckily(?!) I'd already placed another order, so he's put it in with that.

I howled and shook my fist at the Gods of Watchbands when I saw it was missing, as it is the last band I need to complete the Retail Nylon collection. There were celebrations planned - I had to send the local press home and the mayor didn't get to do his speech... 😁
 
I howled and shook my fist at the Gods of Watchbands when I saw it was missing, as it is the last band I need to complete the Retail Nylon collection. There were celebrations planned - I had to send the local press home and the mayor didn't get to do his speech... 😁

I feel this pain. I had this band on my "next Chargerstore order" with the URL in Notes, but when I clicked on it to make the purchase, poof, gone.

Like you, it's the last of the retail wovens for me.

Does anyone have any idea how frequently Chargerstore gets "new" stock in after they've sold out of current inventory?
 
I feel this pain. I had this band on my "next Chargerstore order" with the URL in Notes, but when I clicked on it to make the purchase, poof, gone.

Like you, it's the last of the retail wovens for me.

Does anyone have any idea how frequently Chargerstore gets "new" stock in after they've sold out of current inventory?
As an apology for the inconvenience, he offered me a boxed, sealed retail version - I didn’t take it, as it would have cost extra shipping, made it more likely to get caught by UK Customs and as I have so few boxes for my Nylons there didn’t seem a lot of point...

SO.... it’s worth dropping him a line to see what he has beyond what he has listed on eBay. He has been very accommodating to me in the past and has previously offered me unlisted items.
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Even better than the black version of that exact band? I absolutely love that one! It’s my usual go to for mid casual.
I lean towards the black stripe as it is a better match for my SG Alu, but I can’t wait to try the grey, which as @Pitch has amply demonstrated, will look great with my future bank-account-draining, marriage-threatening Series 6/7 Ceramic...
 
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I guess it’s Hermès education day...something tells me we’re about to see more of it anyway...

Gala leather vs swift leather...gala is very “oily motorcycle jacket” and really works with the rallye holes (and makes up for the slightly busted condition this OfferUp piece came in)

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Does anyone have any idea how frequently Chargerstore gets "new" stock in after they've sold out of current inventory?
Depends on the band/color. He’s completely out of Ultraviolet and Celestial Teal in 42mm, and has no plans to get in new stock. Other colors, though, he seems to always have on hand. I think it just comes down to what his suppliers can get from local shops & listings etc.
Even better than the black version of that exact band? I absolutely love that one! It’s my usual go to for mid casual.
I dunno, I love both. Black matches with everything but white is clean. Depends on your outfit I guess. In my experience, gray stripe was much harder to find.
 
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Quite possibly the best band combo I have seen with the ceramic! Nice pic thanks for sharing. I was also lucky to pick up a thin striped black woven nylon for my 44mm titanium and it looks great! I didn’t even know these thin striped bands existed until a couple of weeks ago thanks to this thread!
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Cactus is a great color and it’s kind of teal-like as you say. Sometimes looks green, sometimes looks blue. At $39.20 it’s a great band to add to the collection for sure.

thanks for the cactus endorsement! close to pulling the trigger at that price, still a bit undecided if I need it, as is always the case with these band decisions.
Is cactus anywhere to being close to a celestial teal band without the holes? Just curious as that may sway my decision...
 
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Quite possibly the best band combo I have seen with the ceramic! Nice pic thanks for sharing. I was also lucky to pick up a thin striped black woven nylon for my 44mm titanium and it looks great! I didn’t even know these thin striped bands existed until a couple of weeks ago thanks to this thread!
Yeah, this thread has a tendency to make you say “Well, I only just found out that existed... and now I need it!”

Maybe about a month ago @athousandbands convinced me to send ~$180 to someone across the world in order to get a cool Nike band.
 
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