Yeah for some reason it turned out really green. It's still pretty green in real life in that lighting though. Give it just a bit more green out the factory, then give it the soft finish of the 44s, and there you have it: the perfect sport band.
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Just found the “little surprise” from the tip jar on the Bandbreite app. So cute.
I don't think its pictured, but hands down, the Cornflower Sport Loop would be my favourite pure blue Sport Loop, with the Surf Blue a close second. (I know Surf Blue isn't pure blue as its a two tone sport loop, but in terms of all blue sport loops)
I've also got the Cape Cod Sport Loop too, compared to Cornflower, I find its quite a murky blue. I think its okay. Nothing special, but also definitely not ugly
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Please, not four Pink Sand...
My wife has the generally accepted 1 and 2.
I somehow managed to buy it new in 44mm from Amazon UK and get it shipped via my mother to NZ when I was trying to buy Grapefruit, so I have it in a box, owing me more than I could have got it for from Apple in NZ, and I don't even want it. It's not cost effective to return it, it's a current band so would only sell for below (local) RRP, and to cap it all I opened it before I realised it wasn't Grapefruit. In other words it leaves a sour taste in my mouth to even look at it.
If it turned out to be the other 40/44 Pink Sand from my wife's that would be a small silver lining, but then if there is a second 38/42 as well to get...
That said though, doesn't apple update the model number when they change the colour. Does anyone know if there has been three or four model numbers for PS over the years, or only two (per size / pin colour of course)?
Cape Cod all day. Its LeLoo buddy is equally great.
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Starting to think it's just bad QA as @athousandbands pointed out. The product image hasn't changed since Fall 2018.
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edit: wait am i seeing things or is the color ever so slightly different?
In my opinion, these pics are absolutely identical in color.
Yeah I’m just seeing things.
So maybe they changed the color without changing the picture? Or they’re just not consistent in batch color.
Thats a bit of an interesting one to answer.
It's usually only once a new Watch launches in September does Apple pull the previous years seasonal bands from the store. However, the bands could also be marked as "Sold Out" on the Apple Store well before that, bringing an effective permanent end to the buyer being able to buy one outright from Apples online store.
Series 5 is the exception, they actually managed to stock bands the entire year around, both online and in store (there was someone who posted here pages back about being able to buy the year-old Meyer Lemon Leather Loop in store), but theres no guarantee Apple will do the same this year, especially not with all the SKU's they have with the new bands and multiple sizes
Hmm, okay. Thanks for the info! I was hoping that if they did do that, I could scoot up to the apple store in person asap and hopefully get one.
I suppose that along with Black (which is probably easier to produce consistently), Pink Sand will have had far more 'batches' over a long length of time than any other band. Perhaps some variance should be expected.
I suspect we have to use model numbers as differentiators, as that indicates which bands Apple believes are 'different', beyond any manufacturing inconsistencies within a 'margin-of-error' that the public are not party to.
yeah from what i gather, there are only 2 real color variants of pink sand with some either being a QC problem or even color changing from use
Current generation gold Milanese looks surprisingly good with Titanium.
Years of practice.
Although wearing a Milanese for a day makes me wonder how I did it for better than a year, when the Silver Milanese that came with my Series 0 was my only band. I like the way Milanese look, but I dislike constantly having to adjust it to keep it as tight as I like my watchbands. And the pinchy factor with hair from time to time.
I have the impression that some watch face colors disappeared from the watch app lately. I always thought that Apple just extends the list when new band colors are released but now it seems to me that they also remove colors from time to time. It's a pity that I'm not able to select older colors like Pollen anymore.
Does anybody know more about this?
Does anybody know more about this?
180+ bands, but this is my first leather of any type. Thought I’d whack it on the wrist to add some gravitas to tonight’s TV marathon...
Pollen is still an option for some watch faces.
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I wanted to return something but I couldn’t find an English version of the return address and I wasn’t sure of the google translation. Anyway I contacted him and we worked it out. He’s great to deal with.
I know when Clementine came out, they got rid of the Nectarine watch face color. I'm assuming the watch face colors were so close that they were indistinguishable. I haven't noticed any others.