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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: 105 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.4%
  • 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
    2,646
Any idea where I could snag one of these???

Does anyone have comparison pics of Product Red gen 4 and Raspberry red?
Rasp/red4/red1
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No it was previously the lightest, that’s why I had it in this pic from the fall. Red2 seems to be the darkest. Although perhaps Red1 is the most saturated.
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I feel like these images are way less saturated than they are in real life. 🤷‍♂️ Ultra Violet looks completely different color. Rose red & Dragon fruit are actually much brighter.
 
I had thought of getting that, I am a fiber artist and do support the PRIDE movement. I measured my arm and barely past the size 12, so I am on the fence, I don't want to buy it and have it too tight.
 
I feel like these images are way less saturated than they are in real life. 🤷‍♂️ Ultra Violet looks completely different color. Rose red & Dragon fruit are actually much brighter.
The photos are edited to reflect how they look when I take them. Here’s the same shot with all the edits intact (including a healthy saturation bump) except i left the Vibrance at 0 instead of diminishing it. I‘m just not comfortable posting pics of how they “should” look, especially if it throws some of the colors way off and simulates sunshine that wasn’t there. I think this version doesn’t faithfully reproduce the frostier bands.
 

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The photos are edited to reflect how they look when I take them. Here’s the same shot with all the edits intact (including a healthy saturation bump) except i left the Vibrance at 0 instead of diminishing it. I‘m just not comfortable posting pics of how they “should” look, especially if it throws some of the colors way off and simulates sunshine that wasn’t there. I think this version doesn’t faithfully reproduce the frostier bands.
To me, this looks much more like what I see in reality. The other looks washed out enough that I would have trouble identifying some of the bands that I actually own.
 
To me, this looks much more like what I see in reality. The other looks washed out enough that I would have trouble identifying some of the bands that I actually own.
I would rather have Dragon Fruit looking a little washed out than have pink citrus and red4 glowing all radioactive. Good news I’m planning to shoot in much smaller groups for my next stab at this. Just need Mallard, Olive, Electric Orange to be goo complete again.
 
? Is it out? I’m curious what it looks like in real life.
I paid around retail for this thinking it was another prototype apple spiked but then it had a 40mm marking, which was a first, and then those phone cases leaked, and then I got Abyss and it’s dead on a match for that band.

I love the band I just would have wanted to pay less or get one without defects or get one in solo loop form if possible.

The only positive of all the delays is that it retains its extra value and cachet that much longer.
 
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While we wait for new Summer Watch bands to come out that may or not even end up coming, I went back to the store to try on a few of the other Spring Bands on my Natural Titanium, my thoughts:


Pistachio Braided Solo Loop:

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Wow this one looks even better than I could have imagined. There is something very nice and fresh about this colour, and it definitely goes well with the yarn material. The colour also pairs up well with Titanium’s gunmetal shade. Definitely very summery and nice, reminds me of trees with green on them and other similar nice stuff! It pains me to say, but I actually might like it even better than the Electric Orange Braided Loop, while nice enough, reminds me more of a Fall Colour 🍁. I think the Pistachio is probably on my want list now :(


Canteloupe Sport Band:

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Also like this one a lot, it looked more salmon when it was laying on the display table, then when I wore it and stepped away from the light shining on it, it looks less pink, more orange. And in other shots, it looks like Grapefruit! Feels like you get two or even three colours in one, definitely a fan. There was something way too similar about other recent oranges like Kumquat, Vitamin C, Clementine, while they’re nice, they just all felt too similar.


Sea salt Sport Loop:

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Nice enough simple combination of colours, but like the chalk Leather Link, I’m a bit worried about the white velcro getting dirty and smudged, just like my Sunshine Sport Loop…

All in all, if we don’t get Summer Bands this year, while that would be a pity, there are clearly still quite a few bands from the Spring release that have kept me interested and busy collecting, and probably all the way through to Series 7 release.
 
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Same for me. I was surprised to see so much olive in the spring collection (on the sport loops), and it looks like maybe another olive coming for summer. I think of olive as more of a fall color, and the color of fatigues isn’t my style. I would like a nice true pink without that dusty grayish tone that pink sand has. Seems like they had nice rose colors in the earlier AW series, but not anymore. Canteloupe is nice but more orange-ish than I’m looking for.
See, I disagree. I love bold and bright. But not neutrals. Pink sand is ok, and I wear it occasionally, if I'm wearing something light pink. But it's actually too neutral for my taste. What makes my heart sing is dragonfruit and capri. :)
See I used to have the gold for the S4 and Silver for S0 and felt like the gold didn’t really pair up too well with quite a bit of the bands, so for the S6 I got the blue. Wanted a darker color to switch out my bands so I was planning on space grey since that matches well with every color, but since the blue was unique and I love blue, I ended up getting it instead of SG.
 
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While we wait for new Summer Watch bands to come out that may or not even end up coming, I went back to the store to try on a few of the other Spring Bands on my Natural Titanium, my thoughts:


Pistachio Braided Solo Loop:

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Wow this one looks even better than I could have imagined. There is something very nice and fresh about this colour, and it definitely goes well with the yarn material. The colour also pairs up well with Titanium’s gunmetal shade. Definitely very summery and nice, reminds me of trees with green on them and other similar nice stuff! It pains me to say, but I actually might like it even better than the Electric Orange Braided Loop, while nice enough, reminds me more of a Fall Colour 🍁. I think the Pistachio is probably on my want list now :(


Canteloupe Sport Band:

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Also like this one a lot, it looked more salmon when it was laying on the display table, then when I wore it and stepped away from the light shining on it, it looks less pink, more orange. And in other shots, it looks like Grapefruit! Feels like you get two or even three colours in one, definitely a fan. There was something way too similar about other recent oranges like Kumquat, Vitamin C, Clementine, while they’re nice, they just all felt too similar.


Sea salt Sport Loop:

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Nice enough simple combination of colours, but like the chalk Leather Link, I’m a bit worried about the white velcro getting dirty and smudged, just like my Sunshine Sport Loop…

All in all, if we don’t get Summer Bands this year, while that would be a pity, there are clearly still quite a few bands from the Spring release that have kept me interested and busy collecting all the way through to Series 7 release.
Am I just sleep-deprived or is your move goal 4000 a-cals?
 
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I paid around retail for this thinking it was another prototype apple spiked but then it had a 40mm marking, which was a first, and then those phone cases leaked, and then I got Abyss and it’s dead on a match for that band.

I love the band I just would have wanted to pay less or get one without defects or get one in solo loop form if possible.

The only positive of all the delays is that it retains its extra value and cachet that much longer.
This is a very petty/ refreshing color. It probably looks white from a distance, with just a hint of blue when looking closely.

I hope to see Cloud Blue in person before making a decision.
 
See I used to have the gold for the S4 and Silver for S0 and felt like the gold didn’t really pair up too well with quite a bit of the bands, so for the S6 I got the blue. Wanted a darker color to switch out my bands so I was planning on space grey since that matches well with every color, but since the blue was unique and I love blue, I ended up getting it instead of SG.
That’s how ended up with two watches. I’ve always had a preference for gold but didn’t like how it looked with a lot of bands, so after my first couple watches settled on silver. But then I found a used SSG, and now I switch back and forth.
 
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I have the red sport loop, it seems it is the only band that fits comfortably my 9 inch wrists. Two things irritate me about the bands, the first is the size, nothing for anyone who is above size 12. I measured and 241 mm is my size and there are others who have the same issue. The second is they are so dang expensive. I could buy a knock off but then what if it doesn't fit or is crap. So I have the Red and it had a run in with the bag of charcoal. I forgot to take it off again reaching in for charcoal, got dust on it.
 
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