It may scratch easily. Should have stayed with the Titanium.Okay so I cancelled my order for the Titanium Black DLC and ordered the Graphite Stainless Steel DLC. My main reason was I prefer the gloss finish versus the matte which looks too close to the aluminum.
Unfortunately it added 2-3 weeks to my order.
After a closer look Hermes space black does have considerably darker hue than graphite, maybe that’s just me?
On what basis do you think that? Hermes Space Black and the new Graphite are both DLC coated so there is no reason to think one would be more scratch prone than the other?It may scratch easily. Should have stayed with the Titanium.
Does it have an extra coating or something? I’m not that fussed if it’s not as resistant as the black version, I’m very careful with these things. My S2 looked brand new when I sold it 2 years after I bought it.To be clear though - the silver titanium is scratch prone. Its is the black titanium that is holds up.
Space Grey is clearly different in effect than Space Black. You only have to look at the wear shown on Space Grey watches versus the relatively pristine state of most SB watches after a year or so of regular use.Space gray, black, space black, graphite, etc... It’s just marketing. Technically is the same carbon-based coating, a micrometer layer, applied by different techniques and on different metals.
In the keynote they do say it’s a new gray. So unless grey is black it’s going to look differentI keep saying this to people, it's clearly different.
Forbes as a good picture. IMO I really like it from the picture!
Forbes review
Looks awesome. I think think this looks better than the SBSS and SBTi.
Get a Titanium oneThe coolest thing about space black steel, to me, was that the screen and case kind of looked liked one unit. Graphite looks nice, but I’m debating on returning it for something else...although it just shipped.
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Completely agree. Think they nailed the grey shade this time and I much prefer it to the previous space black.
Also the pictures compare the new grey SS to the space grey aluminium which looks so identical to the SB Ti it might as well be that
Apart from weight of SS over titanium I’m glad I choose the SS
now the size of the braided loop is the only worry with reviewers saying they might have ordered the wrong size based on their review units
What’s the consensus here on pairing with the SB link band? I just can’t decide if I should go graphite SS or SB Titanium.
This is the combo I have ordered. I currently have a Space Black and love the link bracelet, so it will be interesting to see if they work together well or not.Forbes as a good picture.
Unclear, check back later 😜What’s the consensus here on pairing with the SB link band?