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Hermès Edition Owners Thread
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Hmmm good idea. I’ll be Dublin this weekend and they have an Hermes store. Will check them out.
This only seems to increase brightness if you have 'wake on raise wrist' on and it turns brightness to max. It does not seem to increase 'wrist down' brightness or default minimum brightness when wrist is down in my experimentation FWIW.
Found that the kilim bands works better with the usual buckle so that it’s more convenient for sports. And it doesn’t wear and crease like the leather bands so there was less need for the deployment buckle.
And I love deployment so much on the leather. Makes me want to wear them more often cos I won’t have to stress the leather as much.
Here in the US Apple has restocked the Orange and Noir Kilim bands in both sizes. As far as I can recall, that’s pretty rare for Apple to do after a refresh save for Hermès staples that’ll stick around for many seasons.
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That’s a $10,000 picture! 🤯 Great collection!
I know Bamboo has come back once or twice, but I missed it then. Hoping for Rouge H restock personally!
Bamboo got a proper re-release with new hardware (44mm -> 45mm lugs) and a new model number but afaik the only bands that Apple ever restocks after their initial seasons are the staple Noirs, Oranges, Fauves, etc. So with the runaway success of the Kilim and the restock of the Noir and Orange options in a new season, I suspect there’s a chance they’re the new “staples” and will be around for seasons to come.
Bugger, I was trying to get a 45mm Orange/Kaki Twill Jump Single Tour but I fear I've missed my chance now.
Best bet is to keep an eye on Hermes.com. I feel that they sometimes recall stock from local stores and then post it online. So we’ll get rare refreshes of last seasons bands sometimes. Not always.
Or call your local Hermes store if you have one and ask them to see if there is one they can ship.
Love the idea of hacking Hermés' rubber band lipstick to put a deployant where it's most suited. However I see both the band lengths and hole locations are different on my kilim and leather bands. How well do you find this works on wrist?
Not a happy camper with my orange Kilm band today!!!!!! Went to put it on and found the very bottom of the band torn where it goes into the little holders. The rubber tore!!! To say I am disappointed at that quality flaw is an understatement. I’ll add pictures of it to this post later.
So I called Apple because I purchased it through them when I bought my series 9 watch on launch day and they told me I have to call Hermes so I called them and they told me I have to go into a store, and I said I don’t wanna go into a store (because I’m partially disabled and I have trouble walking due to a really bad arthritis condition), I wanna do it by mail, so now I have to wait for one of their boutiques to contact me and have them send me a FedEx label to send my unit back to them to have it repaired.
What a pain….. and so disappointing in the quality.
So I called Apple because I purchased it through them when I bought my series 9 watch on launch day and they told me I have to call Hermes so I called them and they told me I have to go into a store, and I said I don’t wanna go into a store (because I’m partially disabled and I have trouble walking due to a really bad arthritis condition), I wanna do it by mail, so now I have to wait for one of their boutiques to contact me and have them send me a FedEx label to send my unit back to them to have it repaired.
What a pain….. and so disappointing in the quality.
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Yikes! Not good at all and that is a pain.
What do you think happened to cause the tear? And how are your other Kilim bands holding up?
I have no idea and don’t notice it before. Haven’t worn it in a while and I keep it in the original box. I am going to check my other bands a bit later. Bizarre.
May I know what’s the screwdriver used to swap out the connecting lugs? I tried a star shaped 0.8mm but it wore out the screws and it still didn’t move 😢Blanc Kilim (SBSS swapped)
I’ve just compared the holes and I think it’s perfect. The deployment buckle is slightly longer, but taking into account the metal part which would be at the risk, I think the size is the same between the two. I didn’t feel any size difference on the wrist.