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I can confirm the new Fauxbourg party is on my S7 running WatchOS 26 release candidate 👍


Edit: answered above as well before I read the whole thread 😀
Awesome. Thank you.

My battery dipped below 80%, so I went in for a paid battery replacement. And they gave me a new H series 7 watch. It's working really well with the functions I needs so I'm not upgrading. But would like the new Hermes watch face.
 
Also an update to my battery life/health on my S7 Hermes. As mentioned it was 82% battery health and then after putting the RC on it went up to 86%. Now it has settled down I am definitely getting longer use out of it. Yesterday I went from 100% to 12% in 17 hours and that included over 60 mins of workouts (core Apple Fitness+ and a 40 min walk with AirPods on), so Apple have definitely done something in the software with WatchOS 26 to eek out more battery.
 
I'm tempted to get the Ultra 3 and get it polished to go with the Grand H. It doesn't seem possible to buy the Ultra 3 with Grand H though, i'd have to buy it with another band.

Anyway check this out:

 
At least it‘s not in the RC on my U2…

Yeah, that‘s what I thought. They market the face so heavily in conjunction with the strap, and the strap is „made for“ the Series Hermès. Shame, though.

So the „Total H Watch Face Score“ is now 6 for the Series (Circulaire, Radial*, OG Hermès, Circuit, Lucky Horse, Faubourg Party*) vs. 5 for the Ultra (Circulaire, Circulaire Ultra (with colourful corner complications), Radial*, OG Hermès, Maritime).

* with ticking seconds in always-on mode

And there is not one Watch in the whole Apple 2025 line-up that gets all existing faces. Marketing really are insidious a**es.
 
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Love this - wish they did it in 42mm as well :(
It’s available in 42 as well… I just purchased the grand h fin and it’s right under it
 

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Oh wow! Seems they have it in the US then but not the UK store :( Wonder if it will appear at some point...
Could be sold out already. I would check daily as they seem to be more conservative with their stock estimates. We’ve seen past bands that have been more limited reappear a week or two after launch and again a few weeks after that, etc.

You’ll just have to be diligent at checking.
 
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No point asking on the iPhone threads as people there probably won’t know!

Is the Cosmic Orange similar to the Hermes orange? Only a few people have seen the phone so far, but hoping someone here has and can comment.

Hopefully it’s close enough so we can match phones now too!
 
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No point asking on the iPhone threads as people there probably won’t know!

Is the Cosmic Orange similar to the Hermes orange? Only a few people have seen the phone so far, but hoping someone here has and can comment.

Hopefully it’s close enough so we can match phones now too!
Its just me but in pics, it seems to have more red in it than Hermes orange.

It’ll likely be the closest we ever get to an Hermes colored phone though.
 
Ordered the 17 Pro so will know next week.

I guess the Hermes brand isn’t well known by the reviewers etc so far, as I can’t see that anyone has noted a potential similarity.

We need an Hermes branded phone with unique wallpaper :D
 
Anyone have feedback/usage on the En Mer band? I ordered it with the Hermes Ultra but wanted to get some first hand feedback on it. I’ve been using Ocean Bands but thought this one looked really nice.
Thanks
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