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How often do you swap bands?

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Do you use primarily sport band and only swap for milanese for "going out"?
[doublepost=1540267673][/doublepost]I also find it cumbersome trying to keep the Milanese loop away from the front and back faces of the watch.
 
Depends. I have one Sports Band, one Black Leather Loop and one Brown Leather Loop.

The Loops are my daily drivers, and I alternate between them on pretty much a weekly basis. However, I always swap out to the Sports Band if I go to the gym, which I started doing again recently. So I guess I'm swapping as much as twice a day (LL to SB and back) or as little as once a week (LL to LL).
 
I have eight sport loops (two OEM, six knockoffs that I love). I have a daily driver (OEM purple), and I change colors maybe a couple of times per week, according to my mood.

Yesterday, I had to dress for a concert I was in, so I wore the pure black.
 
In the morning I wear a sport band for my workout, then a casual sport loop or woven nylon for work, and a nicer Milanese or leather loop if I go out in the evening. So 2-3 times a day.
 
Now that it's cooling down a bit here in Tokyo, I've been wearing my stainless steel link quite a bit.

I just bought my first sport loop (OEM, followed by five third-party loops) and I have a ton of sport bands (all OEM, because I hate silicone bands) and I've got an OEM Milanese Loop but I don't actually like it very much.

To answer the OP's question - I change my bands at least 5-10 times a week. Lately (in the last year or so) I've been changing daily or more.
 
Nike + sports - most of the times because I’m pretty active and hit the gym at least 4-5 times every week.

Brown leather - when it matches my outfit and I’m not going gym.

Black & red nike style - when I’m going out and it matches my outfit.

Red - when I’m going out and it matches my outfit.

All in all I change it maybe twice a week?!
 
I swap daily from my nicer bands (leather loop, Milenese) to one of my sport bands (loop or standard) - some days I just stick with the sport band, but most of the time I’m switching after I workout.
 
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Most of the time I just stick with the (knockoff) black link band. For me, it's the most comfortable band in my collection. So I maybe swap twice a week.
 
I go through phases. Sometimes I'll keep a sports band on for a couple of weeks. Other times I might swap daily depending on plans.
 
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My default is a sport band. Comfortable, the ideal choice for me when working out or various activities. I have a few different color choices which I'll swap out whenever I feel like a change.

I have leather bands from FFF or a Milanese to wear when I want to dress up the watch a little bit more such as for work functions. Interesting observation that I see each year when I attend a conference with my company. There are many, many, many well dressed executives who wear their aluminum Apple watches with standard issue sport bands. That's not to say I don't see some with Stainless because they're also there, but the overwhelming majority I see are aluminum.
 
I change my bands depending on what I'm wearing and what I'm doing that day. My daily driver is the stainless link bracelet. When I workout or swim I have the Nike sport band. When Im dressing up I bounce between the Milanese loop and a saddle brown classic buckle.
 
depends... 3-4 times a week... because i like the milanese loop so much when i'm dressed up, but it's not suitable for gym in my opinion
 
I usually swap bands once every couple weeks or so. My go-to are my three sport loops that I primarily wear. I have two sport bands which get used occasionally. I have a knock off Milanese loop for dress up.
 
I've got around 12-15 bands (lost count) and swap as the mood takes me...sometimes I'll be wearing the same band for a few days/weeks, other times I'll swap twice in a day.
I wear everything from 3rd party Nato Bands to leather, S/S Link, Milanese and Sport Bands, depending on mood, clothes, activity etc.
 
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3-4 times a week. I prefer sport bands, especially the new Horizon one, and Apple's leather loops. I only use my Milanese when wearing a suit, which lately isn't all that often.
 
staggerlee41 said:
I think he's got a lot of us beat!

@Pseudo-Fed Are those Cape Cod Blue Sport Loop and Leather Loop by chance?
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Yes. Got the sport loop first then decided I had to have the leather loop. They both look great on either my SS or SBSS watches.

.....And I was sweating Apple's design choice before it was confirmed they would retain band compatibility......;-)
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xDKP said:
Amazing collection! What brand is the two Panarei style leathers?
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The tan and black leather at the back are M'Keke brand off Amazon. The brown leather in front is Nomad.
 
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