All I remember having was Is This Normal - not what else was added. But who knows at this point anymore. I think some of the posts think I am either telling a lie or totally unaware of what I was doing. I have no reason to try and fool anyone here and although I was just talking about Apple letting me keep the band, it would be nice to get to the bottom of this for anyone else owning or thinking of owning this band. It is a beautiful band and well made and easy to size adjust.
Based on the responses, I truly understand that this looks like abuse or unwittingly doing some damage or something else. I know this scratches really easy and I expected to see a lot of micro scratches but it is the darker color that makes me say rubbing off. I really don't care if it was me that caused the problem, but I truly wore this about 4-5 times and never in an environment that had anything more than a wood desk, padded wrist rest. I sleep with my watch for the silent alarm but it is with the sport band so when I wake up and workout, the right band is on. If I dress up with a long sleeve shirt, I use the link band and it is mostly under the sleeve.
I am attaching another picture zoomed in... I am sure it is me somehow, but I will let you all weigh in on this.