I upgraded from the AW1. I wear an aftermarket Ti link band that I love, so I decided to splurge on the Ti mesh band. This bad is crazy light and feels great. No hair pulling so far. The mechanism for it is fantastic but is a bit tricky to get on any off. I love the look and the precision of its design. Its perfect for the watch. The new Ultra faces are pretty good. I don't care for most of the others and use Clockology for something fun. Looking forward to more battery life, and some new features!
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New AW3 in hand. I love the new Ti Band.
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I upgraded from the AW1. I wear an aftermarket Ti link band that I love, so I decided to splurge on the Ti mesh band. This bad is crazy light and feels great. No hair pulling so far. The mechanism for it is fantastic but is a bit tricky to get on any off. I love the look and the precision of its design. Its perfect for the watch. The new Ultra faces are pretty good. I don't care for most of the others and use Clockology for something fun. Looking forward to more battery life, and some new features!
I had wanted to get the titanium band, but by the time I got off work and to the Best Buy, all they had was an alpine loop version, so that is what I got. That titanium looks so clean
The alpine band is a great band, I have an orange one from the AW1, and a white ocean. I don't think that the Ti mesh is worth $200 bucks, but basically since I had to spend $100 on the band...then well whatever. If I could have purchased with no band I would have. That said the Ti mesh is super nice.
Apple Watch Ultra with the titanium band is one of Apple’s best products of the past 10 years
I got my Apple Watch Ultra 3 yesterday (upgrading from a Series 7 titanium) and love it! I have small wrists (172mm) but it doesn't look too bad on me. And ordered a titanium Milanese band separately - it's coming today. Can't wait to see it in-person! It looks great in your pic!! 👍🏻👍🏻 For now I'm just using it with my 10-year-old stainless steel link band (have a formal event today so I had to wear a suit) and it looks decent enough, but I'm looking forward to trying out the Milanese band when I get home!
Glad I'm not the only one who used that logic to justify the additional cost! Great strap and makes a change aesthetically from my alpine loops which I also love. Like you I still have the orange from my AWU👍
Right. The alpine, trail, and ocean aren't worth $99. So why not just get the Ti. There is also no aftermarket option for a Ti mesh that is as good as the apple one either - so far.
