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mikedop said:
It's a specialty-engraved pin for Jony Ive to celebrate his 50th. pics here:
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Thank you for linking to the original!

mikedop said:
42mm Apple Watch Series 2 White Ceramic "Jony Ive" Edition

This one-of-a-kind Apple Watch was intended as a 50th birthday gift to Jony Ive from the Apple engineering team and featured a specially engraved pin combining his initials, J and I, with the number 50. This band also uniquely features space black buttons on the underside of the connectors, unlike any retail version of the cloud sport band!

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That is extremely cool; never knew that existed, and I thought I had been aware of all the ceramic watches and associated gear out there. Ya' learn something new all the time.

Fiction-writer said:
This band has been located. And is in a private collection, mine to be exact.
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That is even more seriously cool?! If I may ask, I'm really curious to know the story about how you found and acquired it. Is it really a 1 of 1 made? Wondering why Jony would cough it up. I love the trivial details of unique things like this.
 
It's not unique. But it has been produced in very limited quantities, so it's really rare.
(and btw you're replying in the wrong topic which is kind of confusing)
 
Ultra 2 and orange ocean band.
 

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SkippyThorson said:
That is extremely cool; never knew that existed, and I thought I had been aware of all the ceramic watches and associated gear out there. Ya' learn something new all the time.
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That's because there's no media coverage or anything to promote the idea that this is real. Honestly, it could be a fake third party thing for all I know. I asked around, and what I heard back was that this band wasn't something one of the people in charge of the project heard about, but that doesn't immediately mean it's fake. It's just hard to trace.

SkippyThorson said:
That is even more seriously cool?! If I may ask, I'm really curious to know the story about how you found and acquired it. Is it really a 1 of 1 made? Wondering why Jony would cough it up. I love the trivial details of unique things like this.
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My guess would be that we both acquired them from the same source in China. You'd be surprised just how many prototypes and pre-production bands get sold and traded around there.

geekiemac said:
It's not unique. But it has been produced in very limited quantities, so it's really rare.
(and btw you're replying in the wrong topic which is kind of confusing)
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This is true, no band is honestly "one of one." I said it's one of a kind as to my knowledge there'd only been one found, but it seems both @Fiction-writer and I have one, and if it's actually an OEM thing, we can assume Jony Ive has one too, plus a few more I'd bet in the hands of private collectors in China. I have a few other bands that I consider to be "one of one" even though I'm most certain others exist. I still call them unique bands, though, because nobody else has confirmed themselves to have another.
 
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dwfaust said:
Love the leather magnetic link bands... I have 4, and am currently also wearing my dark cherry band...

Shame on Apple for pulling the plug on them.
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I don't know why I didn't like it back when I bought it, but I am glad I packed it away now... It's in mint condition and no more new leather ones, thanks Apple.

I think all this FineWoven garbage is marketing cheaper materials in the guise of being "environmentally friendly."

You know what will still be around in 10,000 years??? Piles & piles of this plastic, terrible-looking, "FineWoven" non-biodegradable crap. You know what won't be around then, leather... naturally biodegradable leather.

Hey Apple, maybe try and improve the sourcing of the leather with sustainable farming, manufacturing, etc. But nope, give us plastic for the same prices as leather and tell us we are saving the environment while adding to the plastic in landfills when we throw away this FineWoven trash after looking terrible in a few months.

*** rant over ***
 
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adam1080 said:
I don't know why I didn't like it back when I bought it, but I am glad I packed it away now... It's in mint condition and no more new leather ones, thanks Apple.

I think all this FineWoven garbage is marketing cheaper materials in the guise of being "environmentally friendly."

You know what will still be around in 10,000 years??? Piles & piles of this plastic, terrible-looking, "FineWoven" non-biodegradable crap. You know what won't be around then, leather... naturally biodegradable leather.

Hey Apple, maybe try and improve the sourcing of the leather with sustainable farming, manufacturing, etc. But nope, give us plastic for the same prices as leather and tell us we are saving the environment while adding to the plastic in landfills when we throw away this FineWoven trash after looking terrible in a few months.

*** rant over ***
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Completely agree - "FineWoven" is a massive step backwards and no one asked for it - The Woven loop already had a place for non-leather bands
 
lordj81 said:
New iPhone owner so figured what the hell might as well get a watch too lol. 45mm Series 9 Silver Aluminum with a black silicone sport band I got from Amazon.View attachment 2302719
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Welcome on board!

Wish Apple made the all-black Sports bands as they did back in the day. Not a fan of the Midnight colour. 3rd party sports bands have been very bad for me always.
 
Curious if any one has the new magnetic link bands... how do they look/feel in person... was initially interested, but doubt I will consider them until my leather magnetic link bands all wear out...
 
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