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Looks surprisingly good - How does it catch scratches compared to a polished steel model?
I do. I used a Dremel, some polishing compound, and a polishing cloth. Took some time because you have to be pretty precise with it but it wasn't very hard. Someone polished their titanium Series 7 and put the directions on Reddit so I just followed those and it was pretty straightforward.
So far it's held up perfectly. And that includes wearing it every day and not taking it off except to charge it. Working out, going to work, sleeping in it, showering with it on. I'm sure it will get micro-scratches just like stainless steel does but I can just polish those out with a cape cod cloth.
Hold up! Are you saying you paid $40 for that leather band??I was lucky to grab one of the last hermes leather band on Apple Store before Apple stopped selling leather stuff. Apple discounted the hermes leather band from $379 to around $40, A friend helped me
The attelage looks weird at first but it's the different point. I don't want to pay much for the hermes watch with exclusive faces but I really love to own an hermes leather band.
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Ocean Band, indeed. I like white stuff on my devices, everything’s white.
I have also an Alpine but I haven’t tried it yet.
I really like the link band with my polished Ultra.
Just saw your prior messages. Would love to see more pictures.
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I am going to sell my S5 titanium natural today and it deserves a shoot. Too bad Apple discontinued the titanium edition.
S9 in Midnight with midnight sport loop. Originally bought it with the sport band but it was really irritating my skin at first. Got used to it but still uncomfortable. Went to the Apple store today and bought this strap. It's so much better! 1000 times more comfortable, really soft against my skin, and doesn't feel as stiff/bulky. This strap is more elastic and doesn't hurt my hand when typing at my desk. Also it has a tight fit when slotted into the watch unlike the sport band which would wiggle about. I will only wear the original sport band now if I'm going swimming.
It looks great. I like having a white band option as well. It looks thick enough to fit the look of the Ultra.
I have the original white band with the white ceramic 5 but it’s a bit yellowish after wearing it almost everyday. I bought 10 bands but white always as been my favourite color. Even my speakers are white, my iPhone 15 Pro, too!
So happy with my all new S5 Ceramic 🤍 I can‘t take my eyes off it!
I look at it all day😂 I hope the battery gets better, as the first few days are always a bad indicator. I probably woke the display up 500% more than usual, but 70% in 8 hours is quite bad.
S5 battery is always rather bad in comparison to the other series, at least in my experience. Just enjoy the beauty of the ceramic case, in my opinion it doesn’t get any better in terms of look and feel.
I love my AWU 1 for the added battery life and not having to worry about scratching it up at the gym, but I'm considering downsizing whenever I decide to get a new watch, you just can't beat the look of the SS watches.