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The Great "Third Party Band/Strap" Thread

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ianfann said:
Here are some photos of the HOCO Classic leather straps. The width of the strap is 24mm. Quality not very good IMO.
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I'd agree with that. I bought a Hoco leather strap and promptly binned it, kept the adapters though, those were pretty good.
 
After months of waiting, my Casetify custom watch band is finally showing a "shipped" status. Their website is showing a delivery date of July 4, which is unlikely as it's a U.S. holiday, but I should be getting it soon nonetheless. I'll be sure to post my results here.
 
everybody needs an orange strap ....

here is mine with standard screw adapter. Its very tight, would be better with spring pins adapter. Mine is still not here yet.

love the look, unfortunately, my wrist is so tiny that the smallest hole of the strap doesnt fit. So its going on Ebay...... 🙁

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got this one delivered today. boy does it smell. mostly got it for the adapter
 

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paulgandersman said:
so how are the hoco leather bands? I've got some black 42mm adapters on the way but no band to plug into them. I'd like to get either a red or blue leather band (to go with my space gray sport). I really want a band that fills up as much of the adapter width as possible (I think that should be 24mm?) because I don't want the watch to slide back and forth in the band. So does anyone know what the width on the hoco bands are for a 42mm watch? And if hoco is no good, any other good recommendations? Thanks!
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Here's my blue Hoco that arrived the other day. I had to throw it on my spring bar lugs since the seller sent me the band on a set of black lugs. It fits the width of the spring bar lugs perfectly but the stock lugs were a bit wider than the band. I like the band. It has nice texture and is pretty soft and not stiff. It's pretty comfy, too.

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BeyondtheTech said:
After months of waiting, my Casetify custom watch band is finally showing a "shipped" status. Their website is showing a delivery date of July 4, which is unlikely as it's a U.S. holiday, but I should be getting it soon nonetheless. I'll be sure to post my results here.
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Great to hear. I saw a few designs I might be interested in on their site but decided to wait since it sounded like they weren't shipping yet. Very curious what you think and whether the designs will scratch off. Look forward to your review and pics. Thanks. BTW which band/bands did you order?
 
Armski said:
New Band i got for my friend at work for her Space Gray 38mm Sport.

It's a custom authentic Fendi crocodile leather in pink leather. Came with quick release pins which i had to remove. Installed some black adapters from Inkoo seller on ebay. Took over 1 week to arrive from only 40miles away but worth it.

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that band is nice... but i'm waaaaay to anal to wear a silver buckle strap with my SGS watch!
 
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Mac2me said:
Great to hear. I saw a few designs I might be interested in on their site but decided to wait since it sounded like they weren't shipping yet. Very curious what you think and whether the designs will scratch off. Look forward to your review and pics. Thanks. BTW which band/bands did you order?
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I created my own "Burberry"-looking band after playing and uploading with a bunch of Googled patterns to their site.

Here's what it will look like: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/casetify-watch-bands.1874912/#post-21157150
 
caligurl said:
that band is nice... but i'm waaaaay to anal to wear a silver buckle strap with my SGS watch!
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You guys do know you can find buckles in your choice of colors and styles for under $5 and swap them out with what's on your band right? The simple buckles operate on a spring pin like the adapters with spring pins. You just need to make sure you know the width of the buckle end as some are tapered and different from the end attached to your watch.
 
BeyondtheTech said:
I created my own "Burberry"-looking band after playing and uploading with a bunch of Googled patterns to their site.

Here's what it will look like: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/casetify-watch-bands.1874912/#post-21157150
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Ah so you went the customize option. I liked one or two of them from their Collection. As for using the design, I saw on their website that they hold the person who customizes it fully responsible for what they submit, i.e.. if you steal someone else's design you'll be the one held responsible for infringement. I suppose if Customs was looking for knockoffs and saw it they might pull it. If you were using it for personal use probably not a problem but if you were to sell it like on ebay especially in multiple units, I have a feeling ebay would pull it.
 
Mac2me said:
Ah so you went the customize option. I liked one or two of them from their Collection. As for using the design, I saw on their website that they hold the person who customizes it fully responsible for what they submit, i.e.. if you steal someone else's design you'll be the one held responsible for infringement. I suppose if Customs was looking for knockoffs and saw it they might pull it. If you were using it for personal use probably not a problem but if you were to sell it like on ebay especially in multiple units, I have a feeling ebay would pull it.
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Ya, it's just for fun and for me alone. As soon as they offered back in April, I was rushing to try a bunch of different designs, but I had a hard time deciding what to put and how to fit it in such a narrow-looking print area. At $30 shipped (after a found coupon code and a referral), I wanted to get something by the time my actual Watch arrived. Who knew it was really going to take until June to get my watch, let alone July to get this band (they did estimate early June delivery, too). Now that it's $70 (what's up with the price hike?) before coupons and referrals, I don't know if I would've done it at all.
 
My Black Stainless Steel came today - one month before the "Delivery on July 20th date" 🙂. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YUO7OFQ

Overall, not bad so far. The picture on Amazon appears it's "brushed black steel" Not quite the case, Outer links are bushed, the center links are polished. The watch pin removal tool did have a crack in it, I was able to adjust it so I could remove 2 links out of it. VERY SLIGHT paint loss where the links bend, hoping that does not spread. It adds some weight to the watch, that I expected. (So if you're going work out, use the Sports band or something lighter) But its not so heavy that it fails to sit on my Griffin watch stand. That is a non issue. Space gray adapters look great and fit into the watch perfectly hearing the lock "click" - they can also be removed in case you want to use them for another 3rd party band.

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PhillyGuy72 said:
My Black Stainless Steel came today - one month before the "Delivery on July 20th date" 🙂. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YUO7OFQ

Overall, not bad so far. The picture on Amazon appears it's "brushed black steel" Not quite the case, Outer links are bushed, the center links are polished. The watch pin removal tool did have a crack in it, I was able to adjust it so I could remove 2 links out of it. VERY SLIGHT paint loss where the links bend, hoping that does not spread. It adds some weight to the watch, that I expected. (So if you're going work out, use the Sports band or something lighter) But its not so heavy that it fails to sit on my Griffin watch stand. That is a non issue. Space gray adapters look great and fit into the watch perfectly hearing the lock "click" - they can also be removed in case you want to use them for another 3rd party band.
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Looks good! I think the fact that it has two tones makes it blend better. It's never going to be a perfect match, whether it's the aluminum or the SS. I have a silver SS band like that on it's way for my aluminum sport and I hope that it's two toned like yours. Thanks for sharing!
 
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luckyblue said:
Looks good! I think the fact that it has two tones makes it blend better. It's never going to be a perfect match, whether it's the aluminum or the SS. I have a silver SS band like that on it's way for my aluminum sport and I hope that it's two toned like yours. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks. I would absolutely love if I can finally find the perfect Space Gray tone link. I think in time more online stores could have them especially now the watches are in stores. But yep, there is nothing "perfect" yet I've seen, I'll keep checking though. And as i expected I've become sort of a link addict with this watch. haha
 
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PhillyGuy72 said:
My Black Stainless Steel came today - one month before the "Delivery on July 20th date" 🙂. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YUO7OFQ

Overall, not bad so far. The picture on Amazon appears it's "brushed black steel" Not quite the case, Outer links are bushed, the center links are polished. The watch pin removal tool did have a crack in it, I was able to adjust it so I could remove 2 links out of it. VERY SLIGHT paint loss where the links bend, hoping that does not spread. It adds some weight to the watch, that I expected. (So if you're going work out, use the Sports band or something lighter) But its not so heavy that it fails to sit on my Griffin watch stand. That is a non issue. Space gray adapters look great and fit into the watch perfectly hearing the lock "click" - they can also be removed in case you want to use them for another 3rd party band.

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Looks REALLY nice.
 
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