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Who else plans to get the Apple Watch Hermès?
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Yeah did the search too. I did not see much big enough to fit the 42mm if 20/17mm fits the 38mm. Oh well I will keep my eye out.
It took me two weeks to realize the date on the Hermès face is also a calendar complication (tap it). What a nice surprise.
I haven't seen a single pic of the Hermès on a bracelet. If one does exist, it's probably on Apple's bracelet.
This $19.99 JETech bracelet that I just received from Amazon has several things going for it over Apple's $450 model. First off, I prefer the oyster styling. Apple's bracelet, while quite a feat of engineering, is too futuristic looking for my tastes.
Secondly, this bracelet tapers down to a very pleasant width under the wrist, just like the Hermès strap does. Apple's tapers a little at the lugs, but that is all. It then wraps all the way around the wrist at the same too wide dimension for my tastes. I have seen no other made for Apple Watch bracelet that tapers.
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, there are micro-adjustments on the clasp. I have never had a bracelet without them, and have never not found them necessary for a perfect fit. With Apple, it's one link on or one link off; no in between due to the hidden clasp.
The adapters fit perfectly, just like Apple's. With a bracelet, I prefer their design to Apple Hermès wire type. Mine did not come with "drilled lugs", like Amazon's photo and the below links show.
I will also probably use it for exercising, because the sport strap's tiny pin through the hole security is not enough for my Hermès. I know after tucking it in it probably will never come off, but to say that it couldn't would not be accurate.
I might remove the stenciled logo from the clasp.
Recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YSLPLDS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Here are two youtube vids:
This $19.99 JETech bracelet that I just received from Amazon has several things going for it over Apple's $450 model. First off, I prefer the oyster styling. Apple's bracelet, while quite a feat of engineering, is too futuristic looking for my tastes.
Secondly, this bracelet tapers down to a very pleasant width under the wrist, just like the Hermès strap does. Apple's tapers a little at the lugs, but that is all. It then wraps all the way around the wrist at the same too wide dimension for my tastes. I have seen no other made for Apple Watch bracelet that tapers.
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, there are micro-adjustments on the clasp. I have never had a bracelet without them, and have never not found them necessary for a perfect fit. With Apple, it's one link on or one link off; no in between due to the hidden clasp.
The adapters fit perfectly, just like Apple's. With a bracelet, I prefer their design to Apple Hermès wire type. Mine did not come with "drilled lugs", like Amazon's photo and the below links show.
I will also probably use it for exercising, because the sport strap's tiny pin through the hole security is not enough for my Hermès. I know after tucking it in it probably will never come off, but to say that it couldn't would not be accurate.
I might remove the stenciled logo from the clasp.
Recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YSLPLDS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Here are two youtube vids:
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This stainless steel bracelet band has nothing to do with Hermes leather straps.....why are you posting this here? I suspect most people who want to wear an Apple/Hermes watch will be going for either the genuine leather Hermes watch bands or for some kind of knock-off which looks pretty close to it for significantly less money.
Neither do any of the other third party band posts. Please spew your unpleasantness elsewhere. I have endured enough of it.
Now you edit and add to your post after I reply. I am delighted with the bracelet and I wanted to share. The fact that my wearing and posting about a bracelet with the Hermès brings out your wrath [EDIT]: YET AGAIN is pitiful.
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Why such rage in your post? The guy just wanted to share his experience with the bracelet he got. Plenty of people on here have talked about other bands for the Hermès. We have discussed the sports bands, and everything else under the sun. I don't get your rage, and I don't understand why you care. It's not just about the Hermès band. This is also a watch.
Not sure where you are seeing "rage." Annoyed, maybe, but I don't think it goes into angry. To be quite honest, I had a similar reaction when I first saw the pics. Earlier discussions of non-Hermes bands somehow flowed in the overall discussion -- they were part of the overall excitement over having scored a Hermes watch. The post in question just seemed to focus on the steel band alone, so felt a bit out of place. I was momentarily annoyed, but not enough to post about it.
Agreed. The Hermes leather band is what makes the AW Hermes a Hermes. Take away the leather band and it pretty much ceases to be a Hermes, as the Hermes watch body is basically the SS model stamped with "Hermes" on the underside and displaying the Hermes watch face, which is nothing more than skeumorphism.
I guess rage was the wrong word, but really you get annoyed by a post like this? I was in the space back AW thread when it first came out, and everyone was posting about other bands you could put with it. Of course it's not on the same level as Hermès, but no one there was getting mad. When the space black was first release the black SS linked band was the only one you could get with it. I don't see the issue with discussing other bands. That is what is so great about the AW and AW Hermès, if you feel like wearing another band you just swap it out. Just my opinion.
Really? People argued with me when I first got posted here that the watch face was part of the exclusiveness. In fact I believe you might have been one of those people that did disagree with me. If what you are saying now is true, then why not sell Hermès bands alone? If the band makes the Hermès experience then we don't need the SS with Hermès engraved on it.
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It's nothing more than Apple's tactic to upsell to the whole package for more $$$, for they knew many people would buy just the Hermes band to wear with their existing SS models.
I would certainly buy one if I could buy the Hermes band by itself. And yes, to me, the band with my existing watch would make a Hermes experience. Other people may say no, it's the Hermes watch face that makes the experience. I remember one of the earlier posts showing a picture of a Hermes watch with sports band, and thinking that the Hermes watch face really looked good with the Sports band. That picture felt in line with this thread because it was showing off the Hermes face. The steel band, however, didn't seem to enhance the Hermes face much.
Yeah I am 100% with you. I would buy the Hermès band for my SS right now if I could. I have no issues buying the Hermès watch, but there is no point if I already have a SS and 4 bands. I don't understand why they did not just sell the band. Oh well
I would buy the Hermes band by itself in a heartbeat if it were possible. Since I've already got the Space Black with Space Black link bracelet I can't really justify to myself buying a second Apple watch just to get the Hermes band.
And, BTW, my earlier post was reflecting annoyance rather than anger. Certainly it wasn't "rage"!
And, BTW, my earlier post was reflecting annoyance rather than anger. Certainly it wasn't "rage"!
Concerning a cheap bracelet on a Hermès AW: I would expect some pretentious reactions on WUS, but not so much in a Mac forum. I purchased the watch primarily for the faces, and was glad to get a Hermès handmade strap in the deal. I appreciate fine handmade leather products, and one of my most cherished possessions is a handmade Langlitz Leather motorcycle jacket that I acquired around 1990.
But like all my watches, if a bracelet is available that looks good on it, I might try it. This Oyster style bracelet makes the watch look Aqua Velva cool to me, and compliments the Hermès old school faces. The Hermès experience? I don't have time for that.
But like all my watches, if a bracelet is available that looks good on it, I might try it. This Oyster style bracelet makes the watch look Aqua Velva cool to me, and compliments the Hermès old school faces. The Hermès experience? I don't have time for that.
Nothing wrong with that, but most of us (including Mac128 who's obviously the harshest critic of the AW Hermes) are of the opinion that it's the leather band that makes the watch a Hermes, as that's their speciality.
The Hermes face IS really nice, and if I ever got a Hermes watch, or the face was somehow available for the regular Apole Watch, I might use it. But it's just a software face, you know? And Hermes didn't really make it, other than provide the graphics. The leather band is something that is crafted by Hermes. So to me, that's the part that feels more important.
Not to mention that the lack of complications kills the usefulness of the AW in terms of viewing information at a glance, at least for me.
It's funny how people are saying this stuff now. I was saying this from the beginning. Now I have never held a Hermès band, but are they really as special as the price?
I get where you're coming from, I do. But any watch, no matter how well made, or how exclusive, still comes down to the face for me. It's what I look at all day. That's what I consider first, and I'm finicky at that. A leather strap, nah.
I've also had other smart watches. Two Pebbles, the Huawei. The Pebble is what it is (nifty for a while), but the round (That WAS such a big deal for me) Huawei was a disappointment. It glowed like a beacon (no ambient light sensor), was too big, and being on iOS I couldn't download faces. The faces I did try seemed soulless, and yes, skeuomorphic.
With the AW I get iOS functionality at last (repeating reminders!), and with the Hermès I get a face that reminds me of, is similar too, traditional faces. No silly drop shadows, and with the rest of the UI Apple has done a fine job of keeping the watch as subtle as one can a wrist computer. Dark backgrounds, etc. I even turn on gray scale mode once in a while, but the colors don't offend or embarrass me like they did on Android Wear.
So for a smart watch, the AW Hermès is where it's at for me. The strap is nice, and I have no desire to get another one, but for me it is not what makes the watch. Without comparing it to mechanical watches (I just don't have that discussion anymore) let's not forget that the faces; Cape Cod, Espace, and Clipper, are all from Hermès mechanical watches. They are more into watchmaking than some of you may be aware of, in house movements and all.
I'm trying to take my old school preferences into the future with me. The Hermès AW does that for me. The Oyster bracelet is a classic Rolex design, and goes back almost 70 years. I've always liked them. I think it's a great combo. Changing the bracelet alters the watch? I certainly don't remember every coming across a discussion of this sort, not even on WUS, home of many watch snobs. I know, Apple makes the watch. This is tiring me out...
The Hermès name, while I am less inclined to turn up my nose now, was never part of the appeal. My grandfather the coal miner, and my father the cop, would not be impressed. I'd buy any of the people at a Hermès workbench a drink, but I doubt we'd be in a place frequented by typical Hermès' customers.
I'm enjoying the watch as much as I could of hoped, and I guess in the end that is what it is all about for all of us.
I've also had other smart watches. Two Pebbles, the Huawei. The Pebble is what it is (nifty for a while), but the round (That WAS such a big deal for me) Huawei was a disappointment. It glowed like a beacon (no ambient light sensor), was too big, and being on iOS I couldn't download faces. The faces I did try seemed soulless, and yes, skeuomorphic.
With the AW I get iOS functionality at last (repeating reminders!), and with the Hermès I get a face that reminds me of, is similar too, traditional faces. No silly drop shadows, and with the rest of the UI Apple has done a fine job of keeping the watch as subtle as one can a wrist computer. Dark backgrounds, etc. I even turn on gray scale mode once in a while, but the colors don't offend or embarrass me like they did on Android Wear.
So for a smart watch, the AW Hermès is where it's at for me. The strap is nice, and I have no desire to get another one, but for me it is not what makes the watch. Without comparing it to mechanical watches (I just don't have that discussion anymore) let's not forget that the faces; Cape Cod, Espace, and Clipper, are all from Hermès mechanical watches. They are more into watchmaking than some of you may be aware of, in house movements and all.
I'm trying to take my old school preferences into the future with me. The Hermès AW does that for me. The Oyster bracelet is a classic Rolex design, and goes back almost 70 years. I've always liked them. I think it's a great combo. Changing the bracelet alters the watch? I certainly don't remember every coming across a discussion of this sort, not even on WUS, home of many watch snobs. I know, Apple makes the watch. This is tiring me out...
The Hermès name, while I am less inclined to turn up my nose now, was never part of the appeal. My grandfather the coal miner, and my father the cop, would not be impressed. I'd buy any of the people at a Hermès workbench a drink, but I doubt we'd be in a place frequented by typical Hermès' customers.
I'm enjoying the watch as much as I could of hoped, and I guess in the end that is what it is all about for all of us.
The single tour Hermès strap is surprisingly thin. I can mark it, a noticeable mark appears, by sliding the end of the strap after buckling it and inserting it under the keeper. The pointy end of the strap leaves a mark on the buckle side of the strap. Rubbing it makes it disappear, but I panicked on the second day when I noticed this. I guess it's the wax being disturbed. I would call that delicate.
Here's some pics. I just ever so lightly ran my nail over the strap. No pressure whatsoever. Then I rubbed it out with my thumb in the second pic, no doubt rubbing in some dirt too. Hermès recommends nothing but a dry cotton cloth to clean their straps. These straps are beautifully handmade, and as delicate as Paris Hilton walking down Rodeo Drive carrying a Birkin bag. EDIT: Added pic of strap on top of two credit cards.
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